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Ray Nayler



Called "One of the up-and-coming masters of SF short fiction" by Locus Online, Ray Nayler's critically acclaimed stories have seen print in Asimov's, Clarkesworld, Analog, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Lightspeed, and Nightmare, as well as in many "Best Of" anthologies, including The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction.
For nearly half his life, he has lived and worked outside the United States in the Foreign Service and the Peace Corps, including a stint as Environment, Science, Technology, and Health Officer at the U.S. consulate in Ho Chi Minh City. Beginning in September 2022, he will serve as the international advisor to the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

 

Awards: Hugo (2025)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction
 
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Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 236 (2026)
(Clarkesworld Magazine, book 236)
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The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time 5 (2025)
(Year's Top Tales of Space and Time, book 5)
edited by
Allan Kaster
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Clarkesworld Year Thirteen: Volume One (2024)
(Clarkesworld Anthology, book 17)
edited by
Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace

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Awards
2025 Hugo Award for Best Novella : The Tusks of Extinction
2023 Locus Award for Best First Novel : The Mountain in the Sea

Award nominations
2026 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (finalist) : Where the Axe is Buried
2026 Locus Award for Best Novelette (finalist) : The Tin Man's Ghost
2025 Locus Award for Best Novella (finalist) : The Tusks of Extinction
2024 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Tusks of Extinction
2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award (shortlist) : The Mountain in the Sea
2022 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Sarcophagus
2022 Ray Bradbury Prize (nominee) : The Mountain in the Sea
2022 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Mountain in the Sea


Ray Nayler recommends
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The Phoenix Pencil Company (2025)
Allison King
"A beautiful ode to the warmth of family connection, the power of memory, and the magic of the written word."
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Rakesfall (2024)
Vajra Chandrasekera
"A work of boundless creativity. Every mind-expanding chapter is another twist of the kaleidoscope. This is a fearless, hallucinatory novel that takes colonial (and all) power structures on with art and style."
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Moonbound (2024)
(Penumbraverse)
Robin Sloan
"A lightning bolt crackling with new ideas, zigzagging its way between Gibson and Le guin."

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