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Brooke Bolander

Past Nominations and Wins

2018

  • “The Only Harmless Great Thing” by Brooke Bolander, published by Tor.com. Winner, Best Novelette in 2018

2016

  • “Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies” by Brooke Bolander, published by Uncanny. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2016

2015

  • “And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead” by Brooke Bolander, published by Lightspeed Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2015
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Brooke Bolander

Brooke Bolander is the nymph stage of a foul–mouthed cicada that only emerges from the earth once every thirty years. A finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, and Locus awards, her short fiction has been featured in Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, Uncanny, Nightmare, The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016, and many other fine word venues. Her debut book with Tor.com Publishing, “The Only Harmless Great Thing”, is forthcoming in 2018.

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