Paolo Bacigalupi

Paolo Bacigalupi

American science fiction and fantasy writer (born 1972)

54 years oldLeoUnited States

Biography

Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi (born August 6, 1972) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He has won the Hugo, Nebula, John W. Campbell Memorial, Compton Crook, Theodore Sturgeon, and Michael L. Printz awards, and has been nominated for the National Book Award. His fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov's Science Fiction, and the environmental journal High Country News. Nonfiction essays of his have appeared in Salon.com and High Country News, and have been syndicated in newspapers, including the Idaho Statesman, the Albuquerque Journal, and The Salt Lake Tribune.

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Career highlights

Notable works

  • The Windup Girl
  • Ship Breaker
  • The Water Knife
  • Yellow Card Man
  • The People of Sand and Slag

Genres

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • biopunk

Awards & honours (19)

  • Theodore Sturgeon Award
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette
  • Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • Locus Award for Best Collection
  • Locus Award for Best First Novel
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel
  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
  • Compton Crook Award
  • Michael L. Printz Award
  • Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work
  • Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work
  • Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel
  • Planète SF Bloggers' Award
  • Seiun Award for Best Translated Short Story
  • Bob Morane award for best foreign novel
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Collection
  • Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book

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