Authors born in 1981
Cecelia Ahern
Andrew Britton
Clemency Burton-Hill
Leah Clifford
Karen Healey
Sophia McDougall
Bennett Madison
Isaac Marion
Nadifa Mohamed
Tiphani Montgomery
Mark Charan Newton
NisiOisin
Kate Quinn
Nicole Richie
Amy Sackville
Sunjeev Sahota
Simon Spurrier
Maggie Stiefvater
J Courtney Sullivan
Lili Wilkinson
Philip Womack
Andrew Britton
Clemency Burton-Hill
Leah Clifford
Karen Healey
Sophia McDougall
Bennett Madison
Isaac Marion
Nadifa Mohamed
Tiphani Montgomery
Mark Charan Newton
NisiOisin
Kate Quinn
Nicole Richie
Amy Sackville
Sunjeev Sahota
Simon Spurrier
Maggie Stiefvater
J Courtney Sullivan
Lili Wilkinson
Philip Womack
Authors who died in 1981
Robert Aickman
Martha Albrand
Nelson Algren
Enid Bagnold
John Franklin Bardin
Harry Bates
Carol Ryrie Brink
William S Burroughs Jr
Elizabeth Corbett
Edwin Corley
Frances Crane
A J Cronin
Kendell Foster Crossen
Dymphna Cusack
Thomas B Dewey
Robert L Fish
David Garnett
Val Gielgud
Nicholas Stuart Gray
Cynthia Harnett
Rayner Heppenstall
Hamilton Jobson
Pamela Hansford Johnson
D F Jones
Jeanne Judson
Philip Latham
Anita Loos
Philip MacDonald
John J McGuire
Charles Eric Maine
Robin Maugham
Eugenio Montale
H Warner Munn
Lewis B Patten
Kit Pedler
Francis G Rayer
John Henry Reese
William Saroyan
James Schmitz
Yaakov Shabtai
J Vernon Shea
George O Smith
Stephen Tall
Elswyth Thane
Gwyn Thomas
Martha Albrand
Nelson Algren
Enid Bagnold
John Franklin Bardin
Harry Bates
Carol Ryrie Brink
William S Burroughs Jr
Elizabeth Corbett
Edwin Corley
Frances Crane
A J Cronin
Kendell Foster Crossen
Dymphna Cusack
Thomas B Dewey
Robert L Fish
David Garnett
Val Gielgud
Nicholas Stuart Gray
Cynthia Harnett
Rayner Heppenstall
Hamilton Jobson
Pamela Hansford Johnson
D F Jones
Jeanne Judson
Philip Latham
Anita Loos
Philip MacDonald
John J McGuire
Charles Eric Maine
Robin Maugham
Eugenio Montale
H Warner Munn
Lewis B Patten
Kit Pedler
Francis G Rayer
John Henry Reese
William Saroyan
James Schmitz
Yaakov Shabtai
J Vernon Shea
George O Smith
Stephen Tall
Elswyth Thane
Gwyn Thomas
1981 Lifetime Achievement Awards
World Fantasy
C L Moore (winner)
Jack Vance
Andre Norton
L Sprague de Camp
Avram Davidson
Joseph Payne Brennan
C L Moore (winner)
Jack Vance
Andre Norton
L Sprague de Camp
Avram Davidson
Joseph Payne Brennan
1981 Best New Writer Awards
1981 Best Novel Awards
Hugo
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl
Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg
The Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven
The Snowqueen by Joan D Vinge (winner)
Wizard by John Varley
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl
Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg
The Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven
The Snowqueen by Joan D Vinge (winner)
Wizard by John Varley
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (winner)
The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux (winner)
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (winner)
The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux (winner)
John W Campbell Memorial Award
The Dreaming Dragons by Damien Broderick
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
Timescape by Gregory Benford (winner)
The Dreaming Dragons by Damien Broderick
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
Timescape by Gregory Benford (winner)
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
The Beginning Place by Ursula K Le Guin
The Grey Mane of Morning by Joy Chant
Lion of Ireland: The Legend of Brian Boru by Morgan Llywelyn
The Wounded Land by Stephen Donaldson
The Beginning Place by Ursula K Le Guin
The Grey Mane of Morning by Joy Chant
Lion of Ireland: The Legend of Brian Boru by Morgan Llywelyn
The Wounded Land by Stephen Donaldson
Nebula
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl
Mockingbird by Walter Tevis
The Orphan by Robert Stallman
Timescape by Gregory Benford (winner)
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl
Mockingbird by Walter Tevis
The Orphan by Robert Stallman
Timescape by Gregory Benford (winner)
PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
Aberration of Starlight by Gilbert Sorrentino
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
How German Is It? by Walter Abish (winner)
The Second Coming by Walker Percy
A Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
Aberration of Starlight by Gilbert Sorrentino
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
How German Is It? by Walter Abish (winner)
The Second Coming by Walker Percy
A Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
The Man Booker Prize
The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan
Good Behaviour by Molly Keane
Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (winner)
Rhine Journey by Ann Schlee
The Sirian Experiments: The Report by Ambien II, of the Five by Doris Lessing
The White Hotel by D M Thomas
The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan
Good Behaviour by Molly Keane
Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (winner)
Rhine Journey by Ann Schlee
The Sirian Experiments: The Report by Ambien II, of the Five by Doris Lessing
The White Hotel by D M Thomas
World Fantasy
Ariosto: Ariosto Furioso, A Romance for an Alternate Renaissance by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Firelord by Parke Godwin
The Mist by Stephen King
Shadowland by Peter Straub
Ariosto: Ariosto Furioso, A Romance for an Alternate Renaissance by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Firelord by Parke Godwin
The Mist by Stephen King
Shadowland by Peter Straub
1981 Best Collection Awards
1981 Best Novella Awards
Hugo
All the Lies That Are My Life [short story] by Harlan Ellison
The Brave Little Toaster [short story] by Thomas M Disch
Lost Dorsai [short story] by Gordon R Dickson (winner)
Nightflyers [short story] by George R R Martin
One-Wing by George R R Martin and Lisa Tuttle
All the Lies That Are My Life [short story] by Harlan Ellison
The Brave Little Toaster [short story] by Thomas M Disch
Lost Dorsai [short story] by Gordon R Dickson (winner)
Nightflyers [short story] by George R R Martin
One-Wing by George R R Martin and Lisa Tuttle
Nebula
The Autopsy by Michael Shea
The Brave Little Toaster [short story] by Thomas M Disch
Dangerous Games [short story] by Marta Randall
There Beneath the Silky-Trees and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me by Avram Davidson
The Unicorn Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas (winner)
The Autopsy by Michael Shea
The Brave Little Toaster [short story] by Thomas M Disch
Dangerous Games [short story] by Marta Randall
There Beneath the Silky-Trees and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me by Avram Davidson
The Unicorn Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas (winner)
1981 Best Novellette Awards
Hugo
The Autopsy by Michael Shea
Beatnik Bayou by John Varley
The Cloak and the Staff by Gordon R Dickson (winner)
The Lordly Ones [short story] by Keith Roberts
Savage Planet by Barry B Longyear
The Ugly Chickens by Howard Waldrop
The Autopsy by Michael Shea
Beatnik Bayou by John Varley
The Cloak and the Staff by Gordon R Dickson (winner)
The Lordly Ones [short story] by Keith Roberts
Savage Planet by Barry B Longyear
The Ugly Chickens by Howard Waldrop
Nebula
Beatnik Bayou by John Varley
The Feast of Saint Janis by Michael Swanwick
Ginungagap by Michael Swanwick
Strata by Edward Bryant
The Ugly Chickens by Howard Waldrop (winner)
The Way Station by Stephen King
Beatnik Bayou by John Varley
The Feast of Saint Janis by Michael Swanwick
Ginungagap by Michael Swanwick
Strata by Edward Bryant
The Ugly Chickens by Howard Waldrop (winner)
The Way Station by Stephen King
1981 Best Short Story Awards
Hugo
Cold Hands by Jeff Duntemann
Grotto of the Dancing Deer by Clifford D Simak (winner)
Guardian by Jeff Duntemann
Our Lady of the Sauropods by Robert Silverberg
Spidersong by Susan C Petrey
Cold Hands by Jeff Duntemann
Grotto of the Dancing Deer by Clifford D Simak (winner)
Guardian by Jeff Duntemann
Our Lady of the Sauropods by Robert Silverberg
Spidersong by Susan C Petrey
Nebula
Grotto of the Dancing Deer by Clifford D Simak (winner)
Secrets of the Heart by Charles L Grant
A Sunday Visit to Great-Grandfather by Craig Kee Strete
The War Beneath the Tree by Gene Wolfe
Window by Bob Leman
Grotto of the Dancing Deer by Clifford D Simak (winner)
Secrets of the Heart by Charles L Grant
A Sunday Visit to Great-Grandfather by Craig Kee Strete
The War Beneath the Tree by Gene Wolfe
Window by Bob Leman
World Fantasy
Cabin 33 by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Children of the Kingdom by T E D Klein
The Ugly Chickens by Howard Waldrop (winner)
The Unicorn Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
Cabin 33 by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Children of the Kingdom by T E D Klein
The Ugly Chickens by Howard Waldrop (winner)
The Unicorn Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
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