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“Bag Man” up for a CWA Dagger!
I got an e-mail the other day saying congratulations on your CWA Dagger Award nomination. I replied saying, “What nomination??”. It turns out that my short story, “Bag Man”, in The Outcast Hours...
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Central Station nominated for Spain’s Kelvin 505 Award
Delighted to discover that Central Station, translated into Spanish by my pokemon buddy Alex Páez, is nominated for Spain’s Kelvin 505 Award for best translated novel! The awards are presented at the...
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A Man Lies Dreaming nominated for Geffen Prize
Delighted to discover that the Hebrew edition of A Man Lies Dreaming, published by Keter and translated by Tal Artzi, has been shortlisted for the Geffen Prize, in the Best Translated SF Novel...
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Unholy Land nominated for the Campbell Award!
Delighted to discover yesterday that Unholy Land has been nominated for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. I did, of course, win it for Central Station back in 2017, so I don’t expect, nor have any...
View ArticleRIP Yoshio Kobayashi (1951-2019)
Received the sad news on Friday that my Japanese translator, Yoshio Kobayashi, passed away suddenly last Thursday night. I knew he’s not been well for some time, but this came sudden. He was better...
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Puzzle Tales is live!
A project that’s been some time in the work, I’m delighted to say Puzzle Tales is now live! It’s the brainchild of Jake Olefsky, and it’s an interactive fiction puzzle site, featuring an interactive...
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New US Paperback for The Violent Century!
The brand-spanking-new paperback edition of The Violent Century is out today in the US! Alongside a new e-book edition. Published by Tachyon, with new cover art by Sarah Anne Langton, and with a new...
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CWA Dagger Award Nomination
My story “Bag Man”, from The Outcast Hours, ed. by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin (Solaris), is on the shortlist for the 2019 Crime Writers Association Short Story Dagger! The Daggers are huge, and...
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New Three-Book Deal in UK
It’s in The Bookseller, so it must be true: my new novel, the epic-sized By Force Alone, has gone to publishers Head of Zeus in the UK, in a three-book deal. What these other two books might be, I have...
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Unholy Land nominated for a Dragon Award
So, much to my surprise, Unholy Land popped up on the nominations for this year’s Dragon Awards, given out at Dragon Con. Specifically, it is up for the Best Alternate History Novel. Which is nice!...
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Unholy Land nominated for the Sidewise Award
Delighted to discover Unholy Land has been nominated for the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, in the Long Form category!
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Candy nominated for the Fantastic Book Awards!
Delighted to discover that Candy is nominated for the Fantastic Book Awards! The awards are given by the Lancashire School Library Service. The annual awards are judged by thousands of children aged...
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Venus in Bloom!
My new Japanese short story collection, published as part of the Hal-Con series of short books, is now available. You can get it from the Hal-Con site or at Japanese conventions, I think. As I type...
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New Column in the Washington Post
So it’s official… Silvia Moreno-Garcia and me are writing a new column on SFF for the Washington Post. The first column is already up online, as well as in today’s print edition. I won’t lie, this is,...
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China Launch for Central Station!
I will be in Beijing and Shenzhen this week and the next for both the Beijing SF Summit Forum, and to launch the Chinese edition of Central Station! Here’s my schedule, as much as I know it! November...
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Introducing Adler
Adler #1, the first issue of my soon-to-be-published creator owned comic mini-series with artist Paul McCaffrey, is hitting stores in February! I am told you can pre-order it from comixology. Or find...
View ArticleEnd of Year: 2019
Previous posts: 2018 2017 2016 Another year coming to an end… Books The Violent Century came out in the US in paperback. This edition has a new cover from Sarah Anne Langton and an introduction from...
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By Force Alone
It occurs to me I’ve been pretty quiet about By Force Alone! It won’t officially be out until March in the UK (though you can pre-order an early signed copy from Forbidden Planet here! Which is...
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Osama out in Russia!
My second book in Russia following Central Station, Osama is published by Eksmo and out now!
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