Alaya Dawn Johnson
| Alaya Dawn Johnson | |
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 Johnson at the Singularity & Co. panel at the 2013 Wizard World New York Experience in Manhattan. | |
| Born |
1982 Washington DC |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 2007–present |
| Genre | Science fiction, fantasy |
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Alaya Dawn Johnson (born 1982)[1] is an American writer of speculative fiction.
Career
Apart from short fiction, Johnson has published two urban fantasy novels about "vampire suffragette" Zephyr Hollis set in an alternate 1920s New York City,[2] and two novels set on islands resembling pre-modern Polynesia where people have learned to bind elemental powers to their commands.[3][4] Her 2013 debut in the young-adult fiction sector, the standalone novel The Summer Prince, is set on a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk Brazilian arcology ruled by a nanotech-empowered matriarchy.[5][6] Love Is the Drug, her 2014 stand-alone young adult novel, is set in Washington, D.C. and follows a prep-school student whose memory loss may be connected to a burgeoning global influenza pandemic.[7][8]
Personal life
Johnson was born in Washington, D.C.[1] She graduated from Columbia University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Languages and Cultures.[9] Johnson lives in New York City.[9]
Novels
- The Summer Prince (2013), ISBN 978-0545417792
- Love Is the Drug (2014), ISBN 978-0545417815
- The Spirit Binders series
- Racing the Dark (2007), ISBN 193284144X
- The Burning City (2010), ISBN 978-1932841459
- Zephyr Hollis series
- Moonshine (2010), ISBN 0312648065
- Wicked City (2012), ISBN 978-0-312-56548-0
Awards and honors
- Nebula Award Nominee, Best Novelette for "They Shall Salt the Earth with Seeds of Glass," 2013[10]
- Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy for The Summer Prince, 2013[10]
- National Book Award Longlist, Young People's Literature for The Summer Prince, 2013[11]
- GLBTRT Top Ten Rainbow List for The Summer Prince, 2014[12]
- Junior Library Guild selection for The Summer Prince, Spring 2013.[13]
- YALSA nominee for their BFYA list for The Summer Prince, 2013.[13]
- Finalist for the 2011 Carl Brandon Society Parallax award for the novel Moonshine.[13]
- Finalist for the 2011 Carl Brandon Society Kindred award for the novel The Burning City.[13]
- Top Ten finalist for the 2010 Million Writers Award for the short story "A Song to Greet the Sun."[13]
- Winner of the 2008 Gulliver Travel Grant from the Speculative Literature Foundation.[13]
- Finalist for the 2006 Carl Brandon Society Parallax award for the short story "Shard of Glass."[13]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Alaya Dawn Johnson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ↑ "Wicked City". Publishers Weekly. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ Miller, Faren (21 August 2010). "Faren Miller reviews Alaya Dawn Johnson". Locus magazine. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ Kincaid Speller, Maureen (13 April 2011). "Racing the Dark and The Burning City by Alaya Dawn Johnson". Strange Horizons. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ Mayer, Petra (7 March 2013). "Samba, Spiderbots And 'Summer' Love In Far-Future Brazil". NPR. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ Dobbs, Michael Ann (15 April 2013). "The Summer Prince takes us to a future Brazil with human sacrifice". io9. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ "Love Is The Drug". Kirkus Reviews. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ Valentine, Genevieve (27 September 2014). "'Love Is the Drug' For A Teen Caught In A Dystopian D.C.". NPR. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Johnson, Alaya Dawn. "About". Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "2013 Nebula Nominees Announced". Retrieved 2014-02-25.
- ↑ "2013 National Book Award". Retrieved 2014-02-25.
- ↑ "2014 Rainbow List". Retrieved 2014-02-25.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 "Who I Am". Retrieved 2014-02-25.
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