Naomi Kritzer

Naomi Kritzer is an American speculative fiction writer and blogger.^[1][2] Her 2015 short story "Cat Pictures Please" was a Locus Award and Hugo Award winner^[3] and was nominated for a Nebula Award.

Biography

Kritzer has lived abroad in London and Nepal. She now lives in Saint Paul and blogs on local elections.^[4]

Career

Since 1999 Kritzer has published a number of short stories and several novels, including two trilogies for Bantam Books, and her Seastead series of short stories for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Her 2015 short story "Cat Pictures Please" published in Clarkesworld was a Locus Award and Hugo Award winner and was nominated for a Nebula Award.^[5]

Bibliography

Novels

Dead Rivers

• Freedom's Gate (2004)
• Freedom's Apprentice (2005)
• Freedom's Sisters (2006)

Eliana's Song

• Fires of the Faithful (2002)
• Turning the Storm (2003)
• Kin (2004)

Short stories

• "Faust's SASE" (1999)
• "Gift of the Winter King" (2000)
• "The Price" (2000)
• "Spirit Stone" (2000)
• "The Golem" (2000)
• "Comrade Grandmother" (2002)
• "In the Witch's Garden" (2002)
• "St. Ailbe's Hall" (2004) also appeared as:
• "The Long Walk" (2005) with Lyda Morehouse
• "Honest Man" (2007)
• "When Shlemiel Went to the Stars" (2008)
• "The Good Son" (2009)
• "Isabella's Garden" (2011)
• "What Happened at Blessing Creek" (2011)
• "Scrap Dragon" (2012)
• "The Wall" (2013)
• "Bits" (2013)
• "Artifice" (2014)
• "Cat Pictures Please" (2015)
• "Wind" (2015)
• "Cleanout" (2015)
• "So Much Cooking" (2015)

Awards

• 2003 – Crawford Award finalist for "Fires of the Faithful"^[5]
• 2014 – WSFA Small Press Award nomination — for "Bits"^[5]
• 2016 – Nebula Award nomination, for "Cat Pictures Please"^[5]
• 2016 – Hugo Award winner, for "Cat Pictures Please"^[5]
• 2016 – Locus Award winner, for "Cat Pictures Please"^[5]

References

External links

• Official website