Vina Jie-Min Prasad Explained

Vina Jie-Min Prasad
Birth Place:	Singapore
Occupation:	Author
Genre:	Science fiction, fantasy

Vina Jie-Min Prasad (维娜·杰敏·普拉萨德) is a Singaporean writer of science fiction and fantasy. She is a three-time finalist for both the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award, and has also been a finalist for other speculative fiction awards.

Writing career

Prasad has been active in speculative fiction since 2016.^[1] She is a graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop.^[2]

Recognition

Prasad's short stories "Fandom for Robots" and "A Series of Steaks", both published in 2017, were nominated for the Nebula Award,^[3] the Hugo Award^[4] and the Theodore Sturgeon Award.^[5] Her short story "A Guide for Working Breeds" was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story of 2020,^[6] and for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.

She was a finalist for the 2018 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer,^[7] and came second.^[8]

Bibliography

Short fiction

• "Different Ways to Burn" (HEAT: A Southeast Asian Urban Anthology, Apr. 2016)^[1]
• "The Spy Who Loved Wanton Mee (Queer Southeast Asia: A Literary Journal of Transgressive Art, Oct. 2016)^[1]
• "A Series of Steaks" (Clarkesworld 124, Jan. 2017)
• "Fandom for Robots" (Uncanny Magazine 18, Sep./Oct. 2017)
• "Portrait of Skull with Man" (Fireside Fiction 49, Nov. 2017)
• "Pistol Grip" (Uncanny Magazine 21, Mar./Apr. 2018)
• "Black Flowers Blossom" (Uncanny Magazine 31, Nov./Dec. 2019)
• "A Guide for Working Breeds" (Made To Order: Robots and Revolution, Mar. 2020)

Interviews

• "Interview: Vina Jie-Min Prasad" (Uncanny Magazine 21, Mar./Apr. 2018) (Caroline M. Yoachim)

External links

• Author website. Includes story links.
• A Series of Steaks online text
• Fandom for Robots online text
• Vina Jie-Min Prasad Nebula nominations at SFWA. Includes author photo.

Notes and References

1. Prasad, Vina Jie-Min. "Vina Jie-Min Prasad: Writing."
2. Yoachim, Carol M. " Interview: Vina Jie-Min Prasad," in Uncanny Magazine 21, Mar./Apr. 2018.
3. Nebula Award nominees for 2018. Wired.
4. https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/two-singaporeans-up-for-prestigious-hugo-awards Singaporeans J.Y. Yang and Vina Jie-Min Prasad finalists in Hugo Awards for science fiction, Lifestyle News & Top Stories - The Straits Times
5. http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/sturgeon-finalists.htm The Theodore Sturgeon Award Finalists
6. "SFWA Announces the 56th Annual Nebula Award Finalists". SFWA. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
7. https://locusmag.com/2018/03/2018-hugo-and-campbell-awards-finalists/ 2018 Hugo and Campbell Awards Finalists – Locus Online
8. https://www.worldcon76.org/images/publications/2018DetailedResults.pdf Hugo Awards 2018: Detailed Results