Elizabeth Bear

(1971 --)

Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky is an American author. Writing under the name of Elizabeth Bear, she works primarily in the genre of SF.

She was a winner of the 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (for "Tideline"), and the 2009 Hugo Award For Best Novelette (for "Shoggoths in Bloom").

She is one of only five writers who have gone on to win multiple Hugo Awards for fiction after winning the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 2005 -- John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
• 2008 -- DucKon 17, Fourth Street Fantasy 2008, Best Short Story Hugo, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
• 2009 -- Best Novelette Hugo
• 2011 -- Eurocon 2011, LepreCon 37
• 2012 -- ConStellation III
• 2014 -- Ravencon 2014, Finncon 2014, ICON 39
• 2016 -- FantasyCon 2016, IceCon 2016
• 2018 -- IceCon 2018
• 2019 -- Balticon 53

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