Authors who died in 1996
Marvin Albert
Caroline Blackwood
Edward Blishen
Harold Brodkey
George Mackay Brown
Eleanor Cameron
William J Caunitz
Vera Chapman
Gerda Charles
Richard Condon
Brian Daley
William L DeAndrea
Loup Durand
Marguerite Duras
Mignon Good Eberhart
Shūsaku Endō
Léon Garfield
H L Gold
Evan Green
Geraldine Halls
Eugene Izzi
Molly Keane
Harry Kemelman
Wolfgang Koeppen
Mary Lavin
Philip McCutchan
Leila Mackinlay
Léo Malet
Eric Malpass
Derek Marlowe
Berkely Mather
Sam Merwin Jr
Walter M Miller
Anton Myrer
Wayne D Overholser
Eugenia Price
Leigh Richmond
Carl Sagan
George Sava
Bob Shaw
Irving Shulman
Barbara Skelton
George H Smith
Laurie Aylma Taylor
P L Travers
Antony Trew
George Turner
Laurens Van Der Post
Tom Wakefield
Evangeline Walton
Collin Wilcox
Caroline Blackwood
Edward Blishen
Harold Brodkey
George Mackay Brown
Eleanor Cameron
William J Caunitz
Vera Chapman
Gerda Charles
Richard Condon
Brian Daley
William L DeAndrea
Loup Durand
Marguerite Duras
Mignon Good Eberhart
Shūsaku Endō
Léon Garfield
H L Gold
Evan Green
Geraldine Halls
Eugene Izzi
Molly Keane
Harry Kemelman
Wolfgang Koeppen
Mary Lavin
Philip McCutchan
Leila Mackinlay
Léo Malet
Eric Malpass
Derek Marlowe
Berkely Mather
Sam Merwin Jr
Walter M Miller
Anton Myrer
Wayne D Overholser
Eugenia Price
Leigh Richmond
Carl Sagan
George Sava
Bob Shaw
Irving Shulman
Barbara Skelton
George H Smith
Laurie Aylma Taylor
P L Travers
Antony Trew
George Turner
Laurens Van Der Post
Tom Wakefield
Evangeline Walton
Collin Wilcox
1996 Lifetime Achievement Awards
1996 Best New Writer Awards
1996 Best Novel Awards
Agatha Award
The Grass Widow by Teri Holbrook
Hearts and Bones by Margaret Lawrence
Kansas Troubles by Earlene Fowler
Strong as Death by Sharan Newman
Up Jumps the Devil by Margaret Maron (winner)
The Grass Widow by Teri Holbrook
Hearts and Bones by Margaret Lawrence
Kansas Troubles by Earlene Fowler
Strong as Death by Sharan Newman
Up Jumps the Devil by Margaret Maron (winner)
Arthur C. Clarke Award
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Fairyland by Paul McAuley (winner)
Happy Policeman by Patricia Anthony
The Prestige by Christopher Priest
The Star Fraction by Ken MacLeod
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Fairyland by Paul McAuley (winner)
Happy Policeman by Patricia Anthony
The Prestige by Christopher Priest
The Star Fraction by Ken MacLeod
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
Bram Stoker
Bone Music by Alan Rodgers
Deadrush by Yvonne Navarro
Widow by Billie Sue Mosiman
Zombie by Michael Slade (winner)
Bone Music by Alan Rodgers
Deadrush by Yvonne Navarro
Widow by Billie Sue Mosiman
Zombie by Michael Slade (winner)
British Fantasy Society
Ancient Echoes by Robert Holdstock
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Asylum by Patrick McGrath
Bite by Richard Laymon
Blood by Jay Russell
The Bloody Red Baron by Kim Newman
Brightness Reef by David Brin
Celestial Dogs by Jay Russell
Cocaine Nights by J G Ballard
Dark Cathedral by Freda Warrington
Darker by Simon Clark
Dispossession by Chaz Brenchley
Dragonstorm by Graham Edwards
Endymion by Dan Simmons
The Eternal by Mark Chadbourn
Excession by Iain M Banks
A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin
The Green Mile by Stephen King
The Hellfire Club by Peter Straub
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
House of Echoes by Barbara Erskine
The House on Nazareth Hill by Ramsey Campbell
The House That Jack Built by Graham Masterton
The King's Demon by Louise Cooper
Lady in Gil by Rebecca Bradley
The Lost by Jonathan Aycliffe
A Man Betrayed by J V Jones
The Memory Cathedral by Jack Dann
Milton in America by Peter Ackroyd
Mr Bad Face by Mark Morris
Necroscope The Lost Years: Volume II by Brian Lumley
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Pillow Friend by Lisa Tuttle
Requiem by Graham Joyce (winner)
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
Sacrament by Clive Barker
Scenting Hallowed Blood by Storm Constantine
Shadow of Ashland by Terence M Green
Spares by Michael Marshall Smith
A Sudden Wild Magic by Diana Wynne Jones
The This Day All Gods Die by Stephen Donaldson
The Tooth Fairy by Graham Joyce
The Two-Bear Mambo by Joe R Lansdale
The Unicorn Sonata by Peter S Beagle
Ancient Echoes by Robert Holdstock
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Asylum by Patrick McGrath
Bite by Richard Laymon
Blood by Jay Russell
The Bloody Red Baron by Kim Newman
Brightness Reef by David Brin
Celestial Dogs by Jay Russell
Cocaine Nights by J G Ballard
Dark Cathedral by Freda Warrington
Darker by Simon Clark
Dispossession by Chaz Brenchley
Dragonstorm by Graham Edwards
Endymion by Dan Simmons
The Eternal by Mark Chadbourn
Excession by Iain M Banks
A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin
The Green Mile by Stephen King
The Hellfire Club by Peter Straub
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
House of Echoes by Barbara Erskine
The House on Nazareth Hill by Ramsey Campbell
The House That Jack Built by Graham Masterton
The King's Demon by Louise Cooper
Lady in Gil by Rebecca Bradley
The Lost by Jonathan Aycliffe
A Man Betrayed by J V Jones
The Memory Cathedral by Jack Dann
Milton in America by Peter Ackroyd
Mr Bad Face by Mark Morris
Necroscope The Lost Years: Volume II by Brian Lumley
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Pillow Friend by Lisa Tuttle
Requiem by Graham Joyce (winner)
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
Sacrament by Clive Barker
Scenting Hallowed Blood by Storm Constantine
Shadow of Ashland by Terence M Green
Spares by Michael Marshall Smith
A Sudden Wild Magic by Diana Wynne Jones
The This Day All Gods Die by Stephen Donaldson
The Tooth Fairy by Graham Joyce
The Two-Bear Mambo by Joe R Lansdale
The Unicorn Sonata by Peter S Beagle
Edgar Awards
The Bookman's Wake by John Dunning
Come to Grief by Dick Francis (winner)
The Roaring Boy by Edward Marston
The Shadow Man by John Katzenbach
The Summons by Peter Lovesey
The Bookman's Wake by John Dunning
Come to Grief by Dick Francis (winner)
The Roaring Boy by Edward Marston
The Shadow Man by John Katzenbach
The Summons by Peter Lovesey
Hugo
Brightness Reef by David Brin
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (winner)
Remake by Connie Willis
The Terminal Experiment by Robert J Sawyer
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
Brightness Reef by David Brin
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (winner)
Remake by Connie Willis
The Terminal Experiment by Robert J Sawyer
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
Justine by Alice Thompson (winner)
Last Orders by Graham Swift (winner)
Justine by Alice Thompson (winner)
Last Orders by Graham Swift (winner)
John W Campbell Memorial Award
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Evolution's Shore by Ian McDonald
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (winner)
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Evolution's Shore by Ian McDonald
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (winner)
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
All the Bells on Earth by James P Blaylock
The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia A McKillip
Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop
Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand (winner)
All the Bells on Earth by James P Blaylock
The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia A McKillip
Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop
Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand (winner)
Nebula
Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress
Calde of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
Coelestis by Paul Park
Metropolitan by Walter Jon Williams
Mother of Storms by John Barnes
The Terminal Experiment by Robert J Sawyer (winner)
Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress
Calde of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
Coelestis by Paul Park
Metropolitan by Walter Jon Williams
Mother of Storms by John Barnes
The Terminal Experiment by Robert J Sawyer (winner)
Oprah's Book Club
The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton
The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton
The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Orange Prize for Fiction
The Book of Colour by Julia Blackburn
Eveless Eden by Marianne Wiggins
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler
A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore (winner)
Spinsters by Pagan Kennedy
The Book of Colour by Julia Blackburn
Eveless Eden by Marianne Wiggins
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler
A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore (winner)
Spinsters by Pagan Kennedy
PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
All Souls' Rising by Mark Mitchell and Madison Smartt Bell
The Good Negress by A J Verdelle
Independence Day by Richard Ford (winner)
The Tunnel by William H Gass
When the World Was Steady by Claire Messud
All Souls' Rising by Mark Mitchell and Madison Smartt Bell
The Good Negress by A J Verdelle
Independence Day by Richard Ford (winner)
The Tunnel by William H Gass
When the World Was Steady by Claire Messud
Philip K Dick Award
Reclamation by Sarah Zettel
The Shift by George Foy
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (winner)
The Transmigration of Souls by William Barton
Reclamation by Sarah Zettel
The Shift by George Foy
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (winner)
The Transmigration of Souls by William Barton
Prometheus Award
CLD by Victor Milán
Design for Great-Day by Alan Dean Foster and Eric Frank Russell
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
The Star Fraction by Ken MacLeod (winner)
CLD by Victor Milán
Design for Great-Day by Alan Dean Foster and Eric Frank Russell
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
The Star Fraction by Ken MacLeod (winner)
Rita Awards
Born in Ice by (winner)
The Covenant by Modean Moon (winner)
Gwen's Christmas Ghost by Lynn Kerstan and Alicia Rasley (winner)
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase (winner)
The Morning Side of Dawn by Justine Davis (winner)
Runaway by Cheryl Zach (winner)
Single Dad by Jennifer Greene (winner)
Something Shady by Pamela Morsi (winner)
Stranger in Her Arms by Elizabeth Sites (winner)
The Warlord by Elizabeth Elliott (winner)
Winter's Edge by Anne Stuart (winner)
Born in Ice by (winner)
The Covenant by Modean Moon (winner)
Gwen's Christmas Ghost by Lynn Kerstan and Alicia Rasley (winner)
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase (winner)
The Morning Side of Dawn by Justine Davis (winner)
Runaway by Cheryl Zach (winner)
Single Dad by Jennifer Greene (winner)
Something Shady by Pamela Morsi (winner)
Stranger in Her Arms by Elizabeth Sites (winner)
The Warlord by Elizabeth Elliott (winner)
Winter's Edge by Anne Stuart (winner)
Shamus Awards
Come to Grief by Dick Francis
Concourse by S J Rozan (winner)
Movie by Parnell Hall
The Neon Smile by Dick Lochte
The Vanishing Smile by Earl W Emerson
Come to Grief by Dick Francis
Concourse by S J Rozan (winner)
Movie by Parnell Hall
The Neon Smile by Dick Lochte
The Vanishing Smile by Earl W Emerson
The Man Booker Prize
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Last Orders by Graham Swift (winner)
The Orchard on Fire by Shena Mackay
Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Last Orders by Graham Swift (winner)
The Orchard on Fire by Shena Mackay
Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane
Whitbread Prize
Asylum by Patrick McGrath
Cocaine Nights by J G Ballard
Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge (winner)
Last Orders by Graham Swift
Mr Clive and Mr Page by Neil Bartlett
Worst Fears by Fay Weldon
Asylum by Patrick McGrath
Cocaine Nights by J G Ballard
Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge (winner)
Last Orders by Graham Swift
Mr Clive and Mr Page by Neil Bartlett
Worst Fears by Fay Weldon
World Fantasy
All the Bells on Earth by James P Blaylock
Expiration Date by Tim Powers
The Prestige by Christopher Priest (winner)
Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra
Requiem by Graham Joyce
The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
All the Bells on Earth by James P Blaylock
Expiration Date by Tim Powers
The Prestige by Christopher Priest (winner)
Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra
Requiem by Graham Joyce
The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
1996 Best First Novel Awards
Bram Stoker
The Between by Tananarive Due
Diary of a Vampire by Gary Bowen
Madeleine's Ghost by Robert Giradi
The Safety of Unknown Cities by Lucy Taylor (winner)
Wyrm Wolf by Edo van Belkom
The Between by Tananarive Due
Diary of a Vampire by Gary Bowen
Madeleine's Ghost by Robert Giradi
The Safety of Unknown Cities by Lucy Taylor (winner)
Wyrm Wolf by Edo van Belkom
1996 Best Novella Awards
Hugo
Bibi by Mike Resnick and Susan Shwartz
The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele (winner)
Fault Lines by Nancy Kress
A Man of the People by Ursula K Le Guin
Must and Shall by Harry Turtledove
A Woman's Liberation by Ursula K Le Guin
Bibi by Mike Resnick and Susan Shwartz
The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele (winner)
Fault Lines by Nancy Kress
A Man of the People by Ursula K Le Guin
Must and Shall by Harry Turtledove
A Woman's Liberation by Ursula K Le Guin
Nebula
Bibi by Mike Resnick and Susan Shwartz
Last Summer at Mars Hill [short story] by Elizabeth Hand (winner)
Mortimer Gray's History of Death by Brian Stableford
Soon Comes Night by Gregory Benford
Yaguara by Nicola Griffith
Bibi by Mike Resnick and Susan Shwartz
Last Summer at Mars Hill [short story] by Elizabeth Hand (winner)
Mortimer Gray's History of Death by Brian Stableford
Soon Comes Night by Gregory Benford
Yaguara by Nicola Griffith
World Fantasy
Ether, OR by Ursula K Le Guin
Home for Christmas by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
The Insipid Profession of Jonathan Hornebom by Jonathan Lethem
More Tomorrow [short story] by Michael Marshall Smith
Radio Waves by Michael Swanwick (winner)
Where They Are Hid [short story] by Tim Powers
Ether, OR by Ursula K Le Guin
Home for Christmas by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
The Insipid Profession of Jonathan Hornebom by Jonathan Lethem
More Tomorrow [short story] by Michael Marshall Smith
Radio Waves by Michael Swanwick (winner)
Where They Are Hid [short story] by Tim Powers
1996 Best Novellette Awards
Bram Stoker
Baby Girl Diamond by Adam-Troy Castro
Looking for Mr Flip by Thomas F Monteleone
Lover Doll by Wayne Allen Sallee
Lunch at the Gotham Cafe by Stephen King (winner)
Baby Girl Diamond by Adam-Troy Castro
Looking for Mr Flip by Thomas F Monteleone
Lover Doll by Wayne Allen Sallee
Lunch at the Gotham Cafe by Stephen King (winner)
Hugo
The Good Rat by Allen Steele
Luminous [short story] by Greg Egan
TAP by Greg Egan
Think Like a Dinosaur [short story] by James Patrick Kelly (winner)
When the Old Gods Die by Mike Resnick
The Good Rat by Allen Steele
Luminous [short story] by Greg Egan
TAP by Greg Egan
Think Like a Dinosaur [short story] by James Patrick Kelly (winner)
When the Old Gods Die by Mike Resnick
Nebula
Home for Christmas by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Jesus at the Bat by Esther Friesner
The Resurrection Man's Legacy [short story] by Dale Bailey
Solitude by Ursula K Le Guin (winner)
Tea and Hamsters by Michael G Coney
Think Like a Dinosaur [short story] by James Patrick Kelly
When the Old Gods Die by Mike Resnick
Home for Christmas by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Jesus at the Bat by Esther Friesner
The Resurrection Man's Legacy [short story] by Dale Bailey
Solitude by Ursula K Le Guin (winner)
Tea and Hamsters by Michael G Coney
Think Like a Dinosaur [short story] by James Patrick Kelly
When the Old Gods Die by Mike Resnick
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