Connie Willis

(1945 --)

Connie Willis is a writer living in the Denver area who has won numerous Hugo and Nebula Awards. Her writing is known for accessible prose, likable characters and a frequent use of a comedy of manners style.

She is married to Courtney Willis, a retired physics professor.

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Awards, Honors and GoHships: She has won an amazing number of Hugo Awards:

• 1980 Campbell Award
• 1980 Best Short Story Hugo
• 1983 Best Novelette Hugo **<winner>**
• 1984 Best Novelette Hugo
• 1985 Best Novelette Hugo
• 1987 Best Novella Hugo
• 1989 Best Novella Hugo **<winner>**
• 1990 Best Novella Hugo
• 1991 Best Short Story Hugo
• 1992 Best Short Story Hugo
• 1992 Best Novella Hugo
• 1992 Best Novelette Hugo
• 1993 Best Novel Hugo
• 1993 Best Short Story Hugo **<winner>**
• 1994 Best Short Story Hugo **<winner>**
• 1996 Best Novel Hugo
• 1997 Best Short Story Hugo **<winner>**
• 1999 Best Novel Hugo **<winner>**
• 2000 Best Novella Hugo **<winner>**
• 2002 Best Novel Hugo
• 2004 Best Novella Hugo
• 2006 Best Novella Hugo **<winner>**
• 2008 Best Novella Hugo **<winner>**
• 2011 Best Novel Hugo **<winner>**

• 1982 -- MileHiCon 14
• 1983 -- King Kon
• 1984 -- Disclave 28, MileHiCon 16, Colorado Mountain Con
• 1987 -- WisCon 11
• 1988 -- MileHiCon 20, OryCon 10
• 1989 -- Contradiction 9, Toastmaster at ArmadilloCon XI
• 1990 -- Chimera 1
• 1991 -- Life, the Universe, & Everything 9
• 1993 -- MileHiCon 25, OASIS 6
• 1994 -- Capricon 14, Vikingcon 15, Jack Williamson Lectureship
• 1996 -- L.A.Con III
• 1997 -- ConFusion of the Winnebagos, toastmaster at Con-Version 14
• 1998 -- Conestoga '98, Intuition
• 1999 -- Loscon XXVI, Boskone 36, ConCussion 4, Forry Award, Jack Williamson Lectureship
• 2000 -- Swancon 2000
• 2001 -- Ad Astra 2001, Norwescon XXIV
• 2002 -- ConQuesT 33, Mythcon XXXIII, Archon 26, DeepSouthCon 40
• 2003 -- CopperCon 23, Westercon 56, Jack Williamson Lectureship
• 2004 -- Bubonicon 36
• 2005 -- DeepSouthCon 43, MileHiCon 37
• 2006 -- L.A.con IV
• 2007 -- FenCon IV, COSine 2007, Jack Williamson Lectureship
• 2008 -- Balticon 42
• 2009 -- Science Fiction Hall of Fame
• 2010 -- Capclave 2010
• 2011 -- World Fantasy Convention 2011, ICFA 32, Robert A. Heinlein Award
• 2012 -- VCON 37, SFWA Grand Master Award
• 2013 -- ConStellation IV, COSine 2013, ConDor XX
• 2017 -- Conalope
• 2018 -- Heckler GoH at Westercon 71
• 2019 -- COSine 2019

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