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Will McIntosh is a Hugo Award -winning science fiction author. He has published dozens of short stories in magazines such as Asimov's Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Daily Science Fiction, and Interzone. His stories are also frequently reprinted in different "Year's Best" anthologies.

McIntosh's first novel, Soft Apocalypse, was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, a Locus Award, and the Compton Crook award. His latest novel, Love Minus Eighty, was named the best SF novel of the year by the American Library Association, and was on both Io9.com and NPR.org's list of the best books of 2013. Will was a psychology professor for twenty-two years before turning to writing full time. He lives in Williamsburg, Virginia, and is the father of twins.
 

Genres: Science Fiction
 
Novels
   Soft Apocalypse (2011)
   Hitchers (2012)
   Love Minus Eighty (2013)
   Defenders (2014)
   Burning Midnight (2016)
   Faller (2016)
   Unbreakable (2017)
   Watchdog (2017)
   The Future Will Be BS-Free (2018)
   The Classmate (2022)
   Wild (2023)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Perimeter (2012)
   The Heist (2013)
   Watching Over Us (2014)
   City Living (2015)
   Echoes In Evening Wear (2018)
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Will McIntosh recommends
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Killing Gravity (2017)
(Voidwitch Saga, book 1)
Corey J White
"Rip-roaring space opera with a side of magic mushrooms! Fans of Firefly will love Killing Gravity."
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Supersymmetry (2015)
(Superposition, book 2)
David Walton
"A wild ride into the quantum world...Like nothing you've ever read before."
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The Promise of the Child (2015)
(Amaranthine Spectrum, book 1)
Tom Toner
"A gorgeously-written, wildly imaginative book. It’s like no space opera I’ve ever read - compelling and addictive."

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Anthologies containing stories by Will McIntosh
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The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories: Fourth Annual Collection (2023)
(Year's Top Robot and AI Stories, book 4)
edited by
Allan Kaster
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The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories: Third Annual Collection (2022)
(Year's Top Robot and AI Stories, book 3)
edited by
Allan Kaster
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Future Science Fiction Digest, Issue 14 (2022)
(Future Science Fiction Digest, book 14)
edited by
Alex Shvartsman

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Awards
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2012) : Soft Apocalypse
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2015) : Defenders


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