Ada Palmer
Ada Palmer (born 1981 ) is an American historian , fantasy writer and composer . Her debut novel Too Like The Lightning won the Compton Crook Award 2017. She is the recipient of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction . Ada Palmer received a Ph.D. in 2009. at Harvard University . Since 2018 she has been teaching early modern European history with a focus on the Italian Renaissance as an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago .
Works
Terra Ignota
Palmer's science fiction / fantasy series is called Terra Ignota and consists of the following volumes:
- Too Like the Lightning (2016) ISBN 978-0-765-37800-2
- Seven Surrenders (2017) ISBN 978-0-765-37802-6
- The Will to Battle (2017) ISBN 978-1-786-69956-5
- Perhaps the Stars (planned for 2020)
Non-fiction books & essays (selection)
- The Recovery of Classical Philosophy in the Renaissance, a Brief Guide (2008), with James Hankins
- Reading Lucretius in the Renaissance (2014) ISBN 978-0-674-72557-7
- All Life is Genocide: the Philosophical Pessimism of Osamu Tezuka , in Mangatopia: Essays on Manga and Anime in the Modern World , eds. Timothy Perper and Martha Cornog. ISBN 978-1-591-58908-2
music
Ada Palmer has recorded music, partly solo, partly in collaboration. Her album / play Sundown: Whispers of Ragnarok, about Snorri Sturluson , premiered at the 2013 Balticon .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ada Palmer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ada Palmer in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Website (English)
- Palmer's account on Twitter
- Palmer's site at the University of Chicago
- http://www.exurbe.com/
- http://www.sassafrassmusic.com/
Individual evidence
- ^ VIAF entry on Ada Palmer. VIAF , accessed September 20, 2019 .
- ^ Ada Palmer: Welcome. In: adapalmer.com. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
- ^ Ada Palmer: Ada Palmer - Associate Professor of Early Modern European History and the College. University of Chicago , accessed September 20, 2019 .
- ^ Ada Palmer: Music Archives. In: adapalmer.com. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Palmer, Ada |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American historian, fantasy writer and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1981 |