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Karen Joy Fowler

(1950 - )

About Karen Joy Fowler

Karen Joy Fowler's The Jane Austen Book Club spent thirteen weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list and was a New York Times Notable Book. Fowler's previous novel, Sister Noon, was a finalist for the 2001 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. Her debut novel, Sarah Canary, was a New York Times Notable Book, as was her second novel, The Sweetheart Season. In addition, Sarah Canary won the Commonwealth medal for best first novel by a Californian, and was short-listed for the Irish Times International Fiction Prize as well as the Bay Area Book Reviewers Prize. Fowler's short story collection Black Glass won the World Fantasy Award in 1999. Fowler and her husband, who have two grown children, live in Davis and Santa Cruz, California.

Novels

Peripheral Vision (1986)
The War of the Roses (1991)
Sarah Canary (1991)
The Sweetheart Season (1996)
Sister Noon (2001)
The Jane Austen Book Club (2004)
Wit's End (2008)
aka The Case of the Imaginary Detective

Collections

Artificial Things (1986)
Letters from Home (1989) (with Pat Cadigan and Pat Murphy)
Black Glass (1998)

Anthologies edited

Mota 2002: Truth: An Annual Anthology of Fine Fiction (2002) (with John Reed)
Mota 2003: Courage (2003) (with John Reed)
The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1: Sex, the Future, and Chocolate Chip Cookies (2004) (with Pat Murphy and Debbie Notkin)
The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2 (2005) (with Pat Murphy and Jeffrey D Smith)
The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3 (2006) (with Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin and Jeffrey D Smith)
The James Tiptree Award Anthology 4 (2007) (with Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin and Jeffrey D Smith)

Anthologies containing stories by Karen Joy Fowler

The Year's Best Science Fiction Third Annual Collection (1985)
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year 15 (1986)
Skin of the Soul (1990)
Full Spectrum 3 (1991)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection (1991)
Nebula Awards 26 (1992)
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite (1993)
Nebula Awards 27 (1993)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A 40th Anniversary Anthology (1994)
New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow (1994)
Peter S Beagle's Immortal Unicorn (1995)
Women of Wonder (1995)
David Copperfield's Beyond Imagination (1996)
Virtually Now: Stories of Science, Technology, and the Future (1996)
Black Swan, White Raven (1997)
The Best of Crank! (1998)
Future on Ice (1998)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Eleventh Annual Collection (1998)
L Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XV (1999)
Nebula Awards 33 (1999)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection (1999)

Short stories

	The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things (1985)
	The Poplar Street Study (1985)
	Praxis (1985)
	Recalling Cinderella (1985)
	Contention (1986)
	Face Value (1986)
	The View from Venus (1986)
	The Faithful Companion at Forty (1987)		Nebula (nominee) Hugo (nominee)
	Letters From Home (1987)
	Lily Red (1988)
	Duplicity (1989)
	Game Night at the Fox and Goose (1989)
	The Night Wolf (1989)
	Lieserl (1990)		Nebula (nominee)
	Black Glass (1991)		Nebula (nominee)
	The Dark (1991)		Nebula (nominee)
	The Brew (1995)
	Shimabara (1995)
	The Elizabeth Complex (1996)		Nebula (nominee)
	The Queen of Hearts and Swords (1996)
	The Black Fairy's Curse (1997)
	Go Back (1998)
	Standing Room Only (1998)		Hugo (nominee) Nebula (nominee)
	The Travails (1998)

Awards

	Philip K Dick Award Best Collection nominee (1986) : Artificial Things
	John W. Campbell Best New Author winner (1987)
	Hugo Best Short story nominee (1988) : The Faithful Companion at Forty
	Nebula Best Short story nominee (1988) : The Faithful Companion at Forty
	Nebula Best Short story nominee (1991) : Lieserl
	Nebula Best Short story nominee (1992) : The Dark
	Nebula Best Novellette nominee (1992) : Black Glass
	Nebula Best Novel nominee (1993) : Sarah Canary
	Hugo Best Short story nominee (1998) : Standing Room Only
	Nebula Best Short story nominee (1998) : The Elizabeth Complex
	Nebula Best Short story nominee (1999) : Standing Room Only
	World Fantasy Best Collection winner (1999) : Black Glass
	PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction Best Novel nominee (2002) : Sister Noon
	The Richard and Judy Best Read of the Year Best Novel nominee (2005) : The Jane Austen Book Club

Links to other websites

Karen Joy Fowler's Official Web Page

Karen Joy Fowler recommends

At the City Limits of Fate (1996) Michael Bishop "A book of such astonishing accomplishment and variety, Michael Bishop appears to speak in tongues. No other writer can pull off the impossibly delicate balance of wit, charity, poetry and perception that Bishop does. He does it with mirrors and jewels, cats and snakes.""	Neat Sheets: The Poetry of James Tiptree, Jr. (1996) James Tiptree Jr "The Poetry has a heightened sense of emotionalism, a clear message of isolationism and loneliness, a disappointed romanticism, and the occasional lash of a sharp wit. "	Standard Candles (1996) Jack McDevitt "Long after you've closed this book,the stories will stay in your mind and in your heart."
Mockingbird (1998) Sean Stewart "Mockingbird manages to be witty, wicked, and wise. Wonderful!"	Wild Life (2000) Molly Gloss "Heady cerebral satisfactions, gorgeous prose, and page-turning adventure."	Carter Beats the Devil (2001) Glen David Gold "Gold has conjured one dead president, one blood-sucking dog, a ship full of pirates, and a cabal of Secret Service agents. it all makes for a wild and heartstopping show. Beautifully written, packed with fun, scares, and surprises. And magic in every word."
A Scattering of Jades (2002) Alexander C Irvine "A Scattering of Jades is one wild ride."	Love Walked in (2005) Marisa de los Santos "A touching, triumphant story of the power and variety and responsibility of love. A joy to read, filled with characters you wish you knew in real life. Love Walked In is every bit as engaging as the classic movies Marisa de los Santos lovingly invokes."	Magic for Beginners (2005) Kelly Link "A set of stories that are by turns dazzling, funny, scary, and sexy, but only when they are not all of those at once. Kelly Link has strangeness, charm and spin to spare. Writers better than this don't happen."
To Catch the Lightning (2008) Alan Cheuse "To Catch the Lightning is a story of loss - of choices made and prices paid, of the future coming fast and the past disappearing faster. Cheuse's narrative is refracted through multiple voices, each distinct, but each containing its own poetic precision. A wonderful, wonderful book of quiet power and great beauty."	The Wednesday Sisters (2008) Meg Waite Clayton "This generous and inventive book is a delight to read, an evocation of the power of friendship to sustain, encourage, and embolden us. Join the sisterhood!"	Dragon House (2009) John Shors "The street children are the heart of this touching book: their talents, friendships, and perils keep you turning the pages."

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