Karin Lowachee
Appearance
Karin Lowachee is a Guyanese-born Canadian author of speculative fiction.[1]
Lowachee is the author of four novels, Warchild (2002), Burndive (2003), Cagebird (2005) and The Gaslight Dogs (2010). Warchild, which uses second-person point of view for the first several chapters of the novel, won the Warner Aspect First Novel Award.[2] Cagebird won the 2006 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards[3] and the Prix Aurora Award,[4] and was a finalist for the 2005 Philip K. Dick Award. Her fourth novel, The Gaslight Dogs, was released in April 2010.[5]
Bibliography
Novels
- Warchild (2002)
- Burndive (2003)
- Cagebird (2005)
- The Gaslight Dogs (2010)
Short stories
- "Culture Shock," ON SPEC: The Canadian Magazine of Speculative Writing (1994)
- "The Forgotten Ones," So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy (2004), edited by Uppinder Mehan & Nalo Hopkinson
- "This Ink Feels Like Sorrow," Mythspring: From the Lyrics & Legends of Canada (2006), edited by Genevieve Kierans & Julie E. Czerneda
- "Nomad," Armored (2012), edited by John Joseph Adams
- "The Bleach," When the Villain Comes Home (2012), edited by Gabrielle Harbowy & Ed Greenwood
- "Enemy States," War Stories: New Military Science Fiction (2014), edited by Jaym Gates and Andrew Liptak
Awards
- Warner Aspect First Novel Award, 2002
- Prix Aurora Awards, Best Novel in English, 2006
- Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, Best Novel, 2006
- Shortlisted for a 2018 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, for her short story Meridian.[6]
References
- ^ "Summary Bibliography: Karin Lowachee". ISFDB.
- ^ Speer, Cindy Lynn (2002-08-15). "Review: Warchild". SF Site.com. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
- ^ "Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Spectrumawards.org. October 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
- ^ Silver, Steven H (2006-07-16). "Prix Aurora". The SF Site News. SF Site.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-18. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
- ^ Cover Launch: The Gaslight Dogs on Orbit Books, Lauren Panepinto, October 19, 2009.
- ^ "2018 Sunburst Awards Shortlist". Locus Online. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
External links
- Official site
- Interview at Clarkesworld Magazine September 2010
- Interview at SF Site
- Interview with Samantha Ling
- Interview
- Karin Lowachee at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database