Catherynne M. Valente
(1979 --)
Catherynne M. Valente (born Bethany Thomas) is an American SF/fantasy writer, poet, and literary critic.
Her novels have been nominated for the Hugo Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Locus Award. Her 2009 book, Palimpsest, won the Lambda Award for GLBT Science Fiction or Fantasy. Her two-volume series The Orphan's Tales won the 2008 Mythopoeic Award, and its first volume, The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden won the 2006 James Tiptree, Jr. Award, and was nominated for the 2007 World Fantasy Award.
In 2009, she donated her archive to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Collection in the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.
She is a regular panelist on the multiple Hugo Award winning podcast SF Squeecast.
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 2010 -- I See By My ConFusion, Andre Norton Award
- 2011 -- AggieCon 42, Continuum 7, Capclave 2011, Mythcon 42
- 2012 -- Philcon 2012
- 2013 -- Loscon 40
- 2014 -- Minicon 49
- 2015 -- FOGcon 2015, Bubonicon 47
- 2016 -- Readercon 27, Eugie Foster Memorial Award
- 2017 -- Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
- 2018 -- GAFilk 2018, Confluence 2018
- 2020 -- Pyrkon 2020
- 2021 -- Capclave 2021
- 2022 -- Capricon 42
- 2023 -- BayCon 2023
- 2025 -- Norwescon 47
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