Vylar Kaftan
American speculative fiction writer
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Vylar Kaftan is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. A Clarion West Workshop graduate, she lives on the U.S. West Coast.
Kaftan's short story "Civilisation" is included in Farah Mendlesohn 's anthology Glorifying Terrorism , and several of her other speculative fiction flash and short stories have also been published. Her short story " I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You In Reno ", published in the June 2010 issue of Lightspeed Magazine , was a nominee for the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Short Story . [1]
Her novella " The Weight of the Sunrise ", published in the February 2013 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction , won the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Novella [2] and the Sidewise Award .; [3] it also was a nominee for the 2014 Theodore Sturgeon Award . [4] Her novella " Her Silhouette, Drawn In Water" , published May 21, 2019 by Tor.com, was a nominee for the Nebula Award for Best Novella . [5]
Bibliography
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See also the list of stories on her website, with links.
Short fiction
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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Lion dance | 2012 | Kaftan, Vylar (October–November 2012). "Lion dance". Asimov's Science Fiction . Vol. 36, no. 10–11. | ||
The weight of the sunrise | 2013 | Kaftan, Vylar (February 2013). "The weight of the sunrise". Asimov's Science Fiction . Vol. 37, no. 2. pp. 76–106. | Novella | |
Her Silhouette, Drawn In Water" | 2019 | Tor.com, May 21, 2019, 112 p. | Novella | |
References
- ↑ "SFWA announces the 2010 Nebula Award Nominees" . Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. February 22, 2011 . Retrieved February 25, 2014 .
- ↑ "2013 Nebula Nominees Announced" . Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America . Retrieved February 25, 2014 .
- ↑ "2014 Sidewise Award Winners" . Goodreads. 2020 . Retrieved May 18, 2020 .
- ↑ "Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction News and Events" . Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction . Retrieved April 4, 2019 .
- ↑ "2019 Nebula Nominees Finalists Announced" . Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America . Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
External links
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- Author's online archive of her short fiction including her Nebula-winning "The Weight of the Sunrise"
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