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''The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein'' was nominated for both the [[Hugo Award]] and the [[BSFA Award]]
 
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Mendlesohn was [[Chair]] of the 2006 and 2019 [[Eastercons]], [[Concussion]] and [[Ytterbium]], and was [[Co-Chair]] for the 2002 [[SFRA Conference]] of the [[Science Fiction Research Association]].  She organized [[2001: A Celebration of British Science Fiction]].
  
 
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* 2008 -- [[Finncon 2008]], [[BSFA Award|BSFA Award for Best Non-Fiction]] for ''Rhetorics of Fantasy''
 
* 2008 -- [[Finncon 2008]], [[BSFA Award|BSFA Award for Best Non-Fiction]] for ''Rhetorics of Fantasy''
 
* 2009 -- [[2009 Best Related Book Hugo|Best Related Book Hugo]] nominee, [[World Fantasy Award|WFA Special Award, Professional]] nominee, and [[Mythopoeic Award|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award (for Myth and Fantasy Studies)]] nominee for ''Rhetorics of Fantasy'', [[BSFA Award|BSFA Award for Best Non-Fiction]] nominee for ''A Short History of Fantasy''
 
* 2009 -- [[2009 Best Related Book Hugo|Best Related Book Hugo]] nominee, [[World Fantasy Award|WFA Special Award, Professional]] nominee, and [[Mythopoeic Award|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award (for Myth and Fantasy Studies)]] nominee for ''Rhetorics of Fantasy'', [[BSFA Award|BSFA Award for Best Non-Fiction]] nominee for ''A Short History of Fantasy''
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* 2010 -- [[2010 Best Related Work Hugo|Best Related Work Hugo]] nominee for ''On Joanna Russ'', [[2010 Best Related Work Hugo|Best Related Work Hugo]] nominee for ''The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction'', [[Mythopoeic Award|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award (for Myth and Fantasy Studies)]] nominee for ''Rhetorics of Fantasy''
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* 2010 -- [[2010 Best Related Work Hugo|Best Related Work Hugo]] nominee for both ''On Joanna Russ'' and ''The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction'', [[Mythopoeic Award|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award (for Myth and Fantasy Studies)]] nominee for ''Rhetorics of Fantasy''
 
* 2011 -- [[Mythopoeic Award|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award (for Myth and Fantasy Studies)]] nominee for ''Rhetorics of Fantasy''
 
* 2011 -- [[Mythopoeic Award|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award (for Myth and Fantasy Studies)]] nominee for ''Rhetorics of Fantasy''
 
* 2012 -- [[BSFA Award|BSFA Award for Best Non-Fiction]] nominee for ''The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature''
 
* 2012 -- [[BSFA Award|BSFA Award for Best Non-Fiction]] nominee for ''The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature''

Latest revision as of 17:31, 9 July 2023

(July 27, 1968 --)

Farah Jane Mendlesohn is a fan who was Professor and Head of the Department of English, Communication, Film and Media at Anglia Ruskin University. She was previously Reader in Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature in the Media Department at Middlesex University. She writes on the history of American religions and British and American SF and fantasy. She received her D. Phil. in History from the University of York in 1997.

She was the editor of Foundation -- The International Review of Science Fiction from 2002 to 2007.

Her book Rhetorics of Fantasy won the BSFA Award for best non-fiction book in 2009; the book was also nominated for the Hugo Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Mythopoeic Award.

The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature was nominated for the Hugo Award, the BFA Award, and the BSFA Award.

Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction won both a WFA Special Award, Professional and the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award (for Myth and Fantasy Studies).

The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein was nominated for both the Hugo Award and the BSFA Award

Mendlesohn was Chair of the 2006 and 2019 Eastercons, Concussion and Ytterbium, and was Co-Chair for the 2002 SFRA Conference of the Science Fiction Research Association. She organized 2001: A Celebration of British Science Fiction.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

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