A. M. Dellamonica

Alyxandra Margaret (A. M.) Dellamonica (born 1968) is a Canadian science fiction writer who has published over thirty short stories in the field since the 1980s. Dellamonica writes in a number of sub-genres including science fiction, fantasy, and alternate history. Her stories have been selected for "Year's Best" science fiction anthologies in 2002 and 2007.

Dellamonica teaches creative writing online at the UCLA Extension Writer's Program. She also reviews science fiction books and science fiction related websites for SciFi.com.

Her first novel, Indigo Springs, was published by Tor Books in November 2009.

Nominations and awards

Dellamonica's Joan of Arc alternate history story "A Key to the Illuminated Heretic" was nominated for the 2005 Sidewise Award for Alternate History^[1] and was on the 2005 Preliminary Nebula Ballot.^[2] In 2005, she received the Canada Council for the Arts' Grant for Emerging Artists.^[3] Dellamonica's first novel, Indigo Springs, was awarded the 2010 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic.^[4]

Works

Novels (first publications only)

• Indigo Springs, 2009
• Blue Magic, forthcoming in 2012

Short Fiction (first publications only)

• "Lucre's Egg," in Crank! Magazine (1994)
• "Jailbreak," in Terminal Fright Magazine (1996)
• "Homage," in Crank! Magazine (1996)
• "Crusader," in Tomorrow Speculative Fiction Magazine (1996)
• "Love Equals Four, Plus Six," in Realms of Fantasy Magazine (1996)
• "Furlough," in Pirate Writings Magazine (1996)
• "Prodigal," in Audio Versions (1998)
• "The Man with No Motive," in Writer's Block Magazine (1997)
• "The One Act," in Realms of Fantasy Magazine (1997)
• "Novice," in anthology 365 Scary Stories (1998)
• "The Dark Hour," in anthology Tesseracts 8 (1999)
• "Nevada," in webzine SCIFI.COM (2001)
• "The Girl Who Ate Garbage," co-written with Jessica Reisman in webzine SCIFI.COM (2001)
• "Three Times over the Falls," in webzine SCIFI.COM (2002)
• "Living the Quiet Life," in webzine Oceans of the Mind (2003)
• "A Slow Day at the Gallery," in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (2002)
• "Living the Quiet Life," in webzine Oceans of the Mind (2003)
• "The Riverboy," in anthology Land/Space (2003)
• "Cooking Creole," in anthology Mojo: Conjure Stories (2003)
• "The Children of Port Allain," in On Spec Magazine (2003)
• "Faces of Gemini," in anthology Girls Who Bite Back: Mutants, Slayers, Witches and Freaks (2004)
• "Origin of Species," in anthology The Many Faces of Van Helsing (2004)
• "The Dream Eaters," in anthology The Faery Reel (2004)
• "Ruby, in the Storm," in webzine SCIFI.COM (2004)
• "The Spear Carrier," in webzine SCIFI.COM (2005)
• "A Key to the Illuminated Heretic," in anthology Alternate Generals III (2005)
• "The Town on Blighted Sea," in webzine Strange Horizons (2007)
• "Time of the Snake," in anthology Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge (2007)
• "What Song the Sirens Sang," in newspaper 'Xtra West' (2007)
• "Five Good Things about Meghan Sheedy," in webzine Strange Horizons (2008)
• "The Sorrow Fair," in webzine Helix Speculative Fiction (2008)
• "The Cage," on Tor.com, http://www.tor.com/stories/2010/07/the-cage (2010)

External links

• Official site
• Blog
• SF Signal Review of "The Town on Blighted Sea"
• A. M. Dellamonica at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

References