Gardner Dozois

(July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018)

Gardner Raymond Dozois was an American prozine editor, anthologist and (mainly short fiction) writer. Besides editing numerous themed anthologies (often with Jack Dann) and Asimov's from (January) 1986 to (December) 2004, he edited the magisterial Year's Best Science Fiction from 1984 until his death, which folowed after his taking over Lester del Rey's Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year in 1977–81.

He was one of the founders of the Hugo Losers Party. He was a member of the Guilford Gafia. He was married to Susan Casper.

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
• ISFDB entry
• A brief obituary by Jon D. Swartz appeared in Scientifiction: The First Fandom Report (New Series #56, 2nd Quarter 2018, page 6).
• The boklength Being Gardner Dozois: An Interview by Michael Swanwick was published October 1, 2001 in hardcover by Old Earth Books. It was a 2002 Best Related Book Hugo nominee.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1972 -- PgHLANGE IV
• 1973 -- Disclave 17
• 1980 -- Windycon VII, ArmadilloCon 2
• 1986 -- Tropicon V
• 1989 -- WisCon 13
• 1990 -- Chimera 1
• 1992 -- ArmadilloCon 14
• 1996 -- OryCon 18
• 1998 -- Minicon 33
• 1999 -- Archon 23
• 2001 -- Capclave 2001, Millennium Philcon
• 2006 -- Odyssey Con VI
• 2007 -- Confluence 2007, Sidewise Award
• 2009 -- Jack Williamson Lectureship
• 2010 -- Arisia '10
• 2011 -- SFContario 2, Readercon 22, Science Fiction Hall of Fame
• 2013 -- Norwescon XXXVI
• 2016 -- Skylark Award
• 2019 -- Boskone 56 (in memoriam)
• Hugo Awards: As editor of Asimov's, Dozois won unprecedented fifteen Best Professional Editor Hugos from 1988–93, 1995–2001, and 2003–4, and he was nominated for it in 1987, 1994, 2002, 2005, as well as 2007 Short Form. His own fiction was nominated for the 1972 Best Novella Hugo, the 1973 Best Novelette Hugo, the 1974 Best Novella Hugo, the 1975 Best Novella Hugo, and the 1984 Best Short Story Hugo.
• nine Nebula nominations with two wins (short stories, “The Peacemaker” for 1983 and “Morning Child” for 1984)

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Person

1947—2018

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