Karin Lowachee

{{Short description|Guyanese-born Canadian author of speculative fiction}}

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Karin Lowachee is a Canadian author of speculative fiction. She is best known for her Warchild series, including Warchild (2002), Burndive (2003), and Cagebird (2005).

Awards and honours

In 2016, Locus included "A Good Home" on their list of recommended reading for the year.{{Cite web |last= |date=2017-01-31 |title=2016 Locus Recommended Reading List |url=https://locusmag.com/2017/01/2016-locus-recommended-reading-list/ |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165231/https://locusmag.com/2017/01/2016-locus-recommended-reading-list/ |url-status=live }}

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! Year !! Title !! Award !! Category !! Result !! Ref.

2001

| rowspan="3" |Warchild

|Warner Aspect First Novel Contest

|Debut Novel

|{{won}}

|{{cite web |last=Speer |first=Cindy Lynn |date=2002-08-15 |title=Review: Warchild |url=http://www.sfsite.com/08b/wc134.htm |accessdate=2008-01-23 |website=SF Site.com |publisher= |archive-date=2007-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224123338/http://www.sfsite.com/08b/wc134.htm |url-status=live }}

rowspan="2" |2002

|Aurora Award

|Long-Form Work in English

|{{sho|Finalist}}

|{{Cite web |title=1980-2012 Aurora Awards |url=https://www.csffa.ca/aurora-archives-home/1980-2012-aurora-awards/ |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) |language=en-CA}}

Philip K. Dick Award

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|{{sho|Finalist}}

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2003

|Burndive

|Aurora Award

|Long-Form Work in English

|{{sho|Finalist}}

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2004

|"{{Sort|Forgotten Ones|The Forgotten Ones}}"

|Aurora Award

|Short-Form Work in English

|{{sho|Finalist}}

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rowspan="2" |2005

| rowspan="3" |Cagebird

|Aurora Award

|Long-Form Work in English

|{{won}}

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Philip K. Dick Award

|—

|{{sho|Finalist}}

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rowspan="2" |2006

|Gaylactic Spectrum Awards

|Novel

|{{won}}

|{{cite web |year=2008 |title=2006 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards |url=http://www.spectrumawards.org/2006.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715003411/http://www.spectrumawards.org/2006.htm |archive-date=2015-07-15 |access-date=2008-11-13 |publisher=Gaylactic Spectrum Award Foundation}}

"This Ink Feels Like Sorrow"

|Aurora Award

|Short-Form Work in English

|{{sho|Finalist}}

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2018

|"Meridian”

|Sunburst Award

|Short Story

|{{sho|Finalist}}

|{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-10-15 |title=2018 Sunburst Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2018/10/2018-sunburst-awards-winners/ |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128094131/https://locusmag.com/2018/10/2018-sunburst-awards-winners/ |url-status=live }}

2022

|"Nomad”

|Seiun Award

|Translated Short Story

|{{sho|Finalist}}

|{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-08-29 |title=2022 Seiun Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2022/08/2022-seiun-awards-winners/ |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930125050/https://locusmag.com/2022/08/2022-seiun-awards-winners/ |url-status=live }}

2023

|"A Sun Will Always Sing”

|Canopus Award

|Published Short-Form Fiction

|{{sho|Finalist}}

|{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-02-06 |title=2023 Canopus Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2023/02/2023-canopus-awards-winners/ |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311013050/https://locusmag.com/2023/02/2023-canopus-awards-winners/ |url-status=live }}

Selected publications

= Novels =

  • {{cite book |last=Lowachee |first=Karin |title=The Gaslight Dogs |year=2010 |isbn=9780451463142 |author-mask=2}}

= ''Warchild'' series =

  • {{cite book |last=Lowachee |first=Karin |title=Warchild |year=2002 |publisher=Grand Central |isbn=9780446610773 |author-mask=2}}
  • {{cite book |last=Lowachee |first=Karin |title=Burndive |year=2003 |publisher=Grand Central |isbn=9780446613187 |author-mask=2}}
  • {{cite book |last=Lowachee |first=Karin |title=Cagebird |year=2005 |isbn=9780446615082 |author-mask=2}}
  • {{cite book |last=Lowachee |first=Karin |title=Omake: Stories from the Warchild Universe |year=2020 |edition=ebook |asin=B08M12QRVY |author-mask=2}}
  • {{cite book |last=Lowachee |first=Karin |title=Under the Silence: A Warchild Mosaic Novella |year=2023 |edition=Kindle |asin=B0CQBDSL7M |author-mask=2}}

=Short stories=

{{Incomplete list|date=May 2023}}

See also

References

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= Interviews =

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080516030434/http://www.strangehorizons.com/2002/20020603/lowachee.shtml Interview] at Strange Horizons with Samantha Ling on 3 June 2002
  • [http://www.sfsite.com/08b/kl134.htm Interview] at SF Site with Alexander von Thorn, July 2002
  • [http://coolingpearls.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/interview-with-karin-lowachee/ Interview] at The Pearls Are Cooling on 22 August 2007
  • [http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/lowachee_interview/ Interview] at Clarkesworld Magazine with Jeremy L. C. Jones on September 2010

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Category:Living people

Category:1973 births

Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

Category:Canadian women novelists

Category:Canadian science fiction writers

Category:Canadian people of Guyanese descent

Category:Canadian women science fiction and fantasy writers

Category:Aurora Award–winning writers