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Brad R. Torgersen
Brad R. Torgersen
Born	April 6, 1974 (age 50); United States
Occupation	Author
Genre	Science fiction
Notable works	A Star-Wheeled Sky; "Ray of Light"; "The Exchange Officers"; "The Chaplain's Legacy";
Notable awards	Analog Award (2010); Analog Award (2013); AML Award (2014); Analog Award (2014); Dragon Award (2019);
Website
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Brad R. Torgersen (born April 6, 1974) is an American science fiction author. His short stories regularly appear in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, InterGalactic Medicine Show, and in various anthologies. His stories have won the Analog Award multiple times, and he was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2012. In addition to his short stories, he has multiple published novels. His works have been nominated for the Nebula Award, four times for the Hugo Award, and have won the Dragon Award.

Biography

Torgersen was born April 6, 1974.^[1] His first public credit was as an unpaid script writer for locally-produced space opera serial Searcher & Stallion, which broadcast on Salt Lake City community radio KRCL FM in the early 1990s.^{[citation needed]} His story, "Footprints", was published in the Licton Springs Review in 2002.^[2] Due to the events of 9/11, he enlisted in the United States Army Reserve in 2002, where he has worked his way up to Chief Warrant Officer.^[3]

In 2009, he won the Writers of the Future contest with his story "Exanastasis".^[4] His first professional sale was his novelette, "Outbound", to Analog Science Fiction and Fact in 2010, which won the Analog reader's poll for Best Novelette.^[5]. His novelette, "Ray of Light", was the cover story on the December 2011 issue of Analog and was nominated for both the Nebula Award^[6] and the Hugo Award.^[7] He was also nominated for the 2012 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.

Torgersen received two nominations for the 2014 Hugo Awards: for the novella "The Chaplain's Legacy" and the novelette "The Exchange Officers".^[8] "The Chaplain's Legacy" also won the 2014 AML Award for Short Fiction.^[9] He won the Analog AnLab readers' choice award for his novelette "Life Flight".^[10] The Chaplain's War, published in October 2014 through Baen Books, took his stories "The Chaplain's Assistant" and "The Chaplain's Legacy" and turned them into a novel. During the 2015 Hugo nomination and voting period, Torgersen led the Sad Puppies movement,^[11] which claimed that popular works were often unfairly passed over by Hugo voters in favor of more literary works, or stories with progressive political themes.^[12]^[13]

In 2019, Baen published his novel A Star-Wheeled Sky, which won the 2019 Dragon Award for "Best Science Fiction Novel".^[14]

Works

Series

The Chaplain's War

"The Chaplain's Assistant" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact edited by Stanley Schmidt (September 2011, Dell Magazines)
"The Chaplain's Legacy" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact edited by Trevor Quachri (July 2013, Dell Magazines)
The Chaplain's War (novel, October 2014, Baen Books, ISBN 978-1-4767-3685-3)

Waywork Universe

"Axabrast", short fiction published on the Baen Books website in November 2018^[15]
A Star-Wheeled Sky (novel, December 2018, Baen Books, ISBN 978-1-4814-8362-9)

Collections

Lights in the Deep (August 2013, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-074-1)
Racers of the Night (August 2014, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-232-5)

Anthologies

These are anthologies authored or co-authored by Torgersen.

Red Tide co-authored with Larry Niven and Matthew J. Harrington (October 2014, Phoenix Pick, ISBN 978-1-61242-132-2)

Short stories

"Footprints" in Licton Springs Review (Spring 2002)
"Exanastasis" in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume XXVI edited by K. D. Wentworth (October 2010, Galaxy Press, ISBN 9781592128471)
"Outbound" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact edited by Stanley Schmidt (November 2010, Dell Magazines)
"Exiles of Eden" in Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show #22 edited by Edmund R. Schubert (April 2011)
"The Bullfrog Radio Astronomy Project" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact edited by Stanley Schmidt (October 2011, Dell Magazines)
"Ray of Light" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact edited by Stanley Schmidt (November 2011, Dell Magazines)
"The Ascent" with Mike Resnick in Tales from the Fathomless Abyss edited by Philip Athans (December 2011, Athans & Associates Creative Consulting)
"Sheep Dog" in The Gruff Variations: Writing for Charity Anthology, Vol. 1 edited by Eric James Stone (March 2012, Writing for Charity)
"Guard Dog" with Mike Resnick in Space Battles edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt (April 2012, Flying Pen Press, ISBN 978-0-9845927-5-3)
"The Curse of Sally Tincakes" in Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show #28 edited by Edmund R. Schubert (May 2012)
"Peacekeeper" with Mike Resnick in The Mammoth Book of SF Wars edited by Ian Watson and Ian Whates (May 2012, Robinson, ISBN 978-1-78033-040-2)
"Strobe Effect" with Alastair Mayer in Analog Science Fiction and Fact (November 2012, Dell Magazines)
"The Shadows of Titan" with Carter Reid in Space Eldritch edited by Nathan Shumate (December 2012, Cold Fusion Media, ISBN 978-1-4811-7831-0)
"The Exchange Officers" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact edited by Stanley Schmidt (January 2013, Dell Magazines)
"The Bricks of Eta Cassiopeiae" in Beyond the Sun edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt (August 2013, Fairwood Press, ISBN 978-1-933846-38-5)
"Gemini 17" in Lights in the Deep (August 2013, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-074-1)
"Guardian of the Headwaters" in The Crimson Pact: Volume 5" edited by Paul Genesse (August 2013, Iron Dragon Books, ISBN 978-0-9850038-4-5)
"Reardon's Law" in Five by Five 2: No Surrender edited by Kevin J. Anderson (August 2013, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-071-0)
"The Hideki Line" in Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume IV" edited by Brian Lewis (January 2014, Empire & Great Jones Little Press, ISBN 978-0-9888072-9-7)
"Picket Ship" in Baen Books: Free Stories 2014 (January 2014, Baen Books)
"Life Flight" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact edited by Trevor Quachri (March 2014, Dell Magazines)
"The Nechronomator" in Galaxy's Edge Issue 7 edited by Mike Resnick (March 2014, Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick, ISBN 978-1-61242-186-5)
"Astronaut Nick" in A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories edited by Kevin J. Anderson and Keith J. Olexa (July 2014, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-202-8)
"Blood and Mirrors" in Racers of the Night: Science Fiction Stories edited by Brad R. Torgersen (August 2014, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-232-5)
"Peacekeeper" in Racers of the Night: Science Fiction Stories edited by Brad R. Torgersen (August 2014, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-232-5)
"Recapturing the Dream" in Racers of the Night: Science Fiction Stories edited by Brad R. Torgersen (August 2014, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-232-5)
"The Flamingo Girl" in Racers of the Night: Science Fiction Stories edited by Brad R. Torgersen (August 2014, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-232-5)
"The General's Guard" in Riding the Red Horse edited by Tom Kratman and Vox Day (December 2014, Castalia House)
"Sparky the Dog" in Red Tide edited by Larry Niven, Brad R. Torgersen, and Matthew J. Harrington (October 2014, Phoenix Pick, ISBN 978-1-61242-132-2)
"Gyre" in Galaxy's Edge Issue 13 edited by Mike Resnick (March 2015, Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick, ISBN 978-1-61242-260-2)
"The Ghost Conductor of the Interstellar Express" in Trajectories: Stories of Exploration edited by Dave Creek (March 2016, Hydra Publications, ISBN 978-1-942212-36-2)
"Jupiter or Bust" in Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show #50 edited by Edmund R. Schubert (April 2016, Hatrack River )
"Spirits with Visions" in 2113: Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush edited by Kevin J. Anderson and John McFetridge (April 2016, ECW Press, ISBN 978-1-77041-292-7)
"The Diddley Bow Horror" in Redneck Eldritch edited by Nathan Shumate (April 2016, Cold Fusion Media, ISBN 978-0-692-69291-2)
"Mars Court Rules" in Galactic Games edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt (June 2016, Baen Books, ISBN 978-1-4767-8158-7)
"Purytans" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact edited by Trevor Quachri (July-August 2016, Dell Magazines)
"CASPer's Ghost" in A Fistful of Credits edited by Chris Kennedy and Mark Wandrey (June 2017, Seventh Seal Press, ISBN 978-1-942936-70-1)
"The Bride" in Monster Hunter Files edited by Larry Correia and Bryan Thomas Schmidt (October 2017, Baen Books, ISBN 978-1-4814-8275-2)
"Hymns of the Mothers" in Forbidden Thoughts edited by Jason Rennie (January 2017, Superversive Press, ISBN 978-0-9945163-7-4)
"The Unsent Letter" in Freedom's Light: Short Stories edited by Lindsay Galloway, Kia Heavey, and Matthew Souders (January 2017, Victory Fiction, ISBN 978-1-5204-0024-2)
"Orphans of Aries" in Rocket's Red Glare edited by James Reasoner (May 2017, Rough Edges Press, ISBN 978-1-5466-7053-7)
"45" in MAGA 2020 & Beyond edited by Marina Fontaine, Jason Rennie, and Dawn Witzke (November 2017, Superversive Press, ISBN 978-1-925645-48-4)
"Old Dogs, New Tricks" in Avatar Dreams: Scientific Visions of Avatar Technology edited by Kevin J. Anderson and Mike Resnick (April 2018, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-598-2)
"For Man or Beast" in To Be Men: Stories Celebrating Masculinity edited by Sirius Métier (June 2018, Superversive Press, ISBN 978-1-925645-14-9)
"Scrith" in Man-Kzin Wars XV (February 2019, Baen Books, ISBN 978-1-4814-8377-3)

Awards and honors

Torgersen has been nominated for and won multiple awards for his various works. He is also listed in the Analog Who's Who.^[16]

Year	Organization	Award title, Category	Work	Result	Refs
2009	Writers of the Future	Third Quarter	"Exanastasis"	3	^[4]^[17]
2010	Analog Science Fiction and Fact	Analog Award, Best Novelette	"Outbound"	Won	^[5]^[18]
2011	Analog Science Fiction and Fact	Analog Award, Best Novelette	"Ray of Light"	Nominated	^[19]
2011	Worldcon	John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer	-	Nomination below cutoff	^[20]
2012	Worldcon	Hugo Award, Best Novelette	"Ray of Light"	Nominated	^[7]^[21]
2012	Worldcon	John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer	-	Nominated	^[22]
2012	SFWA	Nebula Award, Best Novelette	"Ray of Light"	Nominated	^[6]^[23]
2013	Analog Science Fiction and Fact	Analog Award, Best Novella	"The Chaplain's Legacy"	Won	^[24]
2013	Analog Science Fiction and Fact	Analog Award, Best Novelette	"The Exchange Officers"	Nominated	^[25]
2014	Worldcon	Hugo Award, Best Novelette	"The Exchange Officers"	Nominated	^[26]
2014	Worldcon	Hugo Award, Best Novella	"The Chaplain's Legacy"	Nominated	^[27]
2014	Analog Science Fiction and Fact	Analog Award, Best Novelette	"Life Flight"	Won	^[28]
2014	Association for Mormon Letters	AML Awards, Short Fiction	"The Chaplain’s Legacy"	Won	^[9]
2015	Worldcon	Hugo Award, Best Novel	"The Chaplain's War"	Nomination below cutoff	^[29]
2019	Dragon Con	Dragon Award, Best Science Fiction Novel	A Star-Wheeled Sky	Won	^[14]

References

^ Torgersen, Brad R. (September 9, 2011). "9-11 Ten Years Gone". Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
^ "Title: Footprints". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
^ Torgersen, Brad R. (May 26, 2020). "About the Author". Star Trek Starship Tactical Combat Simulator On-Line Database & Archive. Archived from the original on February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Awards and Events". Writersofthefuture.com. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09.
^ ^a ^b "SF Awards". Locus. 2011. Archived from the original on May 14, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "2011 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. February 20, 2011. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "2012 Hugo Awards Nominations". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. April 7, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019.
^ "2014 Hugo Awards". Hugo Awards. 2014. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "2014 AML Awards". Association for Mormon Letters. March 28, 2015. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
^ Torgersen, Brad R. (2015). "SF Signal announces winners for Analog and Asimov's readers' choice awards". Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
^ Torgersen, Brad R. (February 1, 2015). "SAD PUPPIES 3: the 2015 Hugo slate". Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
^ Anders, Charlie Jane (April 4, 2015). "The Hugo Awards Were Always Political. But Now They're Only Political". io9. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
^ Italie, Hillel (April 17, 2015). "Puppies Attack: Hugo Awards reflect sci-fi/fantasy divide". Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "2019 Dragon Award". Locus Magazine Online. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
^ Torgersen, Brad R. (November 2018). ""Axabrast" by Brad R. Torgersen". Baen Books. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
^ "Who's Who - Authors Corner". 2021. Archived from the original on July 25, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
^ "Volume 26 - 2010 - Winners". Writers of the Future. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
^ "Award Category: 2010 Best Novelette (Analog Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
^ "Award Category: 2011 Best Novelette (Analog Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
^ "Award Category: 2011 Best New Writer (John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
^ "Award Category: 2012 Best Novelette (Hugo Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
^ "Award Category: 2012 Best New Writer (John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
^ "Award Category: 2012 Novelette (Nebula Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
^ "Award Category: 2013 Best Novella (Analog Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
^ "Award Category: 2013 Best Novelette (Analog Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
^ "Award Category: 2014 Best Novelette (Hugo Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
^ "Award Category: 2014 Best Novella (Hugo Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
^ "Award Category: 2014 Best Novelette (Analog Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
^ "Award Category: 2015 Best Novel (Hugo Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

Additional reading

Lovett, Richard A. (September 2011). "Biolog: Brad R. Torgersen". Analog. 131 (9).

External links

Brad R. Torgersen at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

[torgersen_blog_9-11_ten_years_gone-1] Torgersen, Brad R. (September 9, 2011). "9-11 Ten Years Gone". Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2016.

[isfdb_footprints-2] "Title: Footprints". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2021.

[ststcsolda_about-3] Torgersen, Brad R. (May 26, 2020). "About the Author". Star Trek Starship Tactical Combat Simulator On-Line Database & Archive. Archived from the original on February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.

[2010_wotf_event-4] "Awards and Events". Writersofthefuture.com. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09.

[2011_anlab_locus-5] "SF Awards". Locus. 2011. Archived from the original on May 14, 2012.

[2011_sfwa_nebula-6] "2011 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. February 20, 2011. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

[2012_sfwa_hugo_announce-7] "2012 Hugo Awards Nominations". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. April 7, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019.

[2014_hugo_hugoawards_site-8] "2014 Hugo Awards". Hugo Awards. 2014. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2014.

[aml_2014-9] "2014 AML Awards". Association for Mormon Letters. March 28, 2015. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2021.

[sfsignal_2015_anlab-10] Torgersen, Brad R. (2015). "SF Signal announces winners for Analog and Asimov's readers' choice awards". Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2021.

[torgersen_blog_20150201-11] Torgersen, Brad R. (February 1, 2015). "SAD PUPPIES 3: the 2015 Hugo slate". Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.

[io9-12] Anders, Charlie Jane (April 4, 2015). "The Hugo Awards Were Always Political. But Now They're Only Political". io9. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2021.

[ap_20150416-13] Italie, Hillel (April 17, 2015). "Puppies Attack: Hugo Awards reflect sci-fi/fantasy divide". Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.

[2019_dragon_locus-14] "2019 Dragon Award". Locus Magazine Online. Retrieved October 2, 2019.

[axabrast_baen-15] Torgersen, Brad R. (November 2018). ""Axabrast" by Brad R. Torgersen". Baen Books. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.

[Analog_magazine_Who's_Who_of_authors-16] "Who's Who - Authors Corner". 2021. Archived from the original on July 25, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2021.

[2009_wotf_3rd_quarter-17] "Volume 26 - 2010 - Winners". Writers of the Future. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

[2010_analog_novelette-18] "Award Category: 2010 Best Novelette (Analog Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

[2011_analog_novelette-19] "Award Category: 2011 Best Novelette (Analog Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

[2011_campbell-20] "Award Category: 2011 Best New Writer (John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

[2012_hugo_novelette-21] "Award Category: 2012 Best Novelette (Hugo Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

[2012_campbell-22] "Award Category: 2012 Best New Writer (John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

[2012_nebula_novelette-23] "Award Category: 2012 Novelette (Nebula Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

[2013_analog_novella-24] "Award Category: 2013 Best Novella (Analog Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

[2013_analog_novelette-25] "Award Category: 2013 Best Novelette (Analog Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

[2014_hugo_novelette-26] "Award Category: 2014 Best Novelette (Hugo Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

[2014_hugo_novella-27] "Award Category: 2014 Best Novella (Hugo Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

[2014_analog_novelette-28] "Award Category: 2014 Best Novelette (Analog Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

[2015_hugo_novel-29] "Award Category: 2015 Best Novel (Hugo Award)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

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+'''Brad R. Torgersen''' (born April 6, 1974) is an American [[science fiction]] author. His short stories regularly appear in  ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact]]'', ''[[InterGalactic Medicine Show]]'', and in various anthologies. His stories have won the ''Analog'' Award multiple times, and he was a finalist for the [[John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer]] in 2012. In addition to his short stories, he has multiple published novels. His works have been nominated for the [[Nebula Award for Best Novelette|Nebula Award]], four times for the [[Hugo Award for Best Novelette|Hugo Award]], and have won the [[Dragon Awards|Dragon Award]].
-'''Brad R. Torgersen''' (born April 6, 1974) is an American [[science fiction]] author.<ref name="torgersen blog 9-11 ten years gone">{{cite web |url=https://bradrtorgersen.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/9-11-ten-years-gone|title=9-11 Ten Years Gone|first=Brad R. |last=Torgersen|date=September 9, 2011|access-date=January 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308052011/https://bradrtorgersen.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/9-11-ten-years-gone/|archive-date=March 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> His short stories regularly appear in the science fiction magazine ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact]]'', where Torgersen is listed among the "Who's Who" of <em>Analog's</em> authors—alongside venerable science fiction names such as Robert A. Heinlein, Orson Scott Card, Frank Herbert, and Larry Niven.<ref name="Analog magazine Who's Who of authors">{{cite web |url=https://www.analogsf.com/authors-corner/whos-who/|title=Who's Who - Authors Corner|date=2021|access-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20200725220713/https://www.analogsf.com/authors-corner/whos-who/|archive-date=July 25, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
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+==Biography==
+Torgersen was born April 6, 1974.<ref name="torgersen blog 9-11 ten years gone">{{cite web |url=https://bradrtorgersen.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/9-11-ten-years-gone|title=9-11 Ten Years Gone|first=Brad R. |last=Torgersen|date=September 9, 2011|access-date=January 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308052011/https://bradrtorgersen.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/9-11-ten-years-gone/|archive-date=March 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> His first public credit was as an unpaid script writer for locally-produced space opera serial <em>Searcher & Stallion</em>, which broadcast on Salt Lake City community radio [[KRCL]] FM in the early 1990s.{{cn}} His story, "Footprints", was published in the ''Licton Springs Review'' in 2002.<ref name="isfdb footprints">{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1658707 |title=Title: Footprints |publisher=[[Internet Speculative Fiction Database]] |access-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-date=July 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720201322/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1658707 |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to the events of [[9/11]], he enlisted in the [[United States Army Reserve]] in 2002, where he has worked his way up to [[Warrant officer (United States)#Ranks|Chief Warrant Officer]].<ref name="ststcsolda about">{{cite web |url=http://www.ststcsolda.space/about_the_author.html |title=About the Author |first=Brad R. |last=Torgersen |publisher=Star Trek Starship Tactical Combat Simulator On-Line Database & Archive |date=May 26, 2020 |access-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205183419/http://www.ststcsolda.space/about_the_author.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
-Torgersen's first public credit was as an unpaid script writer for locally-produced space opera serial <em>Searcher & Stallion</em>, which broadcast on Salt Lake City community radio [[KRCL]] FM in the early 1990s. From that point Torgersen toiled on numerous unpublished pieces of short fiction, as well as several aborted novels, until Torgersen was finally a winner of the 2009 [[Writers of the Future]] contest.<ref name="2010 wotf event">{{cite web|date=2010|website=Writersofthefuture.com|url=http://www.writersofthefuture.com/awards-and-events/2010|title=Awards and Events|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130209164548/http://www.writersofthefuture.com/awards-and-events/2010|archive-date=2013-02-09}}</ref> Almost immediately upon breaking in with <em>Writers of the Future,</em> Torgersen sold his first novelette to ''Analog'' magazine, and after several appearances there also began to publish in Orson Scott Card's ''[[InterGalactic Medicine Show]]''. Torgersen's 2010 <em>Analog</em> novelette "Outbound" won the ''Analog'' reader's poll,<ref name="2011 anlab locus">{{cite web|title=SF Awards|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/AnLab2011.html|date=2011|work=[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514231228/http://locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/AnLab2011.html|archive-date=May 14, 2012 }}</ref> and his 2011 <em>Analog</em> novelette "Ray of Light" not only was featured as the cover story for the December 2011 issue, it was nominated for both the [[Nebula Award for Best Novelette|Nebula Award]]<ref name="2011 sfwa nebula">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfwa.org/2012/02/2011-nebula-awards-nominees-announced/|date=February 20, 2011|title=2011 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced|publisher=[[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]]|access-date=March 4, 2019|archive-url=http://www.webcitation.org/76d207u1W|archive-date=March 4, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Hugo Award for Best Novelette|Hugo Award]].<ref name="2012 sfwa hugo announce">{{cite web|publisher=[[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]]|url=http://www.sfwa.org/2012/04/2012-hugo-awards-nominations/|date=April 7, 2012|title=2012 Hugo Awards Nominations|archive-url=http://www.webcitation.org/76d27Suc5|archive-date=March 4, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Torgersen would also be a nominee for the 2012 [[John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer]], making him one of the rare English-language science fiction authors to be nominated for all three of these awards in a single season.  Torgersen received two nominations for the 2014 Hugo Awards, for “The Chaplain's Legacy” (novella) and “The Exchange Officers” (novelette).<ref name="2014 hugo hugoawards site">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2014-hugo-awards/ |title=2014 Hugo Awards |publisher=[[Hugo Award]]s |date=2014|access-date=June 10, 2014|archive-url=http://www.webcitation.org/76d2EDztE|archive-date=March 4, 2019|url-status=live }}</ref> Having established himself with <em>Analog</em> readers as a star Hard Science Fiction author, Torgersen again won <em>Analog's</em> AnLab readers' choice award for his novelette "Life Flight."<ref name="WINNERS: Analog Science Fiction and Fact’s AnLab Award / Asimov’s Science Fiction’s Readers’ Award">{{cite web |url=https://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2015/06/winners-analog-science-fiction-facts-anlab-award-asimovs-science-fictions-readers-award/|title=SF Signal announces winners for Analog and Asimov's readers' choice awards|first=Brad R. |last=Torgersen|date=2015|access-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20201021022513/https://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2015/06/winners-analog-science-fiction-facts-anlab-award-asimovs-science-fictions-readers-award/|archive-date=October 21, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Torgersen eventually converted his <em>Analog</em> short fiction universe for his Chaplain's Assistant stories, into the novel <em>The Chaplain's War,</em> for Baen Books.  After which Torgersen continued to publish numerous science fiction stories in various anthologies, including several Years Best SF titles, and eventually also published his novel <em>A Star-Wheeled Sky</em> which was nominated for and won the 2019 [[Dragon Awards|Dragon Award]] for "Best Science Fiction Novel",<ref name="2019 dragon locus"/> presented by science fiction Grand Master [[Larry Niven]].  Presently, Torgersen is working on additional short fiction for several venues, as well as follow-up <em>[[Man-Kzin Wars]]</em> material for Larry Niven's shared universe series (published by Baen) set in Niven's famous [[Known Space]] future history—Torgersen's Known Space novella "Scrith" having appeared in the 15th volume of <em>Man-Kzin</em> books.
+In 2009, he won the [[Writers of the Future]] contest with his story "Exanastasis".<ref name="2010 wotf event">{{cite web|date=2010|website=Writersofthefuture.com|url=http://www.writersofthefuture.com/awards-and-events/2010|title=Awards and Events|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130209164548/http://www.writersofthefuture.com/awards-and-events/2010|archive-date=2013-02-09}}</ref> His first professional sale was his novelette, "Outbound", to ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact]]'' in 2010, which won the  ''Analog'' reader's poll for Best Novelette.<ref name="2011 anlab locus">{{cite web|title=SF Awards|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/AnLab2011.html|date=2011|work=[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514231228/http://locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/AnLab2011.html|archive-date=May 14, 2012 }}</ref>. His novelette, "Ray of Light", was the cover story on the December 2011 issue of ''Analog'' and was nominated for both the [[Nebula Award for Best Novelette|Nebula Award]]<ref name="2011 sfwa nebula">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfwa.org/2012/02/2011-nebula-awards-nominees-announced/|date=February 20, 2011|title=2011 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced|publisher=[[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]]|access-date=March 4, 2019|archive-url=http://www.webcitation.org/76d207u1W|archive-date=March 4, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Hugo Award for Best Novelette|Hugo Award]].<ref name="2012 sfwa hugo announce">{{cite web|publisher=[[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]]|url=http://www.sfwa.org/2012/04/2012-hugo-awards-nominations/|date=April 7, 2012|title=2012 Hugo Awards Nominations|archive-url=http://www.webcitation.org/76d27Suc5|archive-date=March 4, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> He was also nominated  for the 2012 [[John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer]].
-==Genre controversy==
-Torgersen championed the 2015 [[Sad Puppies]] campaign at the Hugo Awards, which received substantial criticism from progressive media, and numerous members of the [[Worldcon]] World Science Fiction Society.  Originally conceived by bestselling fan favorite [[Larry Correia]], the so-called Sad Puppies effort was a year-by-year protest explicitly calling out what Correia, Torgersen, [[Sarah A. Hoyt]], and their many fans perceived to be the insular, identitarian, and politicized nature of the Hugo Awards—gaining numerous supporters and detractors between 2013 and 2017.  For his part, Torgersen eventually joined Correia in declaring lifetime abstention from Hugo nomination; though critics continue to insist that Sad Puppies was purely an effort of self-interest.
+Torgersen received two nominations for the 2014 Hugo Awards: for the novella "The Chaplain's Legacy" and the novelette "The Exchange Officers".<ref name="2014 hugo hugoawards site">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2014-hugo-awards/ |title=2014 Hugo Awards |publisher=[[Hugo Award]]s |date=2014|access-date=June 10, 2014|archive-url=http://www.webcitation.org/76d2EDztE|archive-date=March 4, 2019|url-status=live }}</ref> "The Chaplain's Legacy" also won the 2014 [[AML Awards|AML Award]] for Short Fiction.<ref name="aml 2014"/> He won the ''Analog'' AnLab readers' choice award for his novelette "Life Flight".<ref name="sfsignal 2015 anlab">{{cite web |url=https://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2015/06/winners-analog-science-fiction-facts-anlab-award-asimovs-science-fictions-readers-award/|title=SF Signal announces winners for Analog and Asimov's readers' choice awards|first=Brad R. |last=Torgersen |date=2015 |access-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20201021022513/https://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2015/06/winners-analog-science-fiction-facts-anlab-award-asimovs-science-fictions-readers-award/ |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Chaplain's War'', published in October 2014 through [[Baen Books]], took his stories "The Chaplain's Assistant" and "The Chaplain's Legacy" and turned them into a novel. During the 2015 Hugo nomination and voting period, Torgersen led the [[Sad Puppies]] movement,<ref name="torgersen blog 20150201">{{cite web |url=https://bradrtorgersen.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/sad-puppies-3-the-2015-hugo-slate/ |title=SAD PUPPIES 3: the 2015 Hugo slate |first=Brad R. |last=Torgersen |date=February 1, 2015 |access-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125010918/https://bradrtorgersen.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/sad-puppies-3-the-2015-hugo-slate/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which claimed that popular works were often unfairly passed over by Hugo voters in favor of more literary works, or stories with progressive political themes.<ref name="io9">{{cite web |url=http://io9.com/the-hugo-awards-were-always-political-now-theyre-only-1695721604 |title=The Hugo Awards Were Always Political. But Now They're Only Political |last1=Anders |first1=Charlie Jane |author-link1=Charlie Jane Anders |date=April 4, 2015 |website=io9 |access-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108112803/https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-hugo-awards-were-always-political-now-theyre-only-1695721604 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ap 20150416">{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/9ceb65e5d2b14d1cb05dfc3ccb3d3340 |title=Puppies Attack: Hugo Awards reflect sci-fi/fantasy divide |last1=Italie |first1=Hillel |access-date=February 5, 2021 |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |date=April 17, 2015 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205180940/https://apnews.com/article/9ceb65e5d2b14d1cb05dfc3ccb3d3340 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-==Military career==
-Since 2002 Torgersen has served in the [[United States Army Reserve]], first as an enlisted [[United States Army Adjutant General's Corps]] soldier with the 2122nd Garrison Support Unit, and then with the 493rd MP Company, both at Fort Lewis (later: [[Joint Base Lewis–McChord]]).  Upon his return to Utah, Torgersen was assigned to the 478th Human Resources Company at [[Fort Douglas]], where he eventually packeted for and was accepted to [[Warrant Officer Candidate School (United States Army)]] (WOCS).  Graduating in 2009, Torgersen was appointed Adjutant General Warrant Officer (420A WO1), then commissioned two years later to Adjutant General Chief Warrant Officer (420A CW2).  At present, Torgersen holds the U.S. Army's lowest senior Chief Warrant Officer grade, which is CW3.  Torgersen's overseas missions have all occurred during the Global [[War on terror]] (GWOT) and include two Title 10 deployments—one to Qatar/Jordan with the [[96th Sustainment Brigade (United States)]] which was then filling seats for a Special Operations [[Joint task force]] (SOJTF), and one to theater sustainment command (TSC) in Kuwait with the [[300th Sustainment Brigade (United States)]].  He has also done time in Poland (Anakonda, 2016) and Italy ([[Caserma Ederle]]).
+In 2019, Baen published his novel ''A Star-Wheeled Sky'', which won the 2019 [[Dragon Awards|Dragon Award]] for "Best Science Fiction Novel".<ref name="2019 dragon locus"/>
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-==Published Fiction Works==
+==Works==
 ===Series===
 ;''The Chaplain's War''
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 *"Scrith" in ''[[Man-Kzin Wars|Man-Kzin Wars XV]]'' (February 2019, Baen Books, {{isbn|978-1-4814-8377-3}})
-==Fiction awards and honors==
+==Awards and honors==
+Torgersen has been nominated for and won multiple awards for his various works. He is also listed in the ''Analog Who's Who''.<ref name="Analog magazine Who's Who of authors">{{cite web |url=https://www.analogsf.com/authors-corner/whos-who/|title=Who's Who - Authors Corner|date=2021|access-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20200725220713/https://www.analogsf.com/authors-corner/whos-who/|archive-date=July 25, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
-Torgersen has been nominated for and also won multiple awards for his various works.
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+| 2014
+| [[Association for Mormon Letters]]
+| [[AML Awards]],<br/>Short Fiction
+| "The Chaplain’s Legacy"
+| {{won}}
+| <ref name="aml 2014">{{cite web |url=http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2015/03/aml-awards-for-2014/ |title=2014 AML Awards |date=March 28, 2015 |access-date=February 5, 2021 |publisher=[[Association for Mormon Letters]] |archive-date=September 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909205601/http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2015/03/aml-awards-for-2014/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 ==References==
-'''Notes'''
 {{Reflist}}
-'''Further reading'''
+===Additional reading===
 *{{cite journal |author=[[Richard A. Lovett|Lovett, Richard A.]] | title=Biolog: Brad R. Torgersen |journal=[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact|Analog]] |volume=131 |issue=9 |date=September 2011 }}

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