Gwyneth Jones
Gwyneth Jones (born 14 February 1952) is an English science fiction and fantasy writer and critic, and a young adult/children's writer under the pen name Ann Halam.
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Gwyneth Jones
- Name
- Gwyneth Jones
- Born
- 14 February 1952
- Birthplace
- Manchester, England
- Occupation
- Novelist, critic
- Education
- University of Sussex
- Awards
- World Fantasy Award, BSFA short story award, Children of the Night Award, Arthur C.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom.
- Fields
- young adult literature.
- Known for
- Bold as Love.
- Honours
- Otherwise Award, World Fantasy Award for Best Collection, Arthur C. Clarke Award, Philip K. Dick Award, Pilgrim Award and BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction.
- Languages
- English.
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Gwyneth Jones (born 14 February 1952) is an English science fiction and fantasy writer and critic, and a young adult/children's writer under the pen name Ann Halam.
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Biography
Biography
Gwyneth Jones studied at University of Sussex. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is young adult literature. Residence is recorded at Brighton. Works named in the authority record are Bold as Love. Distinctions recorded are Otherwise Award, World Fantasy Award for Best Collection, Arthur C. Clarke Award and Philip K.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Gwyneth Jones • Pen Name — Ann Halam • Born — 14 February 1952 • Birthplace — Manchester, England • Occupation — Novelist, critic • Language — English • Education — University of Sussex • Genre — Science fiction, high fantasy • Notable Works — Bold as Love (2001) • Awards — World Fantasy Award, BSFA short story award, Children of the Night Award, Arthur C. Clarke Award, Philip K. Dick Award, James Tiptree Jr. Award[4] • Website — http: boldaslove.co.uk/blog/
Biography and writing career
Biography and writing career
Jones was born in Manchester, England. Education at a convent school was followed by an undergraduate degree in European history of ideas at the University of Sussex. She has written for younger readers since 1980 under the pseudonym Ann Halam[1] and, under that name, has published more than twenty novels. In 1984 Divine Endurance, a science fiction novel for adults, was published under her own name and in which she created the term gynoid.[2] She continues to write using these two names for the respective audiences. Jones' works are mostly science fiction and near future high fantasy with strong themes of gender and feminism. She is the winner of two World Fantasy Awards,[3] BSFA short story award, Children of the Night Award from the Dracula Society, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Philip K. Dick Award and co-winner of the James Tiptree Jr. Award. She also won the 2008 Pilgrim Award for lifetime achievement in Science Fiction criticism.[5] She is generally well-reviewed critically and, as a feminist science fiction writer, is often compared to Ursula K. Le Guin, though the two authors are very much distinct in both content and style of work. Jones lives in Brighton, England, with her husband and son.
Novels
Novels
• Name — Published — ISBN — Notes • Water in the Air — London: Macmillan, 1977 — as Gwyneth A Jones • The Influence of Ironwood — London: Macmillan, 1978 — as Gwyneth A Jones • The Exchange — London: Macmillan, 1979 — as Gwyneth A Jones • Dear Hill — London: Macmillan, 1980 — as Gwyneth A Jones • Divine Endurance — London: George Allen & Unwin, 1984 • Escape Plans — London: Allen & Unwin, 1986 — Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1987[6] • Kairos — London: Unwin Hyman, 1988 — Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1989[7] • The Hidden Ones — London: The Women's Press, 1988 (paper) • Flower Dust — London: Headline, 1993 • White Queen — London: Gollancz, 1991 — Book 1 of The Aleutian Trilogy; James Tiptree, Jr. Award Winner (tie), 1991;[8] Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1992[9] • North Wind — London: Gollancz, 1994 — Book 2 of The Aleutian Trilogy; BSFA nominee, 1994;[10] Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1995[11] • Phoenix Cafe — London: Gollancz, 1997 — Book 3 of The Aleutian Trilogy • Bold as Love — London: Gollancz, 2001 — Book 1 in the Bold As Love Cycle; Arthur C. Clarke Award winner, 2002;[12] BSFA nominee, 2001;[13] British Fantasy Award nominee, 2002 • Castles Made of Sand — London: Gollancz, 2002 — Book 2 in the Bold As Love Cycle; British Science Fiction Award nominee, 2002 • Midnight Lamp — London: Gollancz, 2003 — Book 3 in the Bold As Love Cycle; British Science Fiction Award nominee, 2003;[14] Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2004[15] • Band of Gypsys — London: Gollancz, 2005 — Book 4 in the Bold as Love Cycle • Rainbow Bridge — London: Gollancz, 2006 (paper) — Book 5 in the Bold As Love Cycle • Life — Seattle, WA: Aqueduct Press, 2004 (paper) — Philip K. Dick Award winner, 2005;[16] James Tiptree, Jr. Award shortlist, 2004;[17] • Spirit: or The Princess of Bois Dormant[18] — London: Gollancz, 2008 — Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2010 • The Grasshopper's Child — London: Self-published, 2014 (ebook) — ISBN — Book 6 in the Bold As Love Cycle
Short stories
Short stories
• "Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland" (1996) in Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex (anthology) and (2007) in Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology (anthology) • "Saving Tiamaat" (2007) in The New Space Opera (anthology) • "The Ki-anna" (2010) in Engineering Infinity (anthology)[19][20] • "A Planet Called Desire" (2015) in Old Venus (anthology)[22]
Non-fiction
Non-fiction
• Deconstructing the Starships: Science, Fiction and Reality. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1999. • Imagination / Space. Seattle, WA: Aqueduct Press, 2009 (paper). • Joanna Russ. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2019.
As Ann Halam
As Ann Halam
• Ally, Ally, Aster. London: Allen & Unwin, 1981. • The Alder Tree. London: Allen & Unwin, 1981. • King Death's Garden. London: Orchard Books, 1986. • The Inland trilogy • The Daymaker. London: Orchard Books, 1987. • Transformations. London: Orchard Books, 1988. • The Skybreaker. London: Orchard Books, 1990. • Dinosaur Junction. London: Orchard Books, 1992. • The Haunting of Jessica Raven. London: Orion, 1994. • The Fear Man. London: Orion, 1995. • The Powerhouse. London: Orion, 1997. • Crying in the Dark. London: Dolphin, 1998 (paper). • The N.I.M.R.O.D. Conspiracy. London: Dolphin, 1999 (paper). • Don't Open Your Eyes. London: Dolphin, 1999 (paper). • The Shadow on the Stairs. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2000 (paper). • Dr. Franklin's Island. London: Orion/Dolphin, 2001. • Taylor Five. London: Dolphin, 2002 (paper). • Finders Keepers. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2004 (paper). • Siberia. London: Orion, 2005. (shortlist, Booktrust Teenage Prize) • Snakehead. London: Orion, 2007.
Identity
Identity
Gwyneth Jones is recorded with the occupation science fiction writer. Recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom. Established in Bibliothèque nationale de France under 16683900w. Established in Library of Congress under n86011023.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
Explore 1952–2008
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1952
Gwyneth Jones was born in 1952 at Manchester.
1990
Dame Gwyneth Jones sings Wagner 1990 (1990) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1991
Receives Otherwise Award.
1996
Receives World Fantasy Award for Best Collection.
1996
Receives World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction.
1996
Gwyneth Jones received World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction in 1996.
1998
Receives BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction.
1998
Gwyneth Jones received BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction in 1998.
2002
Receives Arthur C. Clarke Award.
2005
Receives Philip K. Dick Award.
2005
Gwyneth Jones received Philip K. Dick Award in 2005.
2008
Receives Pilgrim Award.
2008
Gwyneth Jones received Pilgrim Award in 2008.
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Brighton.
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Manchester.
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Reception
How Gwyneth Jones was received and recognised. Recorded as having received Otherwise Award, World Fantasy Award for Best Collection and Arthur C. Gwyneth Jones received World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction in 1996. Jones received BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction in 1998. Jones received Philip K. Dick Award in 2005. Jones received Pilgrim Award in 2008.
Fiction collections
• Identifying the Object. Austin: Swan Press, 1993 (paper). No ISBN • Seven Tales and a Fable. Cambridge: Edgewood Press, 1995 (paper). • Grazing the Long Acre. Hornsea: PS Publishing, 2009. • The Buonarotti Quartet. Seattle: Aqueduct Press, 2009 (paper). • The Universe of Things. Seattle: Aqueduct Press, 2011 (trade paper).
Notes from the source article
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Jones, Gwyneth.
- 2.University of Minnesota Press. Mechademia 3: Limits of the Human. 248, Note 7. 1 November 2008. 978-0816654826.
- 3.World Fantasy Awards. Winners.
- 4.science fiction awards database. Gwyneth Jones.
- 5.Science Fiction Research Association. The SFRA Award for lifetime contributions to SF scholarship.
- 6.1987 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End.
- 7.1989 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End.
- 8.1991 Winners. James Tiptree, Jr. Award.
- 9.1992 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End.
- 10.1994 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End.
- 11.1995 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End.
- 12.2002 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End.
- 13.2001 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End.
- 14.2003 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End.
- 15.2004 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End.
- 16.2005 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End.
- 17.2004 Short List. James Tiptree, Jr. Award. 12 March 2010.
- 18.Jones has published a webpage giving the background to Spirit, and which also includes several linked short stories: Spirit
- 19.Tilton, Lois. Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, early December. Locus. 7 December 2010.
- 20.Seel, Nigel. Book Review: Engineering Infinity (ed) Jonathan Strahan. ScienceFiction.com. 11 April 2011.
- 21.Waters, Robert E. Engineering Infinity, edited by Jonathan Strahan. Tangent. 8 March 2011.
- 22.Not A Blog: Venus In March. GRRM.livejournal.com. 19 June 2014.
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She also worked under the name Ann Halam. The authorities additionally record the heading Ann Halam. Her recorded language was English. Jones received Otherwise Award, World Fantasy Award for Best Collection, Arthur C. Clarke Award, Philip K. Dick Award, Pilgrim Award and BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction.
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