Kij Johnson

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Katherine Irenae Johnson (* 20th January 1961 in Harlan ( Iowa )) is an American writer , the science fiction - and mystery - novels and short stories published.

Life

Kij Johnson comes from a family of publishers. Her grandfather was a publisher of agricultural magazines, and her grandparents and parents were lecturers . Her mother was a school librarian and always brought books home. Kij Johnson received her bachelor's degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield (Minnesota) and then worked as an editor for various publishers, managed bookstores and worked for radio. She started writing when she was 25. In 1987 she sold her first story.

Since 1997 she has been a jury member for the finals of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award . She is the associate director of the Center for Science Fiction Studies and has been an assistant professor of writing at the University of Kansas since 2012 .

Works

published in German translation:

• 1999: Die Ehre des Drachen , Roman, with Greg Cox , translated by Uwe Anton , Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Vol. 51). ISBN 3-453-14983-1 ( Dragon's Honor , 1996)
• 2005: Die Fuchsfrau , Roman, translated by Michael Koseler , Piper Verlag, Munich and Zurich. ISBN 978-3-492-70039-9 ( The Fox Woman , 2000). 2007 paperback edition as The Secret of the Fox Woman . ISBN 978-3-492-26635-2

Awards

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 1994, Best Short Story: Fox Magic , published in Asimov's Science Fiction
• IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award 2001, Best Short Story: The Fox Woman
• World Fantasy Award 2009, Best Short Story: 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss , published in Asimov's Science Fiction
• Nebula Award 2009, Best Short Story: Spar , published in Clarkesworld Magazine
• Nebula Award 2010, Best Short Story: Ponies , published on tor.com
• Nebula Award 2011, Best Short Novel : The Man Who Bridged The Mist , published in Asimov's Science Fiction
• Hugo Award 2012, Best Short Novel : The Man Who Bridged The Mist , published in Asimov's Science Fiction
• World Fantasy Award 2017, Best Short Novel : The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe
• World Fantasy Award 2019, Best Short Novel: The Privilege of the Happy Ending

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} locusmag.com - Kij Johnson: Inversions. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 23, 2013 ; accessed on May 12, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} kijjohnson.com - Bio. Retrieved May 12, 2013 . 

Web links

• Literature by and about Kij Johnson in the catalog of the German National Library
• Kij Johnson in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about Kij Johnson at Open Library
• official website of Kij Johnson (English)