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(1953 —)

Robert Charles Wilson is a SF author, primarily known as a novelist, who was born in the United States, but who grew up in Canada. He became a Canadian citizen in 2007.

His short fiction has been collected in The Perseids and Other Stories. Wilson's first publication appeared in the February, 1975, issue of Analog under the name Bob Chuck Wilson.

Hugo Nominations:

• 1999 Best Novelette Hugo
• 1999 Best Novel Hugo
• 2002 Best Novel Hugo
• 2004 Best Novel Hugo
• 2006 Best Novel Hugo <winner> for Spin
• 2007 Best Novella Hugo
• 2010 Best Novel Hugo

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1992 — Noncon 15
• 1995 — Philip K. Dick Award for Mysterium
• 1996 — CAN*CON '96, Aurora Award for English Short Form Work for "The Perseids"
• 1999 — Aurora Award for English Long Form Work for Darwinia
• 2002 — John W. Campbell Memorial Award for The Chronoliths
• 2003 — Conjecture II
• 2004 — Ad Astra 2004, Aurora Award for English Long Form Work for Blind Lake
• 2006 — Best Novel Hugo for Spin
• 2007 — Orycon 29, Theodore Sturgeon Award for “The Cartesian Theater”, Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Best Translated Work for Spin
• 2008 — Prix Imaginaire for Best Translated Novel for Spin
• 2009 — ICFA 30, Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Story for Spin
• 2011 — DORT.con (Dortmund, Germany)
• 2018 — Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame