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(b.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.
Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult Fantasy
Series
Yesterday's Kin
Yesterday's Kin (2014)
1. Tomorrow's Kin (2017)
2. If Tomorrow Comes (2018)
3. Terran Tomorrow (2018)
Yesterday's Kin (2014)
1. Tomorrow's Kin (2017)
2. If Tomorrow Comes (2018)
3. Terran Tomorrow (2018)
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)
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)
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)
The Fountain of Age (2012)
Once Upon a Curse (2012) (with others)
The Best of Nancy Kress (2015)
Future Visions (2015) (with others)
Devil's Ways (2020) (with others)
Unrivaled (2023) (with others)
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)
The Fountain of Age (2012)
Once Upon a Curse (2012) (with others)
The Best of Nancy Kress (2015)
Future Visions (2015) (with others)
Devil's Ways (2020) (with others)
Unrivaled (2023) (with others)
Anthologies edited
Coming Soon Enough (2014) (with Brenda Cooper, Greg Egan, Mary Robinette Kowal, Geoffrey A Landis and Cheryl Rydbom)
Novellas and Short Stories
Non fiction
Beginnings, Middles, and Ends (1986)
Dynamic Characters (1986)
Characters, Emotion and Viewpoint (2005)
Write Great Fiction series (2008) (with James Scott Bell and Gloria Kempton)
The Write Great Fiction Collection Bundle (2010) (with James Scott Bell)
Conversations From the Edge: The Galaxy's Edge Interviews (2019) (with Peter S Beagle, Greg Bear, David Brin, Terry Brooks, Lois McMaster Bujold, Larry Dixon, David Drake, Eric Flint, David Gerrold, Joe Haldeman, Kij Johnson, Mercedes Lackey, Jack McDevitt, George R R Martin, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Mike Resnick, Robert J Sawyer, Robert Silverberg, Harry Turtledove, Joy Ward, David Weber, Toni Weisskopf, Connie Willis and Gene Wolfe)
Dynamic Characters (1986)
Characters, Emotion and Viewpoint (2005)
Write Great Fiction series (2008) (with James Scott Bell and Gloria Kempton)
The Write Great Fiction Collection Bundle (2010) (with James Scott Bell)
Conversations From the Edge: The Galaxy's Edge Interviews (2019) (with Peter S Beagle, Greg Bear, David Brin, Terry Brooks, Lois McMaster Bujold, Larry Dixon, David Drake, Eric Flint, David Gerrold, Joe Haldeman, Kij Johnson, Mercedes Lackey, Jack McDevitt, George R R Martin, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Mike Resnick, Robert J Sawyer, Robert Silverberg, Harry Turtledove, Joy Ward, David Weber, Toni Weisskopf, Connie Willis and Gene Wolfe)
Series contributed to
Anthologies containing stories by Nancy Kress
UniverseX 11 (1981)
Universe 12 (1982)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 (1983)
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 (1985)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Third Annual Collection (1986)
Nebula Awards 21 (1987)
Full Spectrum (1988)
The Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection (1989)
aka Demons and Dreams
Full Spectrum 4 (1993)
The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction (1993)
Strange Dreams (1993)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Xanadu (1993)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Eleventh Annual Collection (1993)
By Any Other Fame (1994)
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction (1994)
Nebula Awards 28 (1994)
Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams (1994)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Seventh Annual Collection (1994)
New Eves (1994)
Women of Wonder (1995)
Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep (1995)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Twelfth Annual Collection (1995)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Eighth Annual Collection (1995)
Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears (1995)
Killing Me Softly (1995)
Year's Best SF (1996)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Thirteenth Annual Collection (1996)
Cybersex (1996)
Twists of the Tale (1996)
Visions of Wonder (1996)
Timegates (1997)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fourteenth Annual Collection (1997)
Black Swan, White Raven (1997)
Dying for It (1997)
The New Hugo Winners Volume IV (1997)
The Science Fiction Century (1997)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fifteenth Annual Collection (1998)
Year's Best SF 3 (1998)
Future on Ice (1998)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction 11th Annual Collection (1998)
Nanotech (1998)
Isaac Asimov's Valentines (1999)
Silver Birch, Blood Moon (1999)
Nebula Awards 33 (1999)
Far Horizons (1999)
Year's Best SF 4 (1999)
Armageddons (1999)
Isaac Asimov's Solar System (1999)
The Chick Is in the Mail (2000)
Universe 12 (1982)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 (1983)
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 (1985)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Third Annual Collection (1986)
Nebula Awards 21 (1987)
Full Spectrum (1988)
The Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection (1989)
aka Demons and Dreams
Full Spectrum 4 (1993)
The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction (1993)
Strange Dreams (1993)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Xanadu (1993)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Eleventh Annual Collection (1993)
By Any Other Fame (1994)
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction (1994)
Nebula Awards 28 (1994)
Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams (1994)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Seventh Annual Collection (1994)
New Eves (1994)
Women of Wonder (1995)
Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep (1995)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Twelfth Annual Collection (1995)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Eighth Annual Collection (1995)
Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears (1995)
Killing Me Softly (1995)
Year's Best SF (1996)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Thirteenth Annual Collection (1996)
Cybersex (1996)
Twists of the Tale (1996)
Visions of Wonder (1996)
Timegates (1997)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fourteenth Annual Collection (1997)
Black Swan, White Raven (1997)
Dying for It (1997)
The New Hugo Winners Volume IV (1997)
The Science Fiction Century (1997)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fifteenth Annual Collection (1998)
Year's Best SF 3 (1998)
Future on Ice (1998)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction 11th Annual Collection (1998)
Nanotech (1998)
Isaac Asimov's Valentines (1999)
Silver Birch, Blood Moon (1999)
Nebula Awards 33 (1999)
Far Horizons (1999)
Year's Best SF 4 (1999)
Armageddons (1999)
Isaac Asimov's Solar System (1999)
The Chick Is in the Mail (2000)
Short stories
| Shadows on the Cave Wall (1981) | |||
| Talp Hunt (1982) | |||
| With the Original Cast (1982) | |||
| Borovsky's Hollow Woman (1983) (with Jeff Duntemann) | |||
| Night Win (1983) | |||
| Trinity [short story] (1984) | Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
| Out of All Them Bright Stars (1985) | Nebula Awards | ||
| Down Behind Cuba Lake (1986) | |||
| Phone Repairs (1986) | |||
| Cannibals (1987) | |||
| Glass (1987) | |||
| Craps (1988) | |||
| In a World Like This (1988) | |||
| In Memoriam (1988) | |||
| Philippa's Hands (1988) | |||
| Spillage (1988) | |||
| People Like Us (1989) | |||
| The Price of Oranges [short story] (1989) | |||
| The Prince of Oranges (1989) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Renaissance (1989) | |||
| The Flowers of the Aulit Prison (1990) | Nebula Awards | ||
| Inertia (1990) | |||
| Touchdown (1990) | |||
| And Wild for to Hold (1991) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Beggars in Spain [short story] (1991) | Hugo Nebula Awards | ||
| The Mountain to Mohammed (1992) | Hugo (nominee) Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
| Ars Longa (1993) | |||
| The Battle of Long Island (1993) | |||
| The Death of John Patrick Yoder (1993) | |||
| To Scale (1993) | |||
| Margin of Error (1994) | |||
| Words Like Pale Stones (1994) | |||
| Evolution (1995) | |||
| Fault Lines (1995) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Feigenbaum Number (1995) | |||
| Hard Drive (1995) | |||
| Summer Wind (1995) | |||
| Marigold Outlet (1996) | |||
| Always True to Thee, in My Fashion (1997) | |||
| Johnny's So Long at the Fair (1997) | |||
| Steadfast (1997) | |||
| Steamship Soldier on the Information Front (1997) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| The Planers of Aulit Prison (1998) | |||
| State of Nature (1998) | |||
| Arms and the Woman (2000) |
Awards
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Nancy Kress recommends
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."
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."
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."
Traveler of Worlds (2016)
Robert Silverberg and Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
"Zinos-Amaro is a skilled interviewer and Silverberg a brilliant polymath looking back at a long life well spent... I learned something on every page."
The Library At Mount Char (2015)
Scott Hawkins
"The most genuinely original fantasy I’ve ever read. Hawkins plays with really, really big ideas and does it with superb invention, deeply affecting characters, and a smashing climax I did not see coming."
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