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Michael Swanwick

(b.1950)

Michael Swanwick is the author of a novella, two short story collections, and four critically acclaimed novels: Vacuum Flowers; the Nebula Award-winning Stations of the Tide; The Iron Dragon's Daughter, which was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and nominated for a World Fantasy Award; and Jack Faust, also a New York Times Notable Book. Mr. Swanwick lives with his wife and son in Philadelphia, PA.

Awards: Hugo (2004), WFA (1996), Nebula (1991), Sturgeon (1990) see all

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Series

Iron Dragon's Daughter
   1. The Iron Dragon's Daughter (1993)
   2. The Dragons of Babel (2008)
   3. The Iron Dragon's Mother (2019)

Darger and Surplus
   1. Dancing With Bears (2011)
   2. Chasing the Phoenix (2015)
   The Postutopian Adventures of Darger and Surplus (2020)

Mongolian Wizard
   1. The Mongolian Wizard (2012)
   2. The Fire Gown (2012)
   3. Day of the Kraken (2012)
   4. House of Dreams (2013)
   5. The Night of the Salamander (2015)
   6. The Pyramid of Krakow (2015)
   7. The Phantom in the Maze (2015)
   8. Murder in the Spook House (2019)
   9. The New Prometheus (2019)

Novels

   In the Drift (1985)
   Vacuum Flowers (1987)
   Griffin's Egg (1990)
   Stations of the Tide (1991)
   Gravity's Angels (1991)
   Jack Faust (1997)
   Bones of the Earth (2002)
   City Under the Stars (2020) (with Gardner Dozois)
   The Star-Bear (2023)

Collections

   Slow Dancing Through Time (1990) (with others)
   Cigar-Box Faust (1991)
   Tales of Old Earth (1992)
   A Geography of Unknown Lands (1997)
   Moon Dogs (2000)
   Michael Swanwick's Field Guide to Mesozoic Megafauna (2004)
   The Periodic Table of Science Fiction (2005)
   The Dog Said Bow-Wow (2007)
   The Best of Michael Swanwick (2008)
   Not So Much, Said the Cat (2016)
   Three Science Fiction Thrillers (2017)
   Devil's Ways (2020) (with others)
   The Best of Michael Swanwick, Volume Two (2023)

Novellas and Short Stories

   Triceratops Summer (2005)
   Zeppelin City (2011) (with Eileen Gunn)
   The Trains That Climb the Winter Tree (2011) (with Eileen Gunn)
   The Dala Horse (2011)
   Annie Without Crow (2021)
   A Small Room in Koboldtown (2022)

Series contributed to

Witch Who Came in From the Cold
The Witch Who Came in from the Cold (2017) (with others)

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by Michael Swanwick

The Year's Best Science Fiction on Earth (2023)
edited by
Allan Kaster

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

Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 205 (2023)
(Clarkesworld Magazine, book 205)

More books

Awards

	2004 Hugo Award for Best Novelette : Legions in Time
	2003 Hugo Award for Best Novelette : Slow Life
	2002 Hugo Award for Best Short Story : The Dog Said Bow-Wow
	2001 Locus Award for Best Collection : Tales of Old Earth
	2000 Hugo Award for Best Short Story : Scherzo with Tyrannosaur
	1999 Hugo Award for Best Short Story : The Very Pulse of the Machine
	1996 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella : Radio Waves
	1991 Nebula Award for Best Novel : Stations of the Tide
	1990 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award : The Edge of the World

Award nominations

	2024 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Best of Michael Swanwick, Volume Two
	2022 Locus Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Huginn and Muninn -- and What Came After
	2021 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Postutopian Adventures of Darger and Surplus
	2020 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Iron Dragon's Mother
	2017 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Not So Much, Said the Cat
	2015 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Tawny Petticoats
	2015 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Of Finest Scarlet Was Her Gown
	2012 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Dala Horse
	2012 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Dancing With Bears
	2009 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled
	2009 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Dragons of Babel
	2009 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Best of Michael Swanwick
	2009 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled
	2008 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Dog Said Bow-Wow
	2008 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : A Small Room in Koboldtown
	2007 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Lord Weary's Empire
	2007 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Lord Weary's Empire
	2007 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Lord Weary's Empire
	2003 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Dog Said Bow-Wow
	2003 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Bones of the Earth
	2003 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Bones of the Earth
	2003 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Little Cat Laughed to See Such Sport
	2003 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : 'Hello,' Said the Stick
	2003 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Bones of the Earth
	2003 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Five British Dinosaurs
	2002 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : The Dog Said Bow-Wow
	2002 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Bones of the Earth
	2001 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Raggle Taggle Gypsy-O
	2001 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Scherzo with Tyrannosaur
	2001 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Moon Dogs
	2001 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Moon Dogs
	2000 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Radiant Doors
	2000 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Ancient Engines
	1999 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Wild Minds
	1999 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Radiant Doors
	1999 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Ancestral Voices
	1999 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Wild Minds
	1999 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Radiant Doors
	1998 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : A Geography of Unknown Lands
	1998 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Jack Faust
	1998 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Dead
	1998 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Jack Faust
	1998 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : A Geography of Unknown Lands
	1998 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Jack Faust
	1997 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Radio Waves
	1997 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Dead
	1997 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Jack Faust
	1996 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The City of God
	1996 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Walking Out
	1995 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Changeling's Tale
	1994 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Iron Dragon's Daughter
	1994 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Iron Dragon's Daughter
	1994 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Iron Dragon's Daughter
	1993 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Griffin's Egg [short story]
	1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Stations of the Tide
	1992 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Stations of the Tide
	1992 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Griffin's Egg
	1992 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Gravity's Angels
	1992 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Stations of the Tide
	1992 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Griffin's Egg [short story]
	1992 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Stations of the Tide
	1991 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Slow Dancing Through Time
	1990 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Edge of the World
	1990 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Edge of the World
	1988 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Vacuum Flowers
	1986 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Gods of Mars
	1986 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Dogfight
	1986 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : In the Drift
	1986 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Dogfight
	1985 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Marrow Death
	1985 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Trojan Horse
	1985 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Marrow Death
	1983 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Man Who Met Picasso
	1982 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Mummer Kiss
	1981 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Ginungagap
	1981 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Feast of Saint Janis

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