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William Sanders


USA flag (b.1942)

William Sanders was born in 1942. A graduate of Arkansas A&M College, he served in the US Army Security Agency from 1963 through 1966. Besides soldiering, he has at various times worked as a musician, shipping clerk, construction laborer, encyclopedia salesman, traveling preacher, and dishwasher at the New York Stock Exchange cafeteria. In 1973 he began writing for publication, first in nonfiction - eventually publishing four books on sports and outdoor subjects, as well as articles and columns in sports magazines - and then, in 1988, turning to speculative fiction.

His first published novel, the alternate-history comedy Journey to Fusang, was critically praised and got a nomination for the John Campbell Award. Since that time he has published several other SF novels, as well as mysteries and suspense thrillers. His short fiction has appeared in major magazines and anthologies and been nominated for various awards, including the Hugo and the Nebula; in 1998 his short story "The Undiscovered" received the Sidewise Award for Alternate History.

He lives in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, with his wife and his cat and his old motorcycle.
 


Genres: Mystery
 
Series
Hardball
   1. Hardball (1992)
   2. Aryan Legion (1992)
   3. Skorpion (1992)
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Taggart Roper
   1. The Next Victim (1993)
   2. A Death on 66 (1994)
   3. Blood Autumn (1995)
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Novels
   Journey to Fusang (1988)
   Steel Wings (1991)
   The Wild Blue and the Gray (1991)
   The Ballad of Bill Badass and the Rose of Turkestan (1999)
   Smoke (2000)
   The Bernadette Operation (2001)
   J. (2001)
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Collections
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Books containing stories by William Sanders
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The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New SF (2008)
(Best New Science Fiction)
edited by
Gardner Dozois
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The Year's Best Science Fiction Twenty-Third Annual Collection (2006)
(Year's Best Science Fiction, book 23)
edited by
Gardner Dozois

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Awards
2003 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History : Empire
1998 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History : The Undiscovered

Award nominations
2005 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Dry Bones
2004 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Dry Bones
2000 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Jennifer, Just Before Midnight
1998 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : The Undiscovered
1998 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Undiscovered
1998 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Undiscovered
1989 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Journey to Fusang
1989 Astounding Award for Best New Writer (nominee) : Journey to Fusang


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