Naomi Kritzer
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{{short description|American writer}}
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| name = Naomi Kritzer
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| birth_place = North Carolina
| occupation = Novelist
| alma_mater = Carleton College
| genre = Science fiction, fantasy
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| language = English
| website = {{URL|http://naomikritzer.com/}}
| awards = {{unbulleted list | Hugo–Short Story (2016, 2024) | Locus–Short Story (2016) | Locus–Short Story (2021) | Lodestar Award (2020) | Nebula–Novelette (2024) | Hugo–Novelette (2024)}}
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Naomi Kritzer is an American speculative fiction writer and blogger.{{cite web|title=Interview: Naomi Kritzer on "Cleanout"|url=https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/blog/2015/11/09/interview-naomi-kritzer-on-cleanout/|website=SFSite|access-date=August 29, 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Amberdine|first1=Laurel|title=Author Spotlight: Naomi Kritzer|url=http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-naomi-kritzer/|website=Lightspeed|date=March 17, 2015 |access-date=August 29, 2016}} Her 2015 short story "Cat Pictures Please" was a Locus Award and Hugo Award winner{{cite news |last=Mumford |first=Tracy |date=August 24, 2016 |title=St. Paul author takes home the highest award in sci-fi |url=http://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/08/24/naomi-kritzer-sci-fi-hugo-award-cat-pictures |newspaper=Minnesota Public Radio |access-date=August 24, 2016}} and was nominated for a Nebula Award. Her novel Catfishing on CatNet won the 2020 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book.
Biography
Kritzer has lived in London and Nepal. She attended Wingra School (an independent school) in Madison, Wisconsin (1978 - 1986); Highgate Wood Secondary School in Haringey, England (1986 - 1987); Madison West High School (1987 - 1991); and Carleton College of Northfield, Minnesota (1991 - 1995).{{Cite web|date=July 5, 2020|title=Alumni Authors Talk {{!}} Sesquicentennial {{!}} Carleton College|url=https://apps.carleton.edu/150/events/calendar/?event_id=1452855&date=2016-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705195034/https://apps.carleton.edu/150/events/calendar/?event_id=1452855&date=2016-10-15|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 5, 2020|access-date=July 5, 2020}}{{Cite web|date=August 18, 2016|title=naomikritzer - Profile|url=http://naomikritzer.livejournal.com/profile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818070527/http://naomikritzer.livejournal.com/profile|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 18, 2016|access-date=July 5, 2020}} As of 2020, she lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and blogs on local elections.{{cite web|title=About|url=https://naomikritzer.com/about/|website=Will Tell Stories For Food|date=October 13, 2013 |type=Blog|access-date=June 26, 2016}}
Career
Since 1999 Kritzer has published a number of short stories and several novels, including two trilogies for Bantam Books, and her Seastead series of short stories for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Her 2015 short story "Cat Pictures Please" published in Clarkesworld Magazine was a Locus Award and Hugo Award winner and was nominated for a Nebula Award.{{Cite web |title=sfadb : Naomi Kritzer Awards |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Naomi_Kritzer |access-date=August 12, 2022 |website=www.sfadb.com}}
Awards
Bibliography
{{Expand list|date=May 2017}}
= Novel series =
== Eliana's Song ==
- {{Cite book |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |title=Fires of the Faithful |publisher=Spectra Books |year=2002 |isbn=9780553585179 |edition=paperback 1st |pages=1–373 |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |title=Turning the Storm |publisher=Spectra |year=2003 |isbn=9780553585506 |edition=paperback 1st |pages=1–369 |author-mask=2}}
- Story:
- "Kin" (2004)
== Dead Rivers ==
- {{Cite book |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |title=Freedom's Gate |publisher=Spectra Books |year=2004 |isbn=9780553586732 |edition=paperback 1st |pages=1–384 |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |title=Freedom's Apprentice |publisher=Spectra Books |year=2005 |isbn=9780553586749 |edition=paperback 1st |pages=1–384 |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |title=Freedom's Sisters |publisher=Spectra |year=2006 |isbn=9780553586756 |edition=paperback 1st |pages=1–416 |author-mask=2}}
== CatNet ==
- {{Cite book |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |title=Catfishing on CatNet |publisher=Tor Teen |year=2019 |isbn=9781250165084 |edition=hardcover 1st |pages=1–304 |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |title=Chaos on Catnet |publisher=Tor Teen |year=2021 |isbn=9781250165220 |edition=hardcover 1st |pages=1–304 |author-mask=2}}{{Cite book|last=Kritzer|first=Naomi|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1151712863|title=CHAOS ON CATNET: sequel to catfishing on catnet.|publisher=TOR TEEN|year=2021|isbn=9781-250-16522-0|location=S.l.|language=en|oclc=1151712863}}{{Cite web|date=July 3, 2020|title=Check Out Our Cover Reveal for Chaos on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer!|url=https://torteenblog.com/2020/07/03/check-out-our-cover-reveal-for-chaos-on-catnet-by-naomi-kritzer/|access-date=July 5, 2020|website=Tor Teen Blog|language=en-US}}
= Standalone novels =
- {{Cite book |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |title=Liberty's Daughter |publisher=Fairwood Press |year=2023 |isbn=9781958880166 |edition=1st |author-mask=2}}
= Collections =
- {{Cite book |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |title=Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories |publisher= |year=2011 |isbn= |edition=kindle |pages=1–166 |asin=B004ZW99BU |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |title=Gift of the Winter King and Other Stories |publisher= |year=2011 |isbn= |edition=kindle |pages=1–195 |asin=B004WPPA7C |author-mask=2}} (2011)
- {{Cite book |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |title=Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories |publisher=Fairwood Press |year=2017 |isbn=9781933846675 |edition=paperback 1st |pages=1–315 |author-mask=2}}
= Short fiction =
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| |Year
! width="25%" |TitleShort stories unless otherwise noted. !|First published !|Reprinted/collected |
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| 1999
|"Faust's SASE" | |Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories |
| 2000
|"Gift of the Winter King" | |Gift of the Winter King and Other Stories |
| 2000
|"The Golem" | |Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories, |
| 2000
|"The Price" | |Gift of the Winter King and Other Stories |
| 2000
|"Spirit Stone" | |Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories |
| 2002
|"Comrade Grandmother" | |Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories, |
| 2002
|"In the Witch's Garden" | |Gift of the Winter King and Other Stories, |
| 2004
|"St. Ailbe's Hall" | |Gift of the Winter King and Other Stories |
| 2004
|"Kin" |{{Cite magazine |title=Kin |date=November 2004 |magazine=Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword And Sorceress |issue=XXI}} |Gift of the Winter King and Other Stories |
| 2005
|"The Long Walk" (with Lyda Morehouse) | |Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories |
| 2007
|"Honest Man" | |Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories, |
| 2008
|"When Shlemiel Went to the Stars" | |Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories |
| 2009
|"The Good Son" | |Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories, |
| 2011
|"Brother Mac, You Are Healed!" |{{Cite book |title=Gift of the Winter King and Other Stories |date=April 2011}} | |
| 2011
|"Magefire" |{{Cite book |title=Gift of the Winter King and Other Stories |date=April 2011}} | |
| 2011
|"Masks" |{{Cite book |title=Gift of the Winter King and Other Stories |date=April 2011}} | |
| 2011
|"Darknight" |{{Cite book |title=Gift of the Winter King and Other Stories |date=April 2011}} | |
| 2011
|"The Manual" |{{Cite book |title=Gift of the Winter King and Other Stories |date=April 2011}} | |
| 2011
|"Kitchen Magic, With Recipes" |{{Cite book |title=Gift of the Winter King and Other Stories |date=April 2011}} | |
| 2011
|"Fortune" |{{Cite book |title=Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories |date=May 2011}} | |
| 2011
|"Three Wishes" |{{Cite book |title=Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories |date=May 2011}} | |
| 2011
|"Unreal Estate" |{{Cite book |title=Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories |date=May 2011}} | |
| 2011
|"Isabella's Garden" |{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=August 2011 |title=Isabella's Garden |url= |magazine=Realms of Fantasy |issue=101 |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} |Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories |
| 2011
|"What Happened at Blessing Creek" |{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=August 2011 |title=What Happened at Blessing Creek |url=http://www.intergalacticmedicineshow.com/cgi-bin/mag.cgi?do=issue&vol=i24&article=_002 |magazine=Intergalactic Medicine Show |issue=24 |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} |Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories |
| 2012
|"Scrap Dragon" |{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=Jan-Feb 2012 |title=Scrap Dragon |url= |magazine=The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |issue=122 |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} |The Year's Best Fantasy and Science Fiction: 2013 Edition, |
| 2013
|"Bits" |{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=October 2013 |title=Bits |url=https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_10_13/ |magazine=Clarkesworld |issue=85 |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} |Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories |
| 2013
|"{{Sort|Wall|The Wall}}" |{{cite journal |author=Kritzer, Naomi |date=Apr–May 2013 |title=The Wall |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=37 |issue=4&5 |pages=97–107}} |Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories |
| 2014
|"Artifice" |{{cite journal |author=Kritzer, Naomi |date=Sep 2014 |title=Artifice |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=134 |issue=9 |pages=48–54}} |ESLI, October 2015 (Russian translation), |
| 2015
|{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=January 2015 |title=Cat Pictures Please |url=https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_01_15/ |magazine=Clarkesworld |issue=100 |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} |Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories |
| 2015
|"So Much Cooking" |{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=November 2015 |title=So Much Cooking |url=https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_11_15/ |magazine=Clarkesworld |issue=110 |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} |Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories |
| 2015
|"Cleanout" |{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=Nov-Dec 2015 |title=Cleanout |url= |magazine=The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |issue=129 |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} |Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories |
| 2015
|"Wind" |{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=April 2015 |title=Wind |url=https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/wind/ |magazine=Apex |issue=71 |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} |Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories |
| 2016
|"Zombies in Winter" |{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=December 2016 |title=Zombies in Winter |url=https://pervisions.com/fiction/zombies-in-winter-naomi-kritzer |magazine=Persistent Visions |issue= |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} | |
| 2017
|"Waiting Out the End of the World in Patty's Place Cafe" |{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=March 2017 |title=Waiting Out the End of the World in Patty's Place Cafe |url=https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_03_17/ |magazine=Clarkesworld |issue=126 |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} |The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection, The Long List Anthology: Volume 4 |
| 2017
|"Ace of Spades" |{{cite book |title=Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories |date=April 2017 |publisher=Fairwood Press |isbn=9781933846675}} | |
| 2017
|"Perfection" |{{cite book |title=Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories |date=April 2017 |publisher=Fairwood Press |isbn=9781933846675}} | |
| 2017
|"Paradox" |{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=May 2017 |title=Paradox |url=https://uncannymagazine.com/article/paradox/ |magazine=Uncanny |issue=16 |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} | |
| 2017
|"Evil Opposite" |{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=September 2017 |title=Evil Opposite |url= |magazine=The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |issue=133 |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} | |
| 2018
|"Field Biology of the Wee Fairies" |{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=September 2018 |title=Field Biology of the Wee Fairies |url=https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/field-biology-of-the-wee-fairies/ |magazine=Apex |issue=112 |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} |The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen, The Long List Anthology: Volume 5 |
| 2018
|"Prophet of Roads" |{{cite book |author= |date=July 2018 |title=Infinity's End |url= |location= |publisher=Solaris |page= |isbn=9781781085752}} |The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4 |
| 2018
|"{{Sort|Thing About Ghost Stories|The Thing About Ghost Stories}}" |{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=November 2018 |title=The Thing About Ghost Stories |url=https://uncannymagazine.com/article/the-thing-about-ghost-stories/ |magazine=Uncanny |issue=25 |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} |The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2019 |
| 2020
|"{{Sort|Star Without Shine|A Star Without Shine}}" |{{cite journal |author=Kritzer, Naomi |date=May 2020 |title=A Star Without Shine |journal=Decameron Project}} | |
| 2020
|"Little Free Library" |{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=April 2020 |title=Little Free Library |url=https://www.tor.com/2020/04/08/little-free-library-naomi-kritzer/ |magazine=Tor.com |issue= |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} | |
| 2020
|"Monster" |{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=January 2020 |title=Monster |url=https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_01_20/ |magazine=Clarkesworld |issue=160 |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} | |
| 2022
|"{{Sort|Dragon Project|The Dragon Project}}" |{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=March 2022 |title=The Dragon Project |url=https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_03_22/ |magazine=Clarkesworld |issue=186 |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} | |
| 2022
|"{{Sort|Shape of the Particle|The Shape of the Particle}}" |{{cite book |author= |date=March 2022 |title=The Reinvented Heart |url= |location= |publisher=CAEZIK SF & Fantasy |page= |isbn=9781-64710-042-1}} | |
| 2023
|"Better Living Through Algorithms" |{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=May 2023 |title=Better Living Through Algorithms |url=https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_05_23/ |magazine=Clarkesworld |issue=200 |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} | |
| 2023
|{{cite magazine |last=Kritzer |first=Naomi |date=November 2023 |title=The Year Without Sunshine |url=https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-year-without-sunshine/ |magazine=Uncanny |issue=55 |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} | |
| 2024
|"{{Sort|Four Women Overlooking the Sea|The Four Women Overlooking the Sea}}" |{{cite journal |author=Kritzer, Naomi |date=September–October 2024 |title=The Four Women Overlooking the Sea |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=49 |issue=9&10}} | |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://naomikritzer.com/}}
- {{ISFDB name|name=Naomi Kritzer}}
{{Hugo Award Best Short Story 2001–2020}}
{{Hugo Award Best Short Story 2021–2040}}
{{Hugo Award Best Novelette}}
{{Locus Award Best Short Story}}
{{Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book}}
{{Nebula Award Best Novelette}}
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