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Nancy Kress


(Nancy Anne Kress)
USA flag (b.1948)
Wife of Jack Skillingstead

aka Anna Kendall

Nancy Kress is an  American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo and Nebula-winning 1991 novella Beggars in Spain which she later expanded into a novel with the same title. Kress is the recipient of the Nebula (6 times), Hugo (Twice), Sturgeon, and Campbell awards. Her fiction has been translated into multiple languages, including Klingon. She has 2 sons.
 

Awards: Nebula (2015), Hugo (2009), Campbell (2003), Sturgeon (1997)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult Fantasy
 
Series
Sleepless
   1. Beggars in Spain (1991)
   2. Beggars and Choosers (1994)
   3. Beggars Ride (1996)
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Probability
   1. Probability Moon (2000)
   2. Probability Sun (2001)
   3. Probability Space (2002)
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Crossfire
   1. Crossfire (2003)
   2. Crucible (2004)
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Yesterday's Kin
   Yesterday's Kin (2014)
   1. Tomorrow's Kin (2017)
   2. If Tomorrow Comes (2018)
   3. Terran Tomorrow (2018)
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Novels
   The Prince of Morning Bells (1981)
   The Golden Grove (1984)
   The Price of Oranges (1985)
   The White Pipes (1985)
   An Alien Light (1987)
   Brain Rose (1989)
   Maximum Light (1997)
   The Flowers of Aulit Prison (2001)
   Nothing Human (2003)
   Dogs (2008)
   Steal Across the Sky (2009)
   After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall (2012)
   Flash Point (2012)
   The Eleventh Gate (2020)
   Sea Change (2020)
   Observer (2023) (with Robert Lanza)
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Collections
   The Aliens of Earth (1985)
   Trinity (1985)
   Beaker's Dozen (1998)
   Nano Comes to Clifford Falls (2008)
   Enter A Future (2010) (with others)
   Future Perfect (2012)
   AI Unbound (2012)
   The Body Human (2012)
   Fountain of Age (2012)
   The Best of Nancy Kress (2015)
   Future Visions (2015) (with others)
   Unrivaled (2023) (with others)
   Beggars in Spain, Beggars and Choosers/ Brainrose/ Crucible/ Crossfire/ Probabilty Sun (2024)
   Beggars in Spain/ Beggars and Choosers/ Terrran Tomorrow (2024)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Dancing on Air (1993)
   Act One (2010)
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Series contributed to
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Stellar Guild
   New Under the Sun (2013) (with Therese Pieczynski)
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Tor.Com Original
   One (2013)
   The Alice Run (2024)
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Books containing stories by Nancy Kress
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman
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Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 58 (2022)
September 2022
(Galaxy's Edge Magazine, book 58)
edited by
Lezli Robyn

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Awards
2015 Nebula Award for Best Novella : Yesterday's Kin
2015 Locus Award for Best Novella : Yesterday's Kin
2013 Nebula Award for Best Novella : After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall
2013 Locus Award for Best Novella : After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall
2009 Hugo Award for Best Novella : The Erdmann Nexus
2008 Nebula Award for Best Novella : Fountain of Age
2003 John W. Campbell Memorial Award : Probability Space
1998 Nebula Award for Best Novelette : The Flowers of the Aulit Prison
1997 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award : The Flowers of Aulit Prison
1994 John W. Campbell Memorial Award : Beggars in Spain
1992 Nebula Award for Best Novella : Beggars in Spain [short story]
1992 Hugo Award for Best Novella : Beggars in Spain [short story]
1986 Nebula Award for Best Short Story : Out of All Them Bright Stars

Award nominations
2019 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : If Tomorrow Comes
2016 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Best of Nancy Kress
2015 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Yesterday's Kin
2014 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Annabel Lee
2013 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall
2013 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Fountain of Age
2013 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall
2012 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : Fountain of Age
2010 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Act One
2010 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Steal Across the Sky
2010 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Act One
2010 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Steal Across the Sky
2010 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Act One
2009 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Erdmann Nexus
2009 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Nano Comes to Clifford Falls: And Other Stories
2008 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Safeguard
2008 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Fountain of Age
2008 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Fountain of Age
2006 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : My Mother, Dancing
2005 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Crucible
2004 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Nothing Human
2003 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Probability Space
2002 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Probability Sun
2002 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Probability Sun
2001 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Savior
2001 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Probability Moon
2001 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Savior
1999 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Maximum Light
1999 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Beaker's Dozen
1999 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Steamship Soldier on the Information Front
1997 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Marigold Outlet
1997 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Oaths and Miracles
1997 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Beggars Ride
1996 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Fault Lines
1996 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Fault Lines
1996 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Fault Lines
1995 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Beggars and Choosers
1995 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Beggars and Choosers
1995 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Beggars and Choosers
1994 Prometheus Award (nominee) : Beggars in Spain
1994 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Dancing on Air
1994 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Beggars in Spain
1994 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Dancing on Air
1994 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Aliens of Earth
1994 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Dancing on Air
1994 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Beggars in Spain
1993 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Mountain to Mohammed
1993 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Beggars in Spain
1993 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Mountain to Mohammed
1992 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Beggars in Spain
1992 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : And Wild for to Hold
1992 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : And Wild for to Hold
1990 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Prince of Oranges
1989 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : An Alien Light
1986 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Trinity: And Other Stories
1985 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Trinity [short story]
1985 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Trinity: And Other Stories
1982 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : The Prince of Morning Bells


Nancy Kress recommends
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Robot Artists and Black Swans (2021)
Bruce Sterling
"It's all here, this time with an Italian flavor: the inventive tech, the meticulously detailed futures, the stylish and sardonic prose, the creative adjectival combinations. Set in Turin, Rome, and an upgraded Hell (Italian designers are good), these stories could only have been written by Bruce Sterling. Treat yourself to one of the most original voices in science fiction."
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Keepers (2018)
(Project Earth, book 2)
Brenda Cooper
"A gem‒a complex and plausible look at what we might face someday, and how we might respond."
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The Calculating Stars (2018)
(Lady Astronaut, book 1)
Mary Robinette Kowal
"An engrossing alternate history with a unique point of view, The Fated Sky dramatically demonstrates the technical problems with going to Mars?but the technical problems are the not the only ones. Never backing down from vital issues of race and gender, The Fated Sky confronts the human issues of space travel in a United States made increasingly desperate by a massive meteor strike. Plausible, convincing, and ultimately moving."

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