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Kelly Robson writes Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. Her fiction has won a Nebula Award and three Aurora awards, and she’s been a finalist for many major awards. Her books include Alias Space and Other Stories, Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach, and High Times in the Low Parliament.

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Kelly Robson is a Nebula Award winning writer of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. She’s been a finalist for many of the major SFF awards, including the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. Her first short fiction collection Alias Space and Other Stories was published by Subterranean Press, and she has two books from Tordotcom Publishing, Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach and High Times in the Low Parliament. Kelly consults as a creative futurist for national and international organizations. She lives in downtown Toronto with her wife, writer A.M. Dellamonica.

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Kelly Robson writes Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. Her short fiction collection Alias Space and Other Stories was published by Subterranean Press, and won the 2022 Aurora Award. Her time travel adventure Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach won the 2019 Aurora Award and was a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, and Locus awards. Her most recent book, the fantasy stoner comedy High Times in the Low Parliament, was a finalist for the Nebula Award.

In 2018, her story “A Human Stain” won the Nebula Award for Best Novelette, and her story “We Who Live in the Heart” was a finalist for the 2018 Theodore Sturgeon Award. In 2017, she was a finalist for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. In 2016, her novella “Waters of Versailles” won the Prix Aurora Award and was a finalist for the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards. Her story “The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill” was a finalist for the 2015 Theodore Sturgeon Award, and her story “Two-Year Man” was a finalist for the 2015 Sunburst Award.

Kelly grew up in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, and as a teenager was crowned princess of the Hinton Big Horn Rodeo. From 2008 to 2012, she wrote the wine and spirits column for Chatelaine, Canada’s largest women’s magazine. Kelly consults as a creative futurist for national and international organizations. She and her wife, writer A.M. Dellamonica, live in downtown Toronto.

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Critical Praise

“A science fiction powerhouse.” – Grimdark Magazine (link)

“Kelly Robson is one of the best, most exciting and most complete new storytellers working today.” – Jonathan Strahan (link)

“If there had been any doubt that Robson is one of the most accomplished and versatile new writers (her SF career only dates back to 2015), Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach should dispel it.” – Gary Wolfe (link)

“Nebula winner Kelly Robson writes humane, funny, and always brilliantly observed stories that will give you hope and make you wonder.” – Annalee Newitz (link)

“I’d read some of the author’s work before in Clarkesworld and elsewhere and am always surprised at her chameleonic literary style, changing her voice in ways that speak to a sophistication of the writing craft and a deep understanding of her characters. Brava!” –Jonathan Maberry, New York Times best-selling and five-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author

“One of the greatest joys an editor experiences on the job is having the honor of publishing an author first before anyone else. It’s a rare pleasure and one that I experienced in February when “The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill” by Kelly Robson appeared in Clarkesworld. When she told me that two more of her stories would appear in Asimov’s and Tor.com, I was surprised — because it’s highly unusual for a new author to land three stories at highly-selective professional magazines — but also not surprised because her work is simply that good and the range and quality of her work tell me that this is an author to watch.” – Neil Clarke in The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 1

Awards

Aurora Award for Best Related Work, 2022 – Alias Space and Other Stories
Aurora Award for Best Short Fiction, 2019 – Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach
Nebula Award for Best Novelette, 2018 – A Human Stain
Prix Aurora Award for Best Short Fiction, 2016 – Waters of Versailles

Award Nominations

Finalist, Nebula Award for Best Novella, 2023
Finalist, Locus Award for Best Novella, 2023
Finalist, Aurora Award for Best Novella/Novelette, 2023
Finalist, Locus Award for Best Collection, 2022
Finalist, Hugo Award for Best Novella, 2019
Finalist, Nebula Award for Best Novella, 2019
Finalist, Locus Award for Best Novella, 2019
Finalist, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, 2019
Finalist, Aurora Award for Best Short Story, 2018
Finalist, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, 2018
Finalist, Astounding Award for Best New Writer, 2017
Sunburst Award short list, 2016
Finalist, World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, 2016
Finalist, Nebula Award for Best Novella, 2016
Finalist, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, 2016