K. Tempest Bradford

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| caption = Bradford in 2023

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| alt = Bradford, a light-skinned Black woman with short, curly hair in front of a pyramid on the Giza Plateau.

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|4|19|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

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| occupation = Writer, editor, creative writing teacher

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| genre = Science fiction, fantasy, Middle grade fiction

| awards = Nebula Andre Norton Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction (2023), Locus Award (2020, 2023), IGNYTE Award (2020, 2021), The Lemonade Award (2022)

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| notableworks = Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

| website = {{URL|www.ktempestbradford.com}}

}}{{Short description|African-American science fiction and fantasy author and editor}}

K. Tempest Bradford (born April 19, 1978 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an African-American science fiction and fantasy author and editor. She was a non-fiction and managing editor with Fantasy Magazine from 2007 to 2009, and has edited fiction for Peridot Books, The Fortean Bureau, and Sybil's Garage.{{cite web|author=oldcharliebrown |url=http://oldcharliebrown.livejournal.com/197596.html |title=Press Release: Fantasy Magazine, Shiny and New! - oldcharliebrown |publisher=Oldcharliebrown.livejournal.com |date= 14 July 2008|accessdate=2016-09-10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.forteanbureau.com/about.html |title=The Fortean Bureau -- About Us |accessdate=2009-08-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013083822/http://www.forteanbureau.com/about.html |archivedate=2009-10-13 }} She is the author of Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion, her debut middle grade novel published in 2022,{{cite web|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374388799/ruby-finley-vs-the-interstellar-invasion |title=Publisher Page for Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion |accessdate=2022-03-10}} which won the Andre Norton Award in 2023.

Biography

A graduate of New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, Bradford is also an alumna of the Clarion West Writers Workshop (class of 2003){{Cite web|title=Clarion West Alumni List|url=https://www.clarionwest.org/community/alumni-list/|access-date=25 February 2021|website=Clarion West Writers Workshop}} and the Online Writing Workshop (formerly Del Rey). She has been a juror for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award and is currently Vice-Chair of the Carl Brandon Society Steering Committee.

Bradford is an activist for racial and gender equality both within and outside of the science fiction community. In 2005, she founded the Angry Black Woman blog, and her contributions under that moniker have appeared in Feminist SF: The Blog, ColorLines,{{Cite web |url=http://www.racewire.org/archives/2007/06/anger_management.html |title=THE RISE OF THE ANGRY BLACK WOMAN BLOG | RaceWire |access-date=2009-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081127153457/http://www.racewire.org/archives/2007/06/anger_management.html |archive-date=2008-11-27 |url-status=dead }} NPR's News & Notes,{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100146837 |title=Roundtable: A Super Bowl To Remember |publisher=NPR |date=2009-02-02 |accessdate=2016-09-10}} and African-American studies textbooks.

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She teaches creative writing classes that focus on writing inclusive narratives for Writing the Other,{{cite web|title=Teachers - Writing the Other.com |url=http://writingtheother.com/teachers/ |accessdate=2020-10-18}} LitReactor,{{cite web|title=LitReactor Instructors |url=https://litreactor.com/team/k-tempest-bradford |accessdate=2020-10-18}} and Clarion West.{{cite web|title=Clarion West One-Day Workshop |url=https://www.clarionwest.org/archive/nisi-shawl-k-tempest-bradford/ |accessdate=2020-10-18}}

Selected works

=Fiction=

Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion (September 2022, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), {{ISBN|978-0374388799}})
"The Copper Scarab" in Clockwork Cairo, ed. Matthew Bright, 2017 and Sunspot Jungle: The Ever Expanding Universe of Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Bill Campbell, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40590786-sunspot-jungle |title=The Copper Scarab |website=www.goodreads.com}}
"Until Forgiveness Comes" in Strange Horizons, 2008 and In the Shadow of the Towers: Speculative Fiction in a Post-9/11 World, ed. Douglas Lain, 2015{{cite web|last=Mandel |first=Leo |url=http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/until-forgiveness-comes/ |title=Strange Horizons Fiction: Until Forgiveness Comes, by K. Tempest Bradford |date=17 November 2008 |publisher=Strangehorizons.com |accessdate=2019-10-03 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629152703/http://www.strangehorizons.com/2008/20081117/forgiveness-f.shtml |archivedate=2016-06-29 }}
"Uncertainty Principle" in Diverse Energies, 2012.
"Black Feather" in Interfictions, 2007;Interstitial art PodCastle, 2010, and Happily Ever After, ed. John Klima, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://podcastle.org/2010/09/21/podcastle-123-black-feather/ |title=123: Black Feather |publisher=PodCastle |date=2010-09-21 |accessdate=2016-09-10}}
"Elan Vital" in Sybil's Garage No. 6, 2009 and EscapePod episode 269, 2010.{{cite web|url=http://escapepod.org/2010/12/02/ep269-elan-vital/ |title=Elan Vital |date=2 December 2010 |website=escapepod.org}}
"Enmity" in Electric Velocipede issue 17/18, 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.electricvelocipede.com/2011/10/enmity/ |title=Fiction Flashback – K. Tempest Bradford » Electric Velocipede |website=www.electricvelocipede.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216013212/http://www.electricvelocipede.com/2011/10/enmity/ |archive-date=16 February 2015 |url-status=dead}}
"Different Day" in Federations, 2009.
"The Seventh Reflection" in Thou Shalt Not... a horror and dark fantasy anthology, 2006.
"Change of Life" in Farthing, 2006; PodCastle, 2009.{{cite web|url=http://podcastle.org/2009/05/17/podcastle-053-change-of-life/ |title=053: Change of Life |publisher=PodCastle |date= 17 May 2009|accessdate=2016-09-10}}
"Hard Rain" in Farthing, 2006.
"Why I Don't Drink Anymore" (as Finley Larkin) in Abyss & Apex, 2003.
"Elf Aware" (as Finley Larkin) in Cafe Irreal, 2002; PodCastle, 2009.{{cite web|url=http://podcastle.org/2009/03/29/podcastle-miniature-28-elf-aware/ |title=Miniature 28: Elf Aware |publisher=PodCastle |date= 29 March 2009|accessdate=2016-09-10}}
"What We Make Of It" in Peridot Books, 2000.

=Non-fiction=

"Androids and Allegory", Mother of Invention anthology supplementary essay, Twelfth Planet Press, 2018.
"Representation Matters: A Literary Call To Arms", LitReactor Magazine, 2017.
"Cultural Appropriation Is, In Fact, Indefensible", NPR Code Switch blog, 2017.
io9 Newsstand, a weekly column at io9, 2014 - 2015.
"An ‘Unexpected’ Treat For Octavia E. Butler Fans", NPR Book Review, 2014.
"Invisible Bisexuality in Torchwood", Apex Magazine, 2014.
"Women Are Destroying Science Fiction! (That’s OK; They Created It)", NPR Books, 2014.
"What Will Be The Next Game Of Thrones? We’ve Got Some Ideas", NPR Books, 2014.
"The Women We Don't See: Season Thirteen", Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who. Mad Norwegian Press, 2012.
"Why Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is The Ultimate White Guilt Fantasy", io9, 2012.
"Martha Jones: Fangirl Blues", Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It. Mad Norwegian Press, 2010.
"Why 'Black' and Not 'African American'?", Key Debates: An Introduction To African American Studies. Ed. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Jennifer Burton (January 2010)
Q&A, The WisCon Chronicles, vol. 1. Aqueduct Press, 2007.
"On the Clarion Workshops", The WisCon Chronicles, vol. 2. Aqueduct Press, 2008.
"WisCon and POC Spaces", The WisCon Chronicles, vol. 3: Carnival of Feminist SF. Aqueduct Press, 2009.

= Role-playing games =

Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (writer, Wizards of the Coast, 2021){{Cite web|last=Hall|first=Charlie|date=2021-02-23|title=Next Dungeons & Dragons campaign book reboots the many realms of Ravenloft|url=https://www.polygon.com/2021/2/23/22295817/dungeons-dragons-ravenloft-reboot-van-richtens-guide-release-date-price|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Polygon|language=en}}

Awards

class="wikitable" ! Year !! Award !! For
2009	Last Drink Bird Head Award	Gentle Advocacy{{cite web\|title=Last Drink Bird Head Award Winners\|url=https://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/11/01/last-drink-bird-head-award-winners/\|website=jeffvandermeer.com\|date=November 2009\|accessdate=2020-10-18}}
2020	Locus Award	Locus Special Award to Writing the Other (Nisi Shawl, Cynthia Ward, and K. Tempest Bradford) for Inclusivity and Representation Education{{cite web\|title=2020 Locus Awards Online\|date=4 August 2020\|url=https://locusmag.com/2020/08/2020-locus-awards-online/\|accessdate=2020-10-18}}
2020	IGNYTE Award Nominee (The Community Award)	Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre{{cite web\|author=FIYAHCON \|year=2020 \|title=The IGNYTE Award Winners and Nominees \|url=https://theconvention.fiyahlitmag.com/the-ignyte-awards/ \|accessdate=2020-10-18}}
2021	IGNYTE Award Nominee (The Community Award)	Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre{{cite web \|author=FIYAHCON \|year=2020 \|title=The IGNYTE Award Winners and Nominees \|url=https://theconvention.fiyahlitmag.com/2021/04/22/announcing-the-2021-ignyte-awards-shortlist/ \|accessdate=2022-03-10 \|archive-date=2022-03-08 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308092209/https://theconvention.fiyahlitmag.com/2021/04/22/announcing-the-2021-ignyte-awards-shortlist/ \|url-status=dead }}
2021	IGNYTE Award Nominee (The Ember Award)	Unsung Contributions to Genre{{cite web \|author=FIYAHCON \|year=2021 \|title=The IGNYTE Award Winners and Nominees \|url=https://theconvention.fiyahlitmag.com/2021/04/22/announcing-the-2021-ignyte-awards-shortlist/ \|accessdate=2022-03-10 \|archive-date=2022-03-08 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308092209/https://theconvention.fiyahlitmag.com/2021/04/22/announcing-the-2021-ignyte-awards-shortlist/ \|url-status=dead }}
2022	The Lemonade Award	Acts of kindness by individuals that further science fiction community{{cite web\|author=EagleCon \|year=2020 \|title=Lemonade Award \|url=https://www.calstatela.edu/al/liberal-studies/eagle-con-special-guests \|accessdate=2022-03-10}}
2023	The Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction	Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion{{cite web\|author=SFWA Nebula Awards \|year=2023 \|title=SFWA Announces the Winners of the 58th Annual Nebula Awards \|url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/winners-58th-annual-nebula-awards/ \|accessdate=2023-07-06}}
2023	IGNYTE Award Nominee for Best in Middle Grade	Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion{{cite web\|author=FIYAHCON \|year=2023 \|title=Announcing the 2023 IGNYTE Awards Shortlist \|url=https://ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2023/05/24/announcing-the-2023-ignyte-awards-shortlist/ \|accessdate=2023-07-06}}

Notes

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{{cite web |url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/winners-58th-annual-nebula-awards/ |title=SFWA Announces the Winners of the 58th Annual Nebula Awards |date=15 May 2023 |publisher=Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association |access-date=2023-05-17 }}

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External links

{{official website|http://ktempestbradford.com}}
[http://wiki.feministsf.net/index.php?title=K._Tempest_Bradford Entry at the Feminist SF wiki]
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[http://theangryblackwoman.com/ Angry Black Woman blog]

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