Susan Palwick

Susan Palwick
Palwick at Wiscon 30
Born	1960 (age 63–64) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Princeton University Yale University
Notable awards	Crawford Award (1993) Alex Award (2006)

Susan Palwick (born 1960 in New York City) is an American writer and associate professor emerita of English at the University of Nevada, Reno. She began her professional career by publishing "The Woman Who Saved the World" for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1985.

Raised in northern New Jersey, Palwick attended Princeton University, where she studied fiction writing with novelist Stephen Koch, and she holds a doctoral degree from Yale. In the 1980s, she was an editor of The Little Magazine and then helped found The New York Review of Science Fiction, to which she contributed several reviews and essays. Although she is not a prolific author, Palwick's work has received multiple awards, including the Rhysling Award (in 1986) for her poem "The Neighbor's Wife". She won the Crawford Award for best first novel with Flying in Place in 1993, and the Alex Award in 2006 for her second novel, The Necessary Beggar. Her third novel, Shelter, was published by Tor in 2007. Another book, The Fate of Mice (a collection of short stories), has also been published by Tachyon Publications.

Susan Palwick is a practicing Episcopalian and lay preacher. For many years, she wrote a column for the Church Health Center's website on faith and health, HopeandHealing.org. As of 2019, she worked as a hospital chaplain in Reno.

Awards

Year	Nominee	Award		Result	Ref
1986	"The Neighbor's Wife"	Rhysling Award	Short Poem	Won
1987	"Elephant	Theodore Sturgeon Award	—	Shortlisted
1993	Flying in Place	Crawford Award	—	Won
		John W. Campbell Award Award	—	Honorable Mention
		Locus Award	First Novel	Nominated
			Fantasy Novel	Nominated
2006	The Necessary Beggar	Alex Award	—	Won
2007		Mythopoeic Award	Adult Literature	Shortlisted
2015	"Windows"	Asimov's Readers' Poll	Short Story	Shortlisted
2020	All Worlds Are Real	Philip K. Dick Award	—	Shortlisted
2023	"Sparrows"	Asimov's Readers' Poll	Short Story	Shortlisted

Bibliography

Novels

• —— (1992). Flying in Place (hardcover ed.). Tor Books. pp. 1–179. ISBN 9780312851835.
• —— (2005). The Necessary Beggar (hardcover ed.). Tor Books. pp. 1–320. ISBN 9780765310972.
• —— (2007). Shelter (paperback ed.). Tor Books. pp. 1–576. ISBN 9780312866020.
• —— (2013). Mending the Moon (hardcover ed.). Tor Books. pp. 1–336. ISBN 9780765327581.

Collections

• —— (2007). The Fate of Mice (paperback ed.). Tachyon Publications. pp. 1–218. ISBN 9781892391421.
• —— (2019). All Worlds Are Real (paperback ed.). Fairwood Press LLC. pp. 1–322. ISBN 9781933846842.

Short fiction

Year	Title	First published	Notes
1985	"The Woman Who Saved the World"	—— (May 1985). "The Woman Who Saved the World". Asimov's Science Fiction.
1996	"GI Jesus"	—— (1996). Hayden, Patrick Nielsen (ed.). "GI Jesus". Starlight (1).
1997	"Aïda in the Park"	—— (April 1997). Kushner, Ellen; Sherman, Delia; Keller, Donald G. (eds.). "Aïda in the Park". The Horns of Elfland. Roc Books.
2000	"Wood and Water"	—— (February 2000). "Wood and Water". F&SF.
2001	"Gestella"	—— (2001). "Gestella". Starlight (3).
2013	"Homecoming"	—— (July 10, 2013). Datlow, Ellen (ed.). "Homecoming". Tor.com.
	"Hhasalin"	—— (September–October 2003). "Hhasalin". F&SF.
2014	"Windows"	—— (September 2014). "Windows". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (9): 73–77.
2018	"Recoveries"	—— (June 20, 2018). Datlow, Ellen (ed.). "Recoveries". Tor.com.
2022	"The Long View"	—— (April 27, 2022). Datlow, Ellen (ed.). "The Long View". Tor.com.

Poetry Collections

• —— (2012). Brief Visits: Sonnets from a Volunteer Chaplain (paperback 1st ed.). Huntsville: Texas Review Press. ISBN 9781933896885.

External links

• Susan Palwick's blog
• Susan Palwick at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Review of The Fate of Mice, by Jo Walton
• Review of Shelter, by Jo Walton