Robert J. Sawyer
Robert J. Sawyer (Robert James Sawyer) was born on April 29th, 1960 and is currently 65 years old. Robert J. Sawyer was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Robert J. Sawyer is probably best known for his Standalone Novels. There are currently 16 novels available. The first standalone was released in 1990 with the novel Golden Fleece. The most recently released novel was The Downloaded which was released in 2023. There are no upcoming standalone novels by Robert J. at this time.
Robert J. Sawyer has also written the Short Story Collections series which has 5 books including Iterations and Other Stories and Identity Theft and Other Stories.
Robert J. Sawyer made the
Honkaku Mystery Best 10 international list in Japan once. His novel
Illegal Alien was ranked #7 on the 2003 list.
In 2006, Sawyer was nominated for the Seiun Award for his entire Neanderthal Parallax trilogy.
Robert J. Sawyer: Awards & Accolades
Sawyer's books have won multiple awards, End of an Era won the Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work, in 1997. Illegal Alien won the Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work, in 2003. Hominids won the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 2003.
The following novels by Robert J. Sawyer were nominated for these awards:
- The Terminal Experiment: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1996). Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work (1998).
- Starplex: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1997). Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work (2000).
- The Hand You're Dealt (in Iterations): Hugo Award, Best Short Story (1998).
- Frameshift: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1998).
- Illegal Alien: Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, Best Crime Novel (1998).
- Factoring Humanity: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1999).
- Fallen Angel: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Short Fiction (2000).
- Calculating God: Hugo Award, Best Novel (2001).
- Flashforward: Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work (2002).
- Humans: Hugo Award, Best Novel (2004).
- Shed Skin: Hugo Award, Best Short Story (2005).
- Hominids: Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work (2006).
- Identity Theft and Other Stories: Hugo Award, Best Novella (2006).
- Rollback: Hugo Award, Best Novel (2008).
- Wake: Goodreads Awards, Best Science Fiction (2009). Hugo Award, Best Novel (2010).
- Wonder: Goodreads Awards, Best Science Fiction (2011).
- I Have This Nifty Idea: Hugo Award, Best Related Work (2022).
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- Andy Weir, author of the novel: Project Hail Mary.
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- Dan Brown, author of the Robert Langdon Series.
- Blake Crouch, author of the novel: Dark Matter.
Robert J. Sawyer: F.A.Q
When was Robert J. Sawyer Born? How old is Robert J. Sawyer?
Robert J. Sawyer was born on April 29th, 1960. Robert J. Sawyer is currently 65 years old.
Where was Robert J. Sawyer Born?
Robert J. Sawyer was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and is Canadian.
What book awards has Robert J. Sawyer won?
What was the first book Robert J. Sawyer wrote?
The first book written by Robert J. Sawyer was Golden Fleece, published in 1990.
What was the most recent book Robert J. Sawyer wrote?
His most recently released work was The Downloaded on October 6th, 2023.
Will there be any more books by Robert J. Sawyer?
Robert J. Sawyer does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.
How many books has Robert J. Sawyer written?
Robert J. Sawyer has written 35 books across 11 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
- 3 books in the Neanderthal Parallax Series
- 3 books in the Quintaglio Ascension Series
- 3 books in the WWW Series
- 16 Standalone Novels
- 5 Short Story Collections
- 3 Short Stories/Novellas
- 1 Non-Fiction Books
- 1 book in the Smart Pop Series