Michael Swanwick

Michael Swanwick: Biography

Michael Swanwick was born on November 18th, 1950 and is currently 73 years old. Michael Swanwick was born in Schenectady, NY, USA.

Michael Swanwick is the author of the Michael Swanwick Short Stories/Novellas series which currently consists of 26 novels. The Michael Swanwick Short Stories/Novellas series started in 1982 with the novel The Man Who Met Picasso. The most recently released novel in the Michael Swanwick Short Stories/Novellas series was The Star-Bear which was released in 2023. There are no upcoming novels for the Michael Swanwick Short Stories/Novellas series.

Michael Swanwick has also written the Short Story Collections series which has 10 books including Gravity's Angels and Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures.

Michael Swanwick: Awards & Accolades

Michael Swanwick has won many awards including:

• Radio Waves won the World Fantasy Award, Novella, in 1996.
• Starlight 1 won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1997.
• The Very Pulse of the Machine (in The Best of..) won the Hugo Award, Best Short Story, in 1999.
• Scherzo with Tyrannosaur (in Asimov's) won the Hugo Award, Best Short Story, in 2000.
• The Dog Said Bow-Wow won the Hugo Award, Best Short Story, in 2002.
• Slow Life won the Hugo Award, Best Novelette, in 2003.
• Legions in Time won the Hugo Award, Best Novelette, in 2004.
• Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2004.
• The Dragons of Babel won the Alex Awards, Best Book, in 2009.
• Letters to Tiptree won the British Fantasy Award, Best Non-Fiction, in 2016.

The following novels by Michael Swanwick were also nominated for these awards:

• The Man Who Met Picasso: World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (1983).
• Dogfight (in Omni): Hugo Award, Best Novelette (1986).
• The Edge of the World: World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (1990). Hugo Award, Best Short Story (1990).
• Third Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1991).
• Griffin's Egg: Hugo Award, Best Novella (1992).
• Stations of the Tide: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1992). Arthur C. Clarke Award, Best Science Fiction Novel (1993).
• The Iron Dragon's Daughter: Arthur C. Clarke Award, Best Science Fiction Novel (1994). World Fantasy Award, Novel (1994).
• The Changeling\'s Tale: World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (1995).
• Walking Out (in Asimov's): Hugo Award, Best Short Story (1996).
• The Dead (in Starlight 1): Hugo Award, Best Short Story (1997).
• A Geography of Unknown Lands: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1998).
• Jack Faust: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1998).
• Wild Minds (in The Best of..): Hugo Award, Best Short Story (1999).
• Radiant Doors (in The Best of..): Hugo Award, Best Short Story (1999).
• Ancient Engines (in Asimov's): Hugo Award, Best Short Story (2000).
• Moon Dogs: Hugo Award, Best Short Story (2001).
• The Raggle Taggle Gypsy-O: World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (2001).
• Being Gardner Dozois: Hugo Award, Best Related Work (2002).
• 'Hello,' Said the Stick: Hugo Award, Best Short Story (2003).
• The Little Cat Laughed to See Such Sport: Hugo Award, Best Short Story (2003).
• Bones of the Earth: Hugo Award, Best Novel (2003).
• Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2005).
• Lord Weary’s Empire: Hugo Award, Best Novella (2007).
• A Small Room in Koboldtown: Hugo Award, Best Short Story (2008).
• From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled: Hugo Award, Best Short Story (2009).
• Hope-in-the-Mist: Hugo Award, Best Related Work (2010).
• Rogues: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2015).

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