Jo Walton

Jo Walton
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Biografia
Naixement	1r desembre 1964 (59 anys); Aberdâr (Gal·les)
Formació	Howell's School (en)
Activitat
Ocupació	novel·lista, bloguera, escriptora de fantasia, escriptora de ciència-ficció, escriptora, autora
Premis
	(2017) Prix ActuSF de l'uchronie (Littérature) (fr) ; (2014) Premi Otherwise, per l'obra My Real Children (en) ; (2012) Copper Cylinder Award (en) , per l'obra Among Others (en) ; (2012) Premi Hugo a la millor novel·la, per l'obra Among Others (en) ; (2011) Premi Nebula a la millor novel·la, per l'obra Among Others (en) ; (2002) premi Astounding al millor escriptor ;
Lloc web	jowaltonbooks.com

Jo Walton (Aberdare, 1 de desembre de 1964) és una escriptora britànico-canadenca de ciència-ficció i fantasia, guanyadora dels premis John W. Campbell, Hugo, Nébula i Mundial de Fantasia. Nascuda a Aberdare, Gal·les, l'1 de desembre de 1964 resideix al Canadà des de 2002.

Publicacions

Novel·les

Sulien series
- The King's Peace (October 2000, Tor Books, ISBN 0-312-87229-1)
- The King's Name (December 2001, Tor Books, ISBN 0-312-87653-X)
- The Prize in the Game (December 2002, Tor Books, ISBN 0-7653-0263-2)
Tooth and Claw (November 2003, Tor Books, ISBN 0-7653-0264-0) Won the World Fantasy Award.
Small Change trilogy
- Farthing (August 2006, Tor Books, ISBN 0-7653-1421-5)
- Ha'penny (October 2007, Tor Books, ISBN 0-7653-1853-9)
- Half a Crown (August 2008, Tor Books, ISBN 978-0-7653-1621-9)
Lifelode (February 2009, NESFA Press,^[1] ISBN 1-886778-82-5)
Among Others (January 2011, Tor Books), ISBN 978-0-7653-2153-4; Nebula Award for Best Novel 2011, Hugo Award for Best Novel 2012, World Fantasy Award nominee
My Real Children (May 2014, Tor Books), ISBN 9780765332653; Tiptree Award 2014,^[2] World Fantasy Award nominee,^[3] Aurora Award nominee^[4]
Thessaly trilogy
- The Just City (January 2015, Tor Books), ISBN 9780765332660
- The Philosopher Kings (June 2015, Tor Books), ISBN 9780765332677
- Necessity (July 2016, Tor Books) ISBN 9780765379023

Altres obres

GURPS Celtic Myth (with Ken Walton) (1995, roleplaying supplement)
Muses and Lurkers (2001, poetry chapbook, edited by Eleanor Evans)
Realms of Sorcery (with Ken Walton) (2002, roleplaying supplement)
Sybils and Spaceships poetry chapbook (2009, NESFA Press)
What Makes This Book So Great, collected essays and book reviews (2014, Tor Books) ISBN 0765331934. Review by Paul Di Filippo

Assaig

"Story behind "Ha'Penny" by Jo Walton" (2013), from "Story Behind the Book : Volume 1"^[5]

Referències

↑ Printed, according to the Salt Lake County library catalog, http://www.slcolibrary.org/, "in a limited hardcover edition of 800 copies"
↑ «2014 James Tiptree, Jr. Award».
↑ The 2015 World Fantasy Award Nominees Have Been Announced!, at Tor.com; published July 8, 2015; retrieved July 25, 2015
↑ 2015 Aurora Awards Nominees, at Locus Online; published May 26, 2015; retrieved November 29, 2015
↑ Story Behind the Book : Volume 1 – Essays on Writing Speculative Fiction out now!

[1] Printed, according to the Salt Lake County library catalog, http://www.slcolibrary.org/, "in a limited hardcover edition of 800 copies"

[2] «2014 James Tiptree, Jr. Award».

[TorWFA-3] The 2015 World Fantasy Award Nominees Have Been Announced!, at Tor.com; published July 8, 2015; retrieved July 25, 2015

[Aurora-4] 2015 Aurora Awards Nominees, at Locus Online; published May 26, 2015; retrieved November 29, 2015

[5] Story Behind the Book : Volume 1 – Essays on Writing Speculative Fiction out now!

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Registres d'autoritat	WorldCat CANTIC (1) BNE (1) BNF (1) GND (1) LCCN (1) VIAF (1) ISNI (1) SUDOC (1) NLA (1) NDL (1) NKC (1)
Bases d'informació	Europeana (1)