Rachel Swirsky

Rachel Swirsky (born April 14, 1982 in San Jose, California) is an American literary, speculative fiction and fantasy writer, poet, and editor living in Oregon. She was the founding editor of the PodCastle podcast and served as editor from 2008 to 2010. She served as vice president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2013.[1]

Rachel Swirsky
Born (1982-04-14) April 14, 1982
San Jose, California, United States
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Period2006–present
GenreScience fiction, fantasy
Notable works
Notable awardsNebula Award (2010, 2013)
Website
rachelswirsky.com

She has been published in such literary publications as PANK, the Konundrum Engine Literary Review, and the New Haven Review. Her speculative fiction work has appeared in numerous markets including Tor.com, Subterranean Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Fantasy Magazine, Interzone, Realms of Fantasy, and Weird Tales, and collected in a variety of year's best anthologies, including Gardner Dozois's The Year's Best Science Fiction, Rich Horton's The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan's Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, and Jeff & Ann VanderMeer's Best American Fantasy.

Her novella "The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window" won the 2010 Nebula Award.[2][3] and was also a nominee for a 2011 Hugo Award[4] and for the 2011 World Fantasy Award.[5][6]

Swirsky's short story "If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love" won the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, and was nominated for the Hugo award for best short story of 2013.[7][8]

Biography

Swirsky was born in 1982 in San Jose, California into a Jewish family.[9] A graduate of the University of California Santa Cruz and the Iowa Writers Workshop, Swirsky taught undergraduate science fiction and fantasy writing while a teaching assistant at The University of Iowa.[10] In 2005, she attended the Clarion West writers workshop.[11]

In addition to her fiction, Swirsky writes critical essays, reviews, and other non-fiction.

Swirsky has donated her writing to a number of charity anthologies. Her story "Heat Engine" appeared in Last Bird, Drink Head, a flash fiction anthology supporting the ProLiteracy charity. In September 2010, she contributed a story to the online chapbook story collection Clash of the Geeks, presented by Subterranean Press supporting the Lupus Alliance of America.[12]

Swirsky lives in Portland, Oregon.[13] She has described herself as a person with disability.[9]

Awards and critical reception

In addition to winning the Nebula, Swirsky's work has been nominated for awards and received other critical attention. Her novella "A Memory of Wind" was a finalist for the 2009 Nebula Awards ballot.[14] Her novelette "Eros, Philia, Agape" was nominated for the Hugo,[15] the Theodore Sturgeon Award,[16] the Locus Award,[17] the storySouth Million Writers Award,[18][19] and the Tiptree Award.[20] Her novelette "Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia" was a finalist for the 2012 Nebula Awards ballot.[21] 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novelette,[22] and the 2011 Nebula Award for Best Novelette. Her story "Fields of Gold" was nominated for the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novelette,[23] and the 2011 Nebula Award for Best Novelette.[24] "If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love" won the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Short Story,[25] and was nominated for the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.[26]

Her poem "The Oracle on River Street" won third place for the Rhysling Award and was reprinted in the 2008 Rhysling anthology.[27] Other work has also been long-listed for the storySouth Million Writers Award,[28] the BSFA Award, and the Tiptree Award.

Her work has been listed on the annual Locus Magazine's Recommended Reading List.[29][30][31]

Bibliography
Library resources about
Rachel Swirsky
By Rachel Swirsky

Collections
  • How the World Became Quiet and Myths of the Past, Present, and Future, Subterranean Press, 2013, ISBN 978-159606-550-5
  • Through the Drowsy Dark: Short Fiction & Poetry, Aqueduct Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-933500-38-6

Edited works
  • People of the Book: A Decade of Jewish Science Fiction & Fantasy, Prime Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-60701-238-2

Selected short stories
  • "Defiled Imagination," PANK Magazine, October 2010
  • "The Monster's Million Faces," Tor.com, Sept 8, 2010
  • "The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window," Subterranean Magazine, Summer 2010
  • "A Memory of Wind," Tor.com, Nov 3 2009
  • "Eros, Philia, Agape," Tor.com, Mar 3 2009 (reprinted in Jonathan Strahan's Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol. 4 and in Rich Horton's The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2010)
  • "Marrying the Sun," Fantasy Magazine, June 30, 2008 (reprinted in Jonathan Strahan's The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol. 3)
  • "How the World Became Quiet: A Post-Human Creation Myth," Electric Velocipede, issue 13 (reprinted in audio at Escape Pod, Sep 20 2008 and in Jeff & Ann VanderMeer's Best American Fantasy 2)
  • "A Monkey Will Never Be Rid of Its Black Hands," Subterranean Magazine, Winter 2008
  • "Dispersed by the Sun, Melting in the Wind," Subterranean Magazine, Spring 2007
  • "The Debt of the Innocent," Glorifying Terrorism, 2007
  • "Heartstrung," in Interzone 210 (reprinted in audio at Pseudopod, Mar 28 2008; reprinted in Rich Horton's Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2008)
  • "A Letter Never Sent," in Konundrum Engine Literary Review
  • "Scene from a Dystopia," in Subterranean Magazine #4, 2006

Selected poetry
  • "Mundane," Ideomancer, 2010
  • "Evening in Pompeii," Ideomancer, 2010
  • "String Theory," Ideomancer, September 2009
  • "Remembering the World," Electric Velocipede #15-16, Winter 2008
  • "The Passionate Oven," Helix #8 (reprinted in Transcriptase)
  • "Pro-Life Patter," Diet Soap #2 (originally printed on Alas, a Blog)
  • "Terrible Lizards," Diet Soap #1, online edition, February 2008
  • "Invitation to Emerald," Lone Star Stories, December 2007
  • "A Season with the Geese," Abyss&Apex, third quarter 2007 (reprinted in The Best of Abyss & Apex, Volume One)
  • "The Oracle on River Street," Goblin Fruit, Summer 2007

References
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  3. Hesse, Monica (May 23, 2011). "Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America hold annual convention". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  4. Locus, 2011 Hugo and Campbell Awards Winners (access date August 21, 2011)
  5. "Renovation - Hugo Awards". Renovationsf.org. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  6. "Awards of the WFC". World Fantasy Convention 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
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  8. http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2014-hugo-awards/
  9. Rachel Swirsky (November 15, 2018). "q&a on being a jewish & disabled author"..
  10. "Rachel Swirsky". LinkedIn. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  11. "Rachel Swirsky". Clarion West. March 5, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  12. Swirsky, Rachel (July 1, 2010). "The Complex Identity of the Archetypal Hero: A Fictional Treatise with Unicorn Pegasus Kittens | Alas, a Blog". Amptoons.com. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  13. "Rachel Swirsky". Macmillan.
  14. Sheila Crosby May 16, 2010 at 4:49 am (May 15, 2010). "SFWA announces 2009 Nebula Awards winners". SFWA. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  15. "2010 Hugo Award Nominees". The Hugo Awards. April 4, 2010. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  16. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2010 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award". Locusmag.com. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  17. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Locus Award Nominees List". Mark R. Kelly and Locus Publications. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  18. "storySouth Million Writers Award Notable Stories 2008". Storysouth.com. February 8, 2008. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  19. "storySouth Million Writers Award Notable Stories 2008". Storysouth.com. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  20. "2010 Tiptree Award Long List". James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  21. "2012 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced". SFWA. February 20, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  22. 2012 Hugo Awards Archived April 9, 2012, at WebCite, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved June 26, 2014
  23. 2012 Hugo Awards Archived April 9, 2012, at WebCite, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved June 27, 2014
  24. 2011 Nebula Awards Nominees announced, at SFWA.org; published February 2012; retrieved June 27, 2014
  25. 2013 Nebula Awards Winners, at Locus; published May 17, 2014; retrieved June 26, 2014
  26. 2014 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved June 26, 2014
  27. "Science Fiction Poetry Association". Sfpoetry.com. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  28. "storySouth Million Writers Award". Storysouth.com. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  29. Burnham, Karen (February 3, 2011). "Locus Roundtable » 2010 Locus Recommended Reading List". Locusmag.com. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  30. "Locus Online: Magazine: February 2010: 2009 Recommended Reading List". Locusmag.com. February 1, 2010. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  31. Locusmag.com
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