Charlie Jane Anders Explained

Charlie Jane Anders
Birth Date:24 July 1969
Birth Place:Tolland County, Connecticut, U.S.
Genre:Science fiction, short story, fiction
Notableworks:Choir Boy, All the Birds in the Sky

Charlie Jane Anders (born July 24,[1] 1969[2]) is an American writer. She has written several novels as well as shorter fiction, published magazines and websites, and hosted podcasts. In 2005, she received the Lambda Literary Award for work in the transgender category, and in 2009, the Emperor Norton Award.[3] Her 2011 novelette Six Months, Three Days won the 2012 Hugo[4] and was a finalist for the Nebula[5] and Theodore Sturgeon Awards.[6] Her 2016 novel All the Birds in the Sky was listed No. 5 on Time magazine's "Top 10 Novels" of 2016,[7] won the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novel,[8] the 2017 Crawford Award,[9] and the 2017 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel;[10] it was also a finalist for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel.[11]

Biography

Anders was born near Storrs, Connecticut,[12] and grew up in nearby Mansfield.[13] She studied English and Asian Literature at the University of Cambridge,[14] and studied in China[12] before moving to San Francisco in the early 2000s. Anders co-founded Other magazine, the "magazine of pop culture and politics for the new outcasts", with Annalee Newitz, and served as publisher during the magazine's run from 2002 to 2007.[15] In 2006, she was a co-founding editor of the science fiction blog io9,[3] a position she left in April 2016 to focus on novel writing.[16]

Career

Anders has had science fiction published in Tor.com, Strange Horizons, and Flurb. Additional (non-science-fiction) literary work has been published in McSweeney's and Zyzzyva. Anders's work has appeared in Salon,[17] The Wall Street Journal,[18] Publishers Weekly,[19] San Francisco Bay Guardian,[20] Mother Jones,[21] and the San Francisco Chronicle.[22] She has had stories and essays in anthologies such as Sex For America: Politically Inspired Erotica,[23] The McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes,[24] and That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation.[25]

Her first novel, Choir Boy, appeared in 2005 from Soft Skull Press; a young adult story about a boy transitioning gender in order to sing. In 2014, Tor Books acquired two novels from Anders.[26] All the Birds in the Sky was published in 2016 and The City in the Middle of the Night was published 2019.[27]

Unstoppable trilogy

Tor Teen acquired Unstoppable, a young adult trilogy from Anders in 2017.[28] The first novel, Victories Greater Than Death, was published in 2021, and the second, Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, in 2022. The third novel, Promises Stronger Than Darkness, was published in 2023.[29]

Other work

In addition to her work as an author and publisher, Anders is a longtime event organizer. She organized a "ballerina pie fight" in 2005 for Other magazine;[30] co-organized the Cross-Gender Caravan, a national transgender and genderqueer author tour;[31] and a Bookstore and Chocolate Crawl in San Francisco.[32] She emcees "Writers with Drinks", an award-winning San Francisco-based monthly reading series begun in 2001 that features authors from a wide range of genres[33] and has been noted for its "free-associative author introductions".[34]

She has been a juror for the James Tiptree Jr. Award and for the Lambda Literary Award. She formerly published the satirical website godhatesfigs.com[35] which was featured by The Sunday Times as website of the week.[36]

A television adaptation of Anders' Six Months, Three Days was being prepared for NBC in 2013, with the script written by Eric Garcia.[37]

In March 2018,[38] with her partner and co-host Annalee Newitz, Anders launched the podcast Our Opinions Are Correct, which "explor[es] the meaning of science fiction, and how it's relevant to real-life science and society."[39] The podcast won the Hugo Award for Best Fancast in 2019, 2020 and 2022.[40] [41] [42]

Anders co-created the Marvel Comics character Shela Sexton, also known as Escapade, a trans mutant super hero. The character debuted in Marvel's Voices: Pride #1 in June 2022.[43] [44]

Awards and recognition

Anders participated in the 2018 BookCon conference in New York City.[45] She was Professional Guest of Honor at the 2019 WisCon.

Bibliography

Novels

Unstoppable

Short story collections

Short fiction

YearTitle[53] ScopeFirst publishedNotes
2010""Web site: Anders, Charlie Jane . The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model . . August 11, 2010 . 2.
2011"Source Decay"Web site: Anders, Charlie Jane . Source Decay . . January 3, 2011 . 2.
"Six Months, Three Days"NoveletteWeb site: Anders, Charlie Jane . Six Months, Three Days . . 2 . June 8, 2011 .
2012"Intestate"Web site: Anders, Charlie Jane . Intestate . . 2 . December 17, 2012 .
2013"Complicated and Stupid"Web site: Anders, Charlie Jane . Complicated and Stupid . . August 5, 2013 . 2.
""NoveletteAnders, Charlie Jane . 2 . Oct–Nov 2013 . The Time Travel Club . . 37 . 10–11 . 20–35.
2014""Web site: Anders, Charlie Jane . The Cartography of Sudden Death . . January 15, 2014 . 2.
"As Good As New"Web site: Anders, Charlie Jane . As Good As New . . 2 . September 10, 2014 .
2016"Clover"Web site: Anders, Charlie Jane . Clover . . 2 . October 25, 2016 . Follows All the Birds in the Sky.
2017"Don't Press Charges and I Won't Sue"Web site: Anders, Charlie Jane . Don't Press Charges and I Won't Sue . . 2 . October 30, 2017 .
2018NovellaBook: Anders, Charlie Jane . Rock Manning Goes for Broke . . July 2018 . 2.
""Web site: Anders, Charlie Jane . The Minnesota Diet . . 2 . January 17, 2018 .
2020"If You Take My Meaning"Web site: Anders, Charlie Jane . If You Take My Meaning . . 2 . February 26, 2020 . Follows City In the Middle of the Night.

Non-fiction

Interviews

Critical studies and reviews of Anders' work

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Checkerfield . Alec . 2017-07-24 . Belated happy birthday to the amazing Charlie Jane Anders . 2023-03-12 . Tachyon Publications . en-US.
  2. Web site: Marech . Rona . 2004-08-31 . SAN FRANCISCO / A pop culture magazine for freaks and 'new outcasts' / Other journal is pro-rant, pro-loopy and pro-anarchy . 2023-03-12 . SFGATE . en-US.
  3. Web site: Spotlight on: Charlie Jane Anders, Author, Editor, Blogger, Emcee . Locus Online . Locus Publications . August 25, 2010 . April 16, 2015 . October 7, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131007015025/http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2010/08/spotlight-on-charlie-jane-anders-author-editor-blogger-emcee/ . live .
  4. Web site: 2012 Hugo Award Winners. September 2, 2012. The Hugo Awards. April 18, 2015. September 5, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120905054810/http://www.thehugoawards.org/2012/09/2012-hugo-award-winners/. live.
  5. Web site: 2011 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced . SFWA.org . Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America . February 12, 2012 . April 16, 2015 . February 23, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190223205443/http://www.sfwa.org/2012/02/2011-nebula-awards-nominees-announced/ . live .
  6. Web site: Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalists . Sfcenter.ku.edu . Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction . June 20, 2014 . April 16, 2015 . June 15, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120615165645/http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/sturgeon-finalists.htm . live .
  7. The Top 10 Novels . Begley . Sarah . . November 22, 2016 . November 28, 2016 . November 28, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161128143235/http://time.com/4571550/top-10-novels-2016/ . live .
  8. Web site: Nebula Awards 2017 . Science Fiction Awards Database . May 24, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170523200644/http://www.sfadb.com/Nebula_Awards_2017 . May 23, 2017 . live.
  9. Web site: 2017 Crawford Award . Locus Online News . February 9, 2017 . March 27, 2017 . March 1, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170301180811/http://www.locusmag.com/News/2017/02/2017-crawford-award/ . live .
  10. Web site: Locus Awards 2017. Science Fiction Awards Database. June 25, 2017. June 18, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170618225802/http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2017. live.
  11. Web site: 2017 Hugo Awards Finalists Announced . . April 4, 2017 . April 7, 2017 . April 8, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170408081932/http://www.tor.com/2017/04/04/2017-hugo-award-finalists-announced/ . live .
  12. Web site: June 17, 2019. Charlie Jane Anders Crosses The Divide. Claire. Fallon. May 30, 2023. HuffPost. en.
  13. Web site: . January 10, 2016. Charlie Jane Anders: Whimsy Death Match. May 30, 2023. Locus Online. en-US.
  14. Cala, Christina (March 19, 2021). "Charlie Jane Anders: How Can Science Fiction Allow Us To Imagine Better Futures?", NPR. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  15. Web site: Marech. Rona. August 31, 2004. SAN FRANCISCO / A pop culture magazine for freaks and 'new outcasts' / Other journal is pro-rant, pro-loopy and pro-anarchy. February 20, 2023. SFGATE. en-US.
  16. News: Anders. Charlie Jane. io9 Was Founded on the Idea That Science Fiction Belongs to Everyone. April 30, 2016. io9. April 30, 2016. en-US. April 30, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160430113757/http://io9.gizmodo.com/io9-was-founded-on-the-idea-that-science-fiction-belong-1773233193. live.
  17. Web site: Salon Futura. Can science fiction be literature?. February 4, 2011. April 18, 2015. April 18, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150418235756/http://www.salonfutura.net/2011/02/can-science-fiction-be-literature/. live.
  18. Web site: The Wall Street Journal. February 6, 2012. Curious New Media Views of Autism. Christopher. Shea. August 4, 2017. March 14, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180314104351/https://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2012/02/06/curious-new-media-views-of-autism/. live.
  19. News: Publishers Weekly. io9's Charlie Jane Anders Is Wrong, but in an Interesting Way. October 6, 2009. Josh. Jasper.
  20. Web site: Buy local, Give your loved ones a taste of the Bay Area lit scene. November 28, 2007. Charlie Jane. Anders. San Francisco Bay Guardian. April 18, 2015. April 18, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150418232316/http://www.sfbg.com/2007/11/28/buy-local. live.
  21. News: Charlie . Anders . Supergirls Gone Wild: Gender Bias In Comics Shortchanges Superwomen . . Mother Jones and the Foundation for National Progress . July 30, 2007 . April 16, 2015 . June 18, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120618053909/http://www.motherjones.com/media/2007/07/supergirls-gone-wild-gender-bias-comics-shortchanges-superwomen . live .
  22. News: Charlie . Anders . Brutal, honest memoir of sex and queerness . April 9, 2006 . SFGATE.com . April 16, 2015 . August 8, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070808231422/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2006%2F04%2F09%2FRVGNSGUDRG1.DTL . live .
  23. Web site: Jonathan . Kiefer . Sex for America. Even Sacramento. . Sacramento News-Review . February 21, 2008 . April 16, 2015 . November 24, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121124025535/http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/sex-for-america-even-sacramento/content?oid=626203 . live .
  24. Web site: Aishwarya . Subramanian . McSweeney's ingenious, singular wit makes this difficult to hate . Sunday Guardian . May 8, 2011 . April 16, 2015 . May 30, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140530022023/http://www.sunday-guardian.com/bookbeat/mcsweeneys-ingenious-singular-wit-makes-this-difficult-to-hate . live .
  25. Book: Sycamore, Matt Bernstein . That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation . Soft Skull Press . 2004 . 978-1-932360-56-1.
  26. Web site: Irene . Gallo . Tor Books Announces the Acquisition of Charlie Jane Anders's Novel All the Birds in the Sky . Tor.com . March 11, 2014 . April 16, 2015 . August 30, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140830072555/http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/03/tor-books-announces-charlie-jane-anders-novel-all-the-birds-in-the-sky . live .
  27. Web site: Fiction Book Review: The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders. Tor, $26.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-7653-7996-2. PublishersWeekly.com. en. February 19, 2019. February 20, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190220003147/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7653-7996-2. live.
  28. News: Jackson. Frannie. Exclusive: Tor Teen Acquires a Space Adventure Trilogy by Charlie Jane Anders. March 13, 2018. . October 20, 2017. March 14, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180314043129/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/10/tor-teen-acquires-trilogy-by-charlie-jane-anders.html. live.
  29. Web site: Charlie Jane Anders: Know What You Want . Locus. April 10, 2023 .
  30. Marech (2004).
  31. News: More Preview . March 18, 2005 . Montpelier Times-Argus . April 16, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052707/http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20050318%2FNEWS%2F503180312%2F1011%2FFEATURES02 . March 4, 2016 . dead .
  32. News: San Francisco Bookstore and Chocolate Crawl Set for Sunday . Wendy . Werris . February 24, 2012 . Publishers Weekly . April 16, 2015 . February 19, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150219222406/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/50720-san-francisco-bookstore-and-chocolate-crawl-set-for-sunday.html . live .
  33. News: Variety-show reading series Writers With Drinks . SFGATE.com . Evan . Karp . February 11, 2010 . April 16, 2015 . January 11, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120111022254/http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-02-11/entertainment/17872914_1_literary-history-magazine-moves . live .
  34. News: Writers With Drinks Celebrates 10th Anniversary Saturday . Evan . Karp . April 8, 2011 . . April 16, 2015 . April 16, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150416232245/http://www.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2011/04/08/writers-with-drinks-celebrates-10th-anniversary-saturday . live .
  35. Web site: Charlie . Anders . God Hates Figs . Godhatesfigs.com . February 19, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080725005345/http://www.godhatesfigs.com/ . July 25, 2008.
  36. News: This Life. August 6, 2000. The Sunday Times (London).
  37. Web site: Andreeva . Nellie . NBC Nabs Light Procedural Produced By Krysten Ritter & David Janollari . Deadline . September 27, 2013 . April 16, 2015 . May 20, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140520121547/http://www.deadline.com/2013/09/nbc-nabs-light-procedural-produced-by-krysten-ritter-david-janollari/ . live .
  38. Web site: March 15, 2018. Episode 1: Hope, dread, and Star Trek: Discovery. December 6, 2020. our opinions are correct. April 2, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210402015740/https://www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/2018/8/4/episode-1-hope-dread-and-star-trek-discovery. live.
  39. Web site: Rocket. Stubby the. April 3, 2018. Listen to Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz's New Podcast, Our Opinions Are Correct. December 25, 2020. Tor.com. en-US. February 20, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190220003217/https://www.tor.com/2018/04/03/our-opinions-are-correct-podcast-charlie-jane-anders-annalee-newitz/. live.
  40. Web site: 2019 Hugo Awards . July 28, 2019 . World Science Fiction Society . August 20, 2019 . July 29, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190729150726/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2019-hugo-awards/ . live .
  41. Web site: 2020 Hugo Awards . August 1, 2020 . World Science Fiction Society . September 25, 2023 .
  42. Web site: 2022 Hugo Awards . September 4, 2022 . World Science Fiction Society . September 25, 2023 .
  43. Web site: Damore . Meagan . May 11, 2022 . Charlie Jane Anders Introduces Escapade, Marvel's New Mutant Hero . January 27, 2023 . Marvel Entertainment.
  44. Web site: Graves . Sabina . May 12, 2022 . Meet Escapade, a New Mutant Hero Created by Charlie Jane Anders . January 27, 2023 . Gizmodo . en.
  45. News: Oldweiler. Cory. BookCon 2018 to feature Charlie Jane Anders, Seth Dickinson and more sci-fi, thriller writers. March 13, 2018. amNewYork. January 18, 2018. March 14, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180314174234/https://www.amny.com/entertainment/bookcon-sci-fi-thriller-writers-1.16246040. live.
  46. Web site: Antonio Gonzalez . Cerna . Past Winners & Finalists: 18th Annual Lambda Literary Awards . Lambda Literary . April 9, 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131211105334/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/04/09/lambda-literary-awards-2005/ . December 11, 2013 .
  47. Web site: The IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award Past Winners International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts. www.fantastic-arts.org. en-US. February 10, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171007010435/https://www.fantastic-arts.org/awards/the-iafa-william-l-crawford-fantasy-award/. October 7, 2017. dead.
  48. Web site: Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2018 Science Fiction Awards Database . www.sfadb.com . en-US . October 19, 2018 . July 3, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180703172348/http://www.sfadb.com/Theodore_Sturgeon_Memorial_Award_2018 . live .
  49. Web site: Cheryl. August 18, 2019. 2019 Hugo Awards Announced. February 20, 2023. The Hugo Awards. en-US.
  50. Web site: Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020 Science Fiction Awards Database . www.sfadb.com . en-US . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200813210555/http://sfadb.com/Arthur_C_Clarke_Award_2020 . August 13, 2020 .
  51. Web site: 2022 Hugo Awards Announced. April 7, 2022 .
  52. Web site: 2023 Locus Awards Winners . Locus Online . June 25, 2023 . June 25, 2023.
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