Ann Leckie

Ann Leckie (born 1966)^[2] is an American author and editor of science fiction and fantasy. Her 2013 debut novel Ancillary Justice won the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novel^[3][4] as well as the Nebula Award,^[5] the Arthur C. Clarke Award,^[6] and the BSFA Award.^[7] The sequels Ancillary Sword and Ancillary Mercy each won the Locus Award and were nominated for the Nebula Award.

Career

Having grown up as a science fiction fan in St. Louis, Missouri, Leckie's attempts in her youth to get her science fiction works published were unsuccessful. One of her few publications from that time was an unattributed bodice-ripper in True Confessions.^[2]

After giving birth to her children in 1996 and 2000, boredom as a stay-at-home mother motivated her to sketch a first draft of what would become Ancillary Justice for National Novel Writing Month 2002. In 2005, Leckie attended the Clarion West Writers Workshop, studying under Octavia Butler. After that, she wrote Ancillary Justice over a period of six years; it was picked up by Orbit in 2012.^[2]

Leckie has published numerous short stories, including in Subterranean Magazine, Strange Horizons and Realms of Fantasy. Her short stories have been selected for inclusion in year's best collections, such as The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, edited by Rich Horton.^[8]

She edited the science fiction and fantasy online magazine Giganotosaurus^[9] from 2010 to 2013, and is assistant editor of the PodCastle podcast.^[10] She served as the secretary of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America from 2012 to 2013.^[11]

Imperial Radch trilogy

Leckie's debut novel Ancillary Justice, the first book of the "Imperial Radch" space opera trilogy, was published to critical acclaim in October 2013, and obtained all principal English-language science fiction awards. It follows Breq, the sole survivor of a starship destroyed by treachery, and the vessel of that ship's artificial consciousness, as she attempts to revenge herself on the ruler of her civilization. The sequel, Ancillary Sword, was published in October 2014, and the conclusion, Ancillary Mercy, was published in October 2015.

"Night's Slow Poison"^[12] (2014) and "She Commands Me and I Obey"^[13] (2014) are short stories set in the same universe.

Forthcoming novels

In 2015, Orbit Books purchased two additional novels from Leckie. The first, Provenance, is scheduled for publication on 3 October 2017 and is set in the Imperial Radch universe.^[14] The second is an unrelated science fiction novel.^[15]

Bibliography

Novels

Imperial Radch trilogy

1. Ancillary Justice, Orbit, 1 October 2013, ISBN 978-0-356-50240-3
2. Ancillary Sword, Orbit, 7 October 2014, ISBN 978-0-356-50241-0
3. Ancillary Mercy, Orbit, 6 October 2015, ISBN 978-0-356-50242-7

Other novels

• Provenance, forthcoming 26 September 2017, ISBN 978-0-316-38867-2

Short fiction

Short stories in the Imperial Radch universe

• "Night's Slow Poison"^[12] (2014)
• "She Commands Me and I Obey"^[13] (2014)

Other short stories

• "Hesperia and Glory," Subterranean Magazine 4, 2006^[16] (reprinted in Science Fiction: The Best of the Year 2007 Edition, edited by Rich Horton)
• "Marsh Gods," Strange Horizons, July 7, 2008
• "The God of Au," Helix #8, (reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 edited by Rich Horton)
• "The Endangered Camp," Clockwork Phoenix 2, 2009 (reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2010, edited by Rich Horton)
• "The Unknown God," Realms of Fantasy, February 2010
• "Beloved of the Sun," Beneath Ceaseless Skies, October 21, 2010
• "Maiden, Mother, Crone," Realms of Fantasy, December 2010

Critical studies and reviews of Leckie's work

• Sparks, Cat (Feb–Mar 2014). "[Untitled review]". Coda. Reviews. Cosmos. 55: 105.  Review of Ancillary Justice.

Awards and nominations

• Ancillary Justice (2013)
  • 2013: won the Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • 2013: won the BSFA Award for Best Novel
  • 2013: won the Kitschies Award Golden Tentacle (Debut)^[17]
  • 2014: won the Hugo Award for Best Novel
  • 2014: won the Arthur C. Clarke Award
  • 2014: won the Locus Award for Best First Novel
  • 2014: won the British Fantasy Award for the Best Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award)
  • 2016: won the Prix Bob Morane for Best Translated Novel^[18] (France)
  • 2016: won the Seiun Award for Best Translated Novel^[19] (Japan)
  • 2013: Nominated for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award
  • 2013: Nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award^[20]
  • 2014: Finalist for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel^[21]
  • 2014: Finalist for the Compton Crook Award^[22]
• Ancillary Sword (2014)
  • 2014: won the BSFA Award for Best Novel^[23]
  • 2015: won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
  • 2014: Nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel^[24]
  • 2015: Finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel^[25]
• Ancillary Mercy (2015)
  • 2016: won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel^[26]
  • 2015: Nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel^[27]
  • 2016: Finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel^[28]
  • 2016: Nominated for the Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel^[29]
• Imperial Radch trilogy (2013–2015)
  • 2017: Patrick Marcel won Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire for Best Translator (Jacques Chambon Translation Prize) for Les Chroniques du Radch, tomes 1 à 3^[30] (France)
  • 2017: Nominated for Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel^[30] (France)
  • 2017: Nominated for the Seiun Award for Best Translated Novel^[31] (Japan)

Personal life

Leckie obtained a degree in music from Washington University in 1989.^[2] She has since held various jobs, including as a waitress, a receptionist, a land surveyor and a recording engineer. She is married to David Harre, with whom she has a son and daughter, and lives with her family in St. Louis, Missouri.^[2][32]

References

External links

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