Barbara Krasnoff | |
Birth Date: | 24 March 1954 |
Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA |
Occupation: | Author |
Genre: | speculative fiction |
Barbara Sue Krasnoff is a tech editor and author of speculative fiction[1] active in the field since 1989.
Krasnoff, born in 1954,[2] [3] is a native of Brooklyn, New York,[3] where she lives with her partner, radio host Jim Freund and "lots of toy penguins."[4] [5] [6] In addition to her writing, she has served as features and reviews editor for Computerworld[5] [6] and reviews editor for the online technology news magazine The Verge.[1]
Much of Krasnoff's fiction is part of a loose series "made up of interconnecti[ng] short stories about two uncanny families through several generations," which have been collected in the "mosaic novel" The History of Soul 2065.[1] Krasnoff has been nominated for a Nebula Award.
Her work has appeared in various periodicals, including Amazing Stories, Abyss & Apex, Apex Magazine, Behind the Wainscot, Clockwork Phoenix, Cosmos, Crossed Genres, Descant, Doorways, Electric Velocipede, Escape Velocity, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Mythic Delirium, Perihelion, Space & Time, Sybil's Garage, Triptych Tales, and Weird Tales, and the anthologies Broken Time Blues: Fantastic Tales in the Roaring '20s, Clockwork Phoenix 2, Clockwork Phoenix 4, Clockwork Phoenix 5, Crossed Genres Year Two, Descended From Darkness: Apex Magazine Vol. I, Fat Girl in a Strange Land, Memories and Visions: Women's Fantasy and Science Fiction, Menial: Skilled Labor in Science Fiction, Nebula Awards Showcase 2018, Subversion: Science Fiction & Fantasy Tales of Challenging the norm, and Such A Pretty Face: Tales of Power & Abundance.[1] [5] [6]
"Sabbath Wine" was nominated for the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.[1]