Brooke Bolander Explained

Brooke Bolander
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Writer of short fiction
Language:	English
Genre:	Speculative fiction
Notable Works:	The Only Harmless Great Thing (2018)
Period:	2008–present

Brooke Bolander is an American author of speculative fiction.^[1]

Biography

Bolander attended the University of Leicester, studying History and Archaeology,^[2] and is a graduate of the 2011 Clarion Workshop.

Literary career

Bolander's work, including both short fiction and essays, has been published in venues such as Lightspeed, Uncanny Magazine,^[3] and Strange Horizons.^[4]

Her novelette "And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead" (2015), first published in Lightspeed,^[5] was a finalist for the 2015 Nebula Award for Best Novelette,^[6] the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette,^[7] and the 2016 Locus Award for Best Novelette.^[8] It was included in .^[9]

Her short story "Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies" (2016), in Uncanny Magazine,^[10] was a finalist for the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Short Story^[11] and the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.^[12]

Her novelette The Only Harmless Great Thing (2018), released by Tor,^[13] won the 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and the 2019 Locus Award for Best Novelette, and was a finalist for the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.

Bibliography

Source: ISFDB^[14]

Fiction

Source:

• "Trickster Blues" (2008)
• "Her Words Like Hunting Vixens Spring" (2012)
• "Tornado's Siren" (2012)
• "Sun Dogs" (2012)
• "The Beasts of the Earth, the Madness of Men" (2013)
• "Darlings" (2014)
• "The Legend of RoboNinja" (2014)
• "Mechanical Animals" (2014)
• "And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead" (2015)
• "Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies" (2016)
• "The Last of the Minotaur Wives" (2017)
• The Only Harmless Great Thing (2018)
• "The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat" (2018)^[15]
• "No Flight Without the Shatter" (2018)
• Kindle (2019)
• A Bird, a Song, a Revolution (2019)
• A Glossary of Radicalization (2020)
• Where the River Turns to Concrete (2020)

Nonfiction

• "Breaching the Gap" (2014)
• "Introduction" (Genius Loci) (2016)
• "The Uncanny Dinosaurs—Introduction" (2018)

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2015	"And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead"	Nebula Award	Best Novelette
2016		Hugo Award	Best Novelette
			Best Novelette
		Theodore Sturgeon Award	—		^[16]
	"Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies"	Nebula Award	Best Short Story
2017		Hugo Award	Best Short Story
		World Fantasy Award	Short Fiction
2018	The Only Harmless Great Thing	Nebula Award	Best Novelette
2019		Hugo Award	Best Novelette		^[17]
			Best Novelette
		Shirley Jackson Award	Novella
		Theodore Sturgeon Award	—
		World Fantasy Award	Novella
	"The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters..."	Hugo Award	Best Short Story

Notes and References

1. News: Her Words Like Hunting Vixens Spring. 2012-02-07. Lightspeed Magazine. 2017-03-11. en-US.
2. News: Brooke Bolander. 2011-12-07. Lightspeed Magazine. 2017-03-11. en-US.
3. News: Brooke Bolander. Uncanny Magazine. 2017-03-11. en-US.
4. Web site: Brooke Bolander. Strange Horizons. en-US. 2017-03-11.
5. Web site: Bolander . Brooke . February 2015 . And You Shall Know Her By the Trail of Dead . 2017-03-12 . Lightspeed Magazine.
6. News: 2016-05-14 . Nebula Award Winners Announced . 2017-03-11 . SFWA . en-US.
7. News: 2016 Hugo Awards. 2015-12-29. The Hugo Awards. 2017-03-11. en-US.
8. Web site: Locus Online News » 2016 Locus Awards Winners. Locus Magazine. en. 2017-03-11.
9. Web site: The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2016, edited by Rich Horton. Prime Books. en. 2017-03-11.
10. Web site: Bolander . Brooke . Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies . Uncanny Magazine . 2016 . 2017-03-12.
11. News: SFWA Announces 2016 Nebula, Norton, and Bradbury Award Nominees!. 2017-02-20. The Nebula Awards. 2017-03-11. en-US.
12. Web site: 2017 Hugo Awards. April 4, 2017.
13. Web site: The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander Tor.com Publishing. Publishing. Tor com. Tor Publishing. en-US. 2019-05-15.
14. Web site: Summary Bibliography: Brooke Bolander . 2024-04-02 . www.isfdb.org.
15. Web site: Bol . Brooke . er . The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat . 2019-05-15 . Uncanny Magazine . en-US.
16. Web site: Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction News and Events . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120615165645/http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/sturgeon-finalists.htm . 2012-06-15 . 2019-05-15 . Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction.
17. Web site: World Fantasy Awards 2019 World Fantasy Convention . 2019-07-25 . en-US.