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Naomi Kritzer

I grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, though I was born in North Carolina, lived in Indiana and Houston, Texas before I turned five, and spent a year living in London when I was 13. I moved to Minnesota to attend college, and haven't left. My husband and I have two daughters and three cats. I post regularly about the daughters and occasionally about writing on my blog at http://www.livejournal.com/users/naomikritzer/

Awards: Hugo (2025), Eugie (2024), Nebula (2023), Edgar (2020) see all

Genres: Science Fiction

New and upcoming books

June 2026

Obstetrix

Series

Eliana's Song
1. Fires of the Faithful (2002)
2. Turning the Storm (2002)

Dead Rivers
   1. Freedom's Gate (2004)
   2. Freedom's Apprentice (2005)
   3. Freedom's Sisters (2006)

Catfishing on CatNet
1. Catfishing on CatNet (2019)
2. Chaos on CatNet (2021)

Novels

Liberty's Daughter (2023)
Obstetrix (2026)

Collections

   Gift of the Winter King and Other Stories (2011)
   Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories (2011)
   Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories (2017)

Series contributed to

Tor.Com Original
Little Free Library (2020)

Books containing stories by Naomi Kritzer

The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 9 (2025)
(Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories, book 9)
edited by
Allan Kaster

Nebula Awards Showcase 59 (2025)
(Nebula Award Stories, book 59)
edited by
Stephen Kotowych

Zooscape: Volume 4 (2024)
(Zooscape, book 4)
edited by
Mary E Lowd

More books

Awards

	2025 Hugo Award for Best Novelette : The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea
	2024 Hugo Award for Best Short Story : Better Living Through Algorithms
	2024 Hugo Award for Best Novelette : The Year Without Sunshine
	2024 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction : The Year Without Sunshine
	2023 Nebula Award for Best Novelette : The Year Without Sunshine
	2021 Locus Award for Best Short Story : Little Free Library
	2020 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book : Catfishing on CatNet
	2020 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel : Catfishing on CatNet
	2016 Hugo Award for Best Short Story : Cat Pictures Please

Award nominations

	2025 Locus Award for Best Novelette (finalist) : The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea
	2024 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : The Year Without Sunshine
	2024 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (nominee) : Liberty's Daughter
	2024 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Year Without Sunshine
	2023 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Better Living Through Algorithms
	2023 Andre Norton Award (nominee) : Liberty's Daughter
	2022 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (nominee) : Chaos on CatNet
	2022 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : Chaos on CatNet
	2021 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Little Free Library
	2021 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Monster
	2020 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : Catfishing on CatNet
	2020 ITW Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : Catfishing on CatNet
	2020 Dragon Award for Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel (nominee) : Catfishing on CatNet
	2020 Anthony Award for Best Children/Young Adult Fiction (nominee) : Catfishing on CatNet
	2019 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Thing About Ghost Stories
	2019 Andre Norton Award (nominee) : Catfishing on CatNet
	2018 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories
	2015 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Cat Pictures Please
	2013 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Liberty's Daughter
	2003 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Fires of the Faithful

Naomi Kritzer recommends

Wearing the Lion (2025)
John Wiswell
"A deeply original retelling of the Labors of Hercules that should appeal to anyone who has been craving more re-examinations of Greek mythology. I particularly enjoyed the chatty Hydra."

Bad Company (2022)
(Bad Company Books, book 1)
Adam Stemple
"No one writes bastard-son-of-a-bitch characters as brilliantly as Adam Stemple!"

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