Kameron Hurley

Kameron Hurley
Born	Washington, United States
Occupation	Author
Nationality	American
Genre	Science fiction, fantasy
Notable awards	Sydney J. Bounds Award (2011) Best Newcomer Kitschies (2011) Best Debut Novel Hugo Award (2014) Best Related Work Hugo Award (2014) Best Fan Writer
Website
kameronhurley.com

Kameron Hurley is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Hurley won the 2011 Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer, presented by the British Fantasy Society, and the 2011 Kitschies for Best Debut Novel. Her work has also been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the BSFA Award, and the Nebula award; shortlisted for a Locus Award for Best Debut Novel; and made the Tiptree Award Honor List "for works of science fiction or fantasy that expand or explore one's understanding of gender."

Life

Hurley was born in Washington State and has lived in Fairbanks, Alaska; Durban, South Africa and Chicago, Illinois. She currently resides in Ohio.^[1]

Writing

Hurley has been publishing short fiction since 1998,^[2] and has been writing novels since 2010.^[3] Hurley writes occasional columns for Locus magazine about the craft and business of fiction writing.^[4]

Her first novel trilogy, the Bel Dame Apocrypha, is what Hurley called "bugpunk": set on a far-future desert planet whose technology is based on insects and whose matriarchal, Islam-inspired cultures are locked in perpetual war. Her second trilogy, the Worldbreaker Saga, is grimdark epic fantasy that aims to subvert the genre's tropes such as the hero's journey.^[5] She has also announced a standalone space opera novel, The Stars are Legion.^[6]

Awards

In 2011, Hurley's work God’s War (part of the Bel Dame Apocrypha series)^[3] won the Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration and the Golden Tentacle Kitschy Award for Best Debut Novel.^[7]

In 2012, Hurley won the Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award.^[8] In August 2014, she won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer, and her May 2013 essay "'We Have Always Fought': Challenging the 'Women, Cattle and Slaves' Narrative" won the Hugo for Best Related Work.^[9][10][11]

Bibliography

Novels

The Bel Dame Apocrypha

Novel series:

1. God’s War (2010)^[3]
2. Infidel (2011)^[3]
3. Rapture (2012)^[3]

Related short fiction:

• "The Seams Between the Stars" (2011) (short story)^[3]
• "Afterbirth" (2011) (short story);^[3] prequel to God's War ^[12]
• The Body Project (2014) (novelette)^[3]

Worldbreaker Saga

1. The Mirror Empire (2014)^[13]
2. Empire Ascendant (October 2015)
3. The Broken Heavens (forthcoming Fall 2017)

Other novels

• The Stars Are Legion (forthcoming 2016)

Short fiction

• "Enyo-Enyo". The Lowest Heaven. June 2013.^[14]
• "Wonder Maul Doll". EscapePod. July 2009.
• "The Women of Our Occupation". Year’s Best SF 12. June 2007.
• "Wonder Maul Doll". From the Trenches. November 2006.
• "The Women of Our Occupation". Strange Horizons. July 2006.
• "Holding Onto Ghosts". Talebones. Spring 2004..” .
• "Genderbending At the Madhattered". Strange Horizons. February 2004.
• "Once, There Were Wolves". The Leading Edge. April 2003.
• "If Women Do Fall They Lie". Deep Outside SFFH. Spring 2001.
• "Brutal Women". The Boundless Realm. Fall 1998.

Non-Fiction

• The Geek Feminist Revolution (forthcoming 2016)

References

1. Hurley, Kameron. "About Page". Kameron Hurley. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
2. Hurley, Kameron. "Bibliography". Kameron Hurley. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
3. "Bel Dame Apocrypha series". goodreads. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
4. Hurley, Kameron. "Kameron Hurley columns". Locus.
5. Moher, Aidan (4 February 2015). "50,000 Shades of Grey: The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley". A Dribble of Ink. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
6. "Saga Press to Publish Kameron Hurley’s Standalone Space Opera The Stars Are Legion". Tor.com. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
7. "The Kitschies 2011 Winners". Retrieved 4 May 2014.
8. Lunt, Phil (1 October 2012). "British Fantasy Awards 2012". Retrieved 4 May 2014.
9. Standlee, Kevin (August 17, 2014). "2014 Hugo Award Winners". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
10. "2014 Hugo Award Statistics" (PDF). Loncon 3. August 17, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
11. Taylor, Chris (August 18, 2014). "Game of Thrones beats Doctor Who at Hugo Awards". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
12. "Afterbirth (Bel Dame Apocrypha #0.6)". goodreads. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
13. Hurley, Kameron (2014). "Worldbreaker Saga". Hurley. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
14. "The Lowest Heaven anthology table of contents announced". Upcoming4.me. 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-23.

External links

• People Don’t Buy Books They Don’t Know About (Even Great Ones) by Kameron Hurley, Locus Online 28 August 2014

• Bill Capossere, Terry Weyna (October 13, 2015). "Interview at Fantasy Literature". FantasyLiterature.com.