Jo Walton -- Science Fiction and Fantasy Author (original) (raw)

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Welcome to Jo Walton’s website.

Here you will find information on my books, some short stories (and links to others), recipes, two plays, a large pile of poetry, and a blog. Enjoy!

And now, some useful lists.

Agent

Cameron McClure of DMLA is now my agent for US and international book and theatrical sales.

Forthcoming Events

Forthcoming Conventions

• Scintillation 6 Montreal Quebec Canada June 2025
• Seattle Worldcon 13-17th August 2025

Novels

• The King’s Peace (2000)
• The King’s Name (2001)
• The Prize in the Game (2002)
• Tooth and Claw (2003)
• Farthing (2006)
• Ha’Penny (2007 )
• Half a Crown (2008)
• Lifelode (2009)
• Among Others (2011)
• My Real Children (2014)
• The Just City (2015)
• The Philosopher Kings (2015)
• Neccessity (2016)
• Lent (May 2019)
• Or What You Will (July 2020)

Photo By Eric Jentile

Poetry Collections

• Muses and Lurkers, Rune Press, 2001.
• Sibyls and Spaceships, NESFA Press, February 2009
• Rivers and Robots in The Helix and the Hard Road, Aqueduct Press 2013.
• Thought Against Tomorrow Is There a Green Iguana Press, 2020, giant ebook

Non-Fiction Collections

• What Makes This Book So Great (2014)
• An Informal History of the Hugos (2018)
• Trace Elements: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction and Fantasy With Ada Palmer, forthcoming 2025

Short Story Collection

• Starlings (Tachyon Press, January 2018)

Awards (Chronological order)

• Astounding Award (formerly John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer) 2002
• World Fantasy Award (Tooth and Claw 2004)
• Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award (Farthing 2007)
• Prometheus Award (Libertarian SF) (Ha’Penny 2008)
• Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award (Half a Crown 2009)
• Mythopoeic Award (Fantasy) (Lifelode, 2010)
• Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award (Among Others 2012)
• Nebula Award (Among Others, 2012)
• Hugo (Among Others 2012)
• Robert Holdstock Award (Fantasy published in the UK) (Among Others 2012)
• Copper Cylinder Award (Canadian) (Among Others 2012)
• Kurd Laßwitz Preis (Best S/FF translated into German) (Among Others/In einer anderen Welt, 2014)
• Prix des lecteurs 2020 de Critiques libres (Mes Vrais Enfants/My Real Children 2020)
• Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award (My Real Children 2015)
• RUSA Women’s Fiction (My Real Children 2015)
• Otherwise Award (formerly Tiptree Award for Feminist SF) (My Real Children 2015)
• Prix Libr’à nous (French booksellers) (Morwenna/Among Others, 2015)
• Locus Award Best Non-Fiction (What Makes This Book So Great, 2015)
• Alfie (What Makes This Book So Great, 2015)
• Skylark Award (for contributions to SF) 2017
• Prix Planete-SF (French bloggers. Mes Vrais Enfants/My Real Children 2017)
• Prix AcuSf de l’Uchronie (French alternate history Mes Vrais Enfants/My Real Children 2017)
• Aurora Award (Canadian SF. Poem. Nidhog, 2021)
• Mythopoeic Award (Fantasy in the spirit of the Inklings) Or What You Will 2022
• Canadian SF Hall of Fame, 2024

Award Nominations (Alphabetical order)

• Aurora Award (Canadian SF/F My Real Children 2015)
• Prix Elbalkin (French fantasy) Lifelode/Pierre de Vie 2019)
• Grand Prix de l’Immaginaire (French) Ou Que Vois Voudrez (Or What You Will) 2023
• Hugo: Best Related Work (An Informal History of the Hugos 2019)
• Ignotus (SF/Fantasy Translated into Spanish) (Among Others/Entre Extranos 2013, The Just City/La Ciudad Giusta 2022)
• Prix Imaginales (Fantasy translated into French) (Among Others/Morwenna 2015, Lifelode/Pierre-de-Vie 2020)
• John W. Campbell Memorial (Farthing 2007)
• Kurd Laßwitz Preis (Best S/FF translated into German) (Ha’Penny/Der Tag Der Lerche 2016, Half a Crown/Das Jahr des Falken 2017)
• Lambda (SF with gay/lesbian issues) (Ha’Penny 2008)
• Locus (Farthing 2007, Among Others 2012, Necessity 2017, Starlings 2019, An Informal History of the Hugos 2019)
• Nebula (Farthing 2007)
• Mythopoeic (Among Others 2012, Thessaly 2017, Lent 2020)
• Phantastik Preis (SF/F translated into German) (Among Others/In einer anderen Welt, 2014)
• Prometheus (Half a Crown 2009, The Just City 2016)
• Quill (Farthing 2007)
• Rhysling (SF poetry) (“Candlemass Poem” 2007, “Scorpio” 2017)
• Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice (Ha’Penny 2008)
• Seiun (SF/Fantasy translated into Japanese) (Farthing, Ha’Penny, Half a Crown 2011, Among Others 2015, My Real Children 2018)
• Sidewise (Alternate History) (Farthing 2007, Ha’Penny 2008, Half a Crown 2009, My Real Children 2015)
• Stonewall (Literature with GLBT) (My Real Children 2015)
• Sunburst (Canadian Literature of the Fantastic) (Half a Crown 2009, My Real Children 2015, Necessity 2017)
• Tiptree (Lifelode 2010)
• Utopiales Prix Europeen (M_es Vrais Enfants_ 2017)
• World Fantasy Award (Among Others 2012, My Real Children 2015)