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'''Elizabeth Bear''' is a relatively new but strong author who depicts a variety of terrific relationships, including [[Female Friendships|female friendships]] in her novels and short stories while also presenting an amazing array of sf and fantasy themes.  She won the 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
'''Elizabeth Bear''' is a relatively new but strong author who depicts a variety of terrific relationships, including gay and Lesbian relationships and [[Female Friendships|female friendships]] in her novels and short stories while also presenting an amazing array of sf and fantasy themes.  She won the 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==


===Novels==
===Novels===
* ''[[Hammered]]'' (2005), first book in the [[Jenny Casey]] trilogy, Bantam Spectra. Excerpt sold to ''Harpur Palate'' in 2003.
* ''[[Hammered]]'' (2005), first book in the [[Jenny Casey]] trilogy, Bantam Spectra. Excerpt sold to ''Harpur Palate'' in 2003.
* ''[[Scardown]]'' (2005), second book in the Jenny Casey trilogy, Bantam Spectra
* ''[[Scardown]]'' (2005), second book in the Jenny Casey trilogy, Bantam Spectra
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* "Transubstantiation" (1995), unpublished  
* "Transubstantiation" (1995), unpublished  
* "Love-in-Idleness" (1996) ''Midsummer Night's Dreams''  
* "Love-in-Idleness" (1996) ''Midsummer Night's Dreams''  
* "The Company of Four" (2000) ''Scheherazade''
* "The Company of Four" (2000) ''Scheherazade''; ; also in ''The Chains that You Refuse''
* "The Devil You Don't" (2000) ''Amberzine''
* "The Devil You Don't" (2000) ''Amberzine''
* "e. e. 'doc' cummings" (2003) ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''
* "e. e. 'doc' cummings" (2003) ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''; also in ''The Chains That You Refuse''
* "Tiger! Tiger!" (2003) ''Shadows Over Baker Street''
* "Tiger! Tiger!" (2003) ''Shadows Over Baker Street''; also in ''The Chains That You Refuse''
* "Ice" (2003) ''Ideomancer'' (the author says, "in a much, much, much different form, this is the first chapter of ''All the Windwracked Stars''); reprinted in Polish as "Lod" in ''Nowa Fantastyka'' (full text at link below)
* "Ice" (2003) ''Ideomancer'' (the author says, "in a much, much, much different form, this is the first chapter of ''All the Windwracked Stars''); ; also in ''The Chains that You Refuse''; reprinted in Polish as "Lod" in ''Nowa Fantastyka'' (full text at link below)
* "The Dying of the Light" (with [[Amber van Dyk]]) (2003) ''Fortean Bureau'' (full text at link below)
* "The Dying of the Light" (with [[Amber van Dyk]]) (2003) ''Fortean Bureau''; also in ''The Chains That You Refuse'' (full text at link below)
* "Speak!" (2003) ''On Spec,'' Winter
* "Speak!" (2003) ''On Spec,'' Winter
* "This Tragic Glass" (2004) SCIFICTION (full text at link below)
* "This Tragic Glass" (2004) SCIFICTION; also in ''The Chains That You Refuse'' (full text at link below)
* "The Chains That You Refuse" (2004) ''ChiZine''; also in collection of the same name
* "The Chains That You Refuse" (2004) ''ChiZine''; also in collection of the same name
* "Old Leatherwings" (2004) ''Lenox Avenue''
* "Old Leatherwings" (2004) ''Lenox Avenue''; also in ''The Chains That You Refuse''
* "Seven Dragons Mountains" (2004) ''All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories,'' eds. Jay Lake and David Moles, Wheatland Press
* "Seven Dragons Mountains" (2004) ''All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories,'' eds. Jay Lake and David Moles, Wheatland Press; also in ''The Chains That You Refuse''
* "Sleeping Dogs Lie" (2004) ''Flytrap''
* "Sleeping Dogs Lie" (2004) ''Flytrap''; also in ''The Chains That You Refuse''
* "When you Visit the Magoebaskloof Hotel, be Certain not to Miss the Samango Monkeys" (2004) ''Interzone''
* "When you Visit the Magoebaskloof Hotel, be Certain not to Miss the Samango Monkeys" (2004) ''Interzone''; also in ''The Chains That You Refuse''
* "Two Dreams on Trains" (2005) ''[[Strange Horizons]]''; also ''Year's Best Science Fiction,'' ed. Gardner Dozois; also ''Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology,'' eds. James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, Tachyon Press 2007; reprinted in Spanish "Dos Sueños con Trenes" in ''Cuasar #42,'' Marzo (full text at link below)
* "Two Dreams on Trains" (2005) ''[[Strange Horizons]]''; also ''Year's Best Science Fiction,'' ed. Gardner Dozois; also ''The Chains That You Refuse''; also ''Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology,'' eds. James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, Tachyon Press 2007; reprinted in Spanish "Dos Sueños con Trenes" in ''Cuasar #42,'' Marzo (full text at link below)
* "Follow Me Light" (2006) SCIFICTION; also ''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2005'', eds. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin Grant; also ''Best New Paranormal Romance'' (full text at link below)
* "Follow Me Light" (2005) SCIFICTION; also ''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2005'', eds. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin Grant; also ''The Chains That You Refuse''; also ''Best New Paranormal Romance'' (full text at link below)
* "Botticelli" (2005) ''The Agony Column''; also in ''The Chains That You Refuse'' with, the author says, "what I think is a vastly improved ending, as the first was apparently too obscure."
* "Botticelli" (2005) ''The Agony Column''; also in ''The Chains That You Refuse'' with, the author says, "what I think is a vastly improved ending, as the first was apparently too obscure."
* "One-Eyed Jack and the Suicide King" (2005) ''Lenox Avenue'' (author intends this story to be Chapter One of ''One-Eyed Jack & The Suicide King,'' the contemplated fifth Promethean Age novel)
* "One-Eyed Jack and the Suicide King" (2005) ''Lenox Avenue''; also in ''The Chains That You Refuse'' (author intends this story to be Chapter One of ''One-Eyed Jack & The Suicide King,'' the contemplated fifth Promethean Age novel)
* "And the Deep Blue Sea" (2005) SCIFICTION; also ''Wastelands,'' ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books, forthcoming (full text at link below)
* "And the Deep Blue Sea" (2005) SCIFICTION; also in ''The Chains That You Refuse''; also in ''Wastelands,'' ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books, forthcoming (full text at link below)
* "House of the Rising Sun" (2005) ''The Third Alternative'' (author intends this story to be chapter two of ''One-Eyed Jack & The Suicide King''. See above.)
* "House of the Rising Sun" (2005) ''The Third Alternative'' (author intends this story to be chapter two of ''One-Eyed Jack & The Suicide King''. See above.)
* "Long Cold Day" (2005) SCIFICTION (full text at link below)
* "Long Cold Day" (2005) SCIFICTION (full text at link below)
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* "Lucifugous" (2006) ''Subterranean 5'' (full text at link below)
* "Lucifugous" (2006) ''Subterranean 5'' (full text at link below)
* "Sounding" (2006) ''Strange Horizons'' (full text at link below)
* "Sounding" (2006) ''Strange Horizons'' (full text at link below)
* "L'esprit d'escalier: Not a Play in One Act" (2006) ''The Chains that You Refuse''
* "High Iron" (2006) ''The Chains that You Refuse''
* "Schrödinger's Cat Chases the Super String" (2006) ''The Chains that You Refuse''
* Stella Nova (2006) ''The Chains that You Refuse''
* "Ile of Dogges" (with [[Sarah Monette]]) (2006) ''Aeon 7''; also in ''Year's Best Science Fiction,'' ed. Gardner Dozois
* "Ile of Dogges" (with [[Sarah Monette]]) (2006) ''Aeon 7''; also in ''Year's Best Science Fiction,'' ed. Gardner Dozois
* "The Cold Blacksmith" (2006) ''Jim Baen's Universe''; also ''Best Of Jim Baen's Universe, Volume 1''
* "The Cold Blacksmith" (2006) ''Jim Baen's Universe''; also ''Best Of Jim Baen's Universe, Volume 1''
* "Gone to Flowers" (2006) ''Eidolon'' eds. Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G Byrne, Eidolon Books
* "Gone to Flowers" (2006) ''Eidolon'' eds. Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G Byrne, Eidolon Books; also in ''The Chains that You Refuse''
* "Love Among the Talus" (2006) ''Strange Horizons'' (full text at link below)
* "Love Among the Talus" (2006) ''Strange Horizons'' (full text at link below)
* "War Stories" (2007) ''Jim Baen's Universe''
* "War Stories" (2007) ''Jim Baen's Universe''
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* "Your Collar" (2008, forthcoming) ''Subterranean''
* "Your Collar" (2008, forthcoming) ''Subterranean''


===Online Fiction==
===Online Fiction===


Bear, along with [[Emma Bull]], [[Will Shetterly]], and Sarah Monette, writes "Shadow Unit," an online fiction site based on a nonexistent television show called ''Shadow Unit.''  
Bear, along with [[Emma Bull]], [[Will Shetterly]], and Sarah Monette, writes "Shadow Unit," an online fiction site based on a nonexistent television show called ''Shadow Unit.''  

Revision as of 13:35, 20 March 2008

Elizabeth Bear is a relatively new but strong author who depicts a variety of terrific relationships, including gay and Lesbian relationships and female friendships in her novels and short stories while also presenting an amazing array of sf and fantasy themes. She won the 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.

Bibliography

Novels

Collaborative Novels

Short Story Collections

  • The Chains That You Refuse (2006) Night Shade Books
  • New Amsterdam (2007), an alternate history mosaic novel from Subterranean Press)

Novellas

Short Stories and Poems

  • "Transubstantiation" (1995), unpublished
  • "Love-in-Idleness" (1996) Midsummer Night's Dreams
  • "The Company of Four" (2000) Scheherazade; ; also in The Chains that You Refuse
  • "The Devil You Don't" (2000) Amberzine
  • "e. e. 'doc' cummings" (2003) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction; also in The Chains That You Refuse
  • "Tiger! Tiger!" (2003) Shadows Over Baker Street; also in The Chains That You Refuse
  • "Ice" (2003) Ideomancer (the author says, "in a much, much, much different form, this is the first chapter of All the Windwracked Stars); ; also in The Chains that You Refuse; reprinted in Polish as "Lod" in Nowa Fantastyka (full text at link below)
  • "The Dying of the Light" (with Amber van Dyk) (2003) Fortean Bureau; also in The Chains That You Refuse (full text at link below)
  • "Speak!" (2003) On Spec, Winter
  • "This Tragic Glass" (2004) SCIFICTION; also in The Chains That You Refuse (full text at link below)
  • "The Chains That You Refuse" (2004) ChiZine; also in collection of the same name
  • "Old Leatherwings" (2004) Lenox Avenue; also in The Chains That You Refuse
  • "Seven Dragons Mountains" (2004) All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories, eds. Jay Lake and David Moles, Wheatland Press; also in The Chains That You Refuse
  • "Sleeping Dogs Lie" (2004) Flytrap; also in The Chains That You Refuse
  • "When you Visit the Magoebaskloof Hotel, be Certain not to Miss the Samango Monkeys" (2004) Interzone; also in The Chains That You Refuse
  • "Two Dreams on Trains" (2005) Strange Horizons; also Year's Best Science Fiction, ed. Gardner Dozois; also The Chains That You Refuse; also Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology, eds. James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, Tachyon Press 2007; reprinted in Spanish "Dos Sueños con Trenes" in Cuasar #42, Marzo (full text at link below)
  • "Follow Me Light" (2005) SCIFICTION; also Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2005, eds. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin Grant; also The Chains That You Refuse; also Best New Paranormal Romance (full text at link below)
  • "Botticelli" (2005) The Agony Column; also in The Chains That You Refuse with, the author says, "what I think is a vastly improved ending, as the first was apparently too obscure."
  • "One-Eyed Jack and the Suicide King" (2005) Lenox Avenue; also in The Chains That You Refuse (author intends this story to be Chapter One of One-Eyed Jack & The Suicide King, the contemplated fifth Promethean Age novel)
  • "And the Deep Blue Sea" (2005) SCIFICTION; also in The Chains That You Refuse; also in Wastelands, ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books, forthcoming (full text at link below)
  • "House of the Rising Sun" (2005) The Third Alternative (author intends this story to be chapter two of One-Eyed Jack & The Suicide King. See above.)
  • "Long Cold Day" (2005) SCIFICTION (full text at link below)
  • "Wax" (2005) Interzone; also in Fantasy: The Best of the Year
  • "Los Empujadores Furiosos" (2006) On Spec
  • "Wane" (2006) Interzone
  • "The Inevitable Heat Death of the Universe" (2006) Subterranean #4
  • "Lucifugous" (2006) Subterranean 5 (full text at link below)
  • "Sounding" (2006) Strange Horizons (full text at link below)
  • "L'esprit d'escalier: Not a Play in One Act" (2006) The Chains that You Refuse
  • "High Iron" (2006) The Chains that You Refuse
  • "Schrödinger's Cat Chases the Super String" (2006) The Chains that You Refuse
  • Stella Nova (2006) The Chains that You Refuse
  • "Ile of Dogges" (with Sarah Monette) (2006) Aeon 7; also in Year's Best Science Fiction, ed. Gardner Dozois
  • "The Cold Blacksmith" (2006) Jim Baen's Universe; also Best Of Jim Baen's Universe, Volume 1
  • "Gone to Flowers" (2006) Eidolon eds. Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G Byrne, Eidolon Books; also in The Chains that You Refuse
  • "Love Among the Talus" (2006) Strange Horizons (full text at link below)
  • "War Stories" (2007) Jim Baen's Universe
  • "Cryptic Coloration" (2007) Jim Baen's Universe
  • "The Rest of Your Life in a Day" (2007) Jim Baen's Universe
  • "The Something Dreaming Game" (2007) Fast Forward, ed. Lou Anders, Pyr Books
  • "Matte" (2007) Fictitious Force
  • "Inelastic Collisions" (2007) Inferno ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor Books
  • "Abjure the Realm" (2007) Coyote Wild (full text at link below)
  • "Tideline" (2007) Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (The author says: "!Finally sold a story to Asimov's! For your reference, IA was still editing the mag when I started submitting to it."); also in The Year's Best Science Fiction ed. Gardner Dozois
  • "Orm the Beautiful," Clarkesworld; also in The Year's Best Fantasy ed. Jonathan Strahan (full text at link below)
  • "Black is the Color" (2008) Subterranean, Summer 2007 (full text at link below)
  • "The Ladies," (2008) Coyote Wild, December 2007
  • "Hobnoblin Blues" (2008) Realms of Fantasy, February 2008
  • "Shoggoths in Bloom," (2008) Isaac Asimov's, Science Fiction Magazine March 2008
  • "Sonny Liston Takes the Fall" (2008, forthcoming), The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow
  • "Boojum" (with Sarah Monette) (2008, forthcoming) Fast Ships, Black Sails, eds. Jeff & Ann VanderMeer
  • "Annie Webber" (2008, forthcoming) Nature
  • "Your Collar" (2008, forthcoming) Subterranean

Online Fiction

Bear, along with Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, and Sarah Monette, writes "Shadow Unit," an online fiction site based on a nonexistent television show called Shadow Unit.

Awards

  • 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
  • 2006 The Jenny Casey Trilogy Locus Award for Best First Novel
  • 2006 Blood & Iron Green Man Review Best Fantasy Novel of the Year (Blood & Iron)

Award Nominations and Recognition

  • 2004 "This Tragic Glass" James Tiptree, Jr. Award longlist
  • 2005 Hammered Compton Crook Award nominee
  • 2006 "Two Dreams on Trains" British Science Fiction Award nominee for Short Fiction
  • 2006 "Sounding" British Science Fiction Award nominee for Short Fiction
  • 2007 Carnival Lambda Award nominee
  • 2007 Carnival Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice nominee
  • 2007 Carnival Special Citation of Excellence from the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award
  • 2008 A Companion to Wolves (with Sarah Monette) Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice nominee
  • 2008 Whiskey & Water Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice nominee
  • 2008 A Companion to Wolves (with Sarah Monette) Lambda Award nominee
  • 2008 Undertow Philip K. Dick Memorial Award nominee


External Links

Wikipedia Entry
Bear's LiveJournal
Bear's website
Shadow Unit--online paranormal fiction by Bear, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, and Sarah Monette
full text of "Ice"
full text of "The Dying of the Light"
full text of "This Tragic Glass"
full text of "Two Dreams on Trains"
full text of "Follow Me Light"
full text of "And the Deep Blue Sea"
full text of "Long Cold Day"
full text of "Lucifugous"
full text of "Sounding"
full text of "Love Among the Talus"
full text of "Abjure the Realm"
full text of "Orm the Beautiful"
full text of "Black Is the Color"
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