Gwyneth Jones (novelist)

Gwyneth Jones (born 14 February 1952) is an English science fiction and fantasy writer and critic, and a young adult/children's writer under the pen name Ann Halam.

Biography and writing career

Jones was born in Manchester, England. Education at a convent school was followed by an undergraduate degree in European history of ideas at the University of Sussex. She has written for younger readers since 1980 under the pseudonym Ann Halam<ref name="sfe">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and, under that name, has published more than twenty novels. In 1984 Divine Endurance, a science fiction novel for adults, was published under her own name and in which she created the term gynoid.<ref name="Mechademia 3">Template:Cite book</ref> She continues to write using these two names for the respective audiences.

Jones' works are mostly science fiction and near future high fantasy with strong themes of gender and feminism. She is the winner of two World Fantasy Awards,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> BSFA short story award, Children of the Night Award from the Dracula Society, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Philip K. Dick Award and co-winner of the James Tiptree Jr. Award.<ref name="sfadb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She also won the 2008 Pilgrim Award for lifetime achievement in Science Fiction criticism.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She is generally well-reviewed critically and, as a feminist science fiction writer, is often compared to Ursula K. Le Guin, though the two authors are very much distinct in both content and style of work.

Jones lives in Brighton, England, with her husband and son.

Bibliography

Novels

Name	Published	ISBN	Notes
Water in the Air	London: Macmillan, 1977	Template:ISBN	as Gwyneth A Jones
The Influence of Ironwood	London: Macmillan, 1978	Template:ISBN	as Gwyneth A Jones
The Exchange	London: Macmillan, 1979	Template:ISBN	as Gwyneth A Jones
Dear Hill	London: Macmillan, 1980	Template:ISBN	as Gwyneth A Jones
Divine Endurance	London: George Allen & Unwin, 1984	Template:ISBN
Escape Plans	London: Allen & Unwin, 1986	Template:ISBN	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Kairos	London: Unwin Hyman, 1988	Template:ISBN	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The Hidden Ones	London: The Women's Press, 1988 (paper)	Template:ISBN
Flower Dust	London: Headline, 1993	Template:ISBN
White Queen	London: Gollancz, 1991	Template:ISBN	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1992<ref name="WWE-1992">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
North Wind	London: Gollancz, 1994	Template:ISBN	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1995<ref name="WWE-1995">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Phoenix Cafe	London: Gollancz, 1997	Template:ISBN	Book 3 of The Aleutian Trilogy
Bold as Love	London: Gollancz, 2001	Template:ISBN	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> BSFA nominee, 2001;<ref name="WWE-2001">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> British Fantasy Award nominee, 2002<ref name="WWE-2002"/>
Castles Made of Sand	London: Gollancz, 2002	Template:ISBN	Book 2 in the Bold As Love Cycle; British Science Fiction Award nominee, 2002<ref name="WWE-2002"/>
Midnight Lamp	London: Gollancz, 2003	Template:ISBN	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2004<ref name="WWE-2004">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Band of Gypsys	London: Gollancz, 2005	Template:ISBN	Book 4 in the Bold as Love Cycle
Rainbow Bridge	London: Gollancz, 2006 (paper)	Template:ISBN	Book 5 in the Bold As Love Cycle
Life	Seattle, WA: Aqueduct Press, 2004 (paper)	Template:ISBN	Philip K. Dick Award winner, 2005;<ref name="WWE-2005"> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> James Tiptree, Jr. Award shortlist, 2004;<ref name="JTJ-2004">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Spirit: or The Princess of Bois Dormant<ref>Jones has published a webpage giving the background to Spirit, and which also includes several linked short stories: Spirit Template:Webarchive</ref>	London: Gollancz, 2008	Template:ISBN	Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2010
The Grasshopper's Child	London: Self-published, 2014 (ebook)	ISBN	Book 6 in the Bold As Love Cycle

Fiction collections

• Identifying the Object. Austin: Swan Press, 1993 (paper). No ISBN
• Seven Tales and a Fable. Cambridge: Edgewood Press, 1995 (paper). Template:ISBN
• Grazing the Long Acre. Hornsea: PS Publishing, 2009. Template:ISBN
• The Buonarotti Quartet. Seattle: Aqueduct Press, 2009 (paper).
• The Universe of Things. Seattle: Aqueduct Press, 2011 (trade paper). Template:ISBN

Short stories

• "Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland" (1996) in Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex (anthology) and (2007) in Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology (anthology)
• "Saving Tiamaat" (2007) in The New Space Opera (anthology)
• "The Ki-anna" (2010) in Engineering Infinity (anthology)<ref name="Locus">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• "A Planet Called Desire" (2015) in Old Venus (anthology)<ref name="GRRM 2014-06">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Non-fiction

• Deconstructing the Starships: Science, Fiction and Reality. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1999. Template:ISBN
• Imagination / Space. Seattle, WA: Aqueduct Press, 2009 (paper).
• Joanna Russ. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2019. Template:ISBN

As Ann Halam

• Ally, Ally, Aster. London: Allen & Unwin, 1981. Template:ISBN
• The Alder Tree. London: Allen & Unwin, 1981. Template:ISBN
• King Death's Garden. London: Orchard Books, 1986. Template:ISBN
• The Inland trilogy
  • The Daymaker. London: Orchard Books, 1987. Template:ISBN
  • Transformations. London: Orchard Books, 1988. Template:ISBN
  • The Skybreaker. London: Orchard Books, 1990. Template:ISBN
• Dinosaur Junction. London: Orchard Books, 1992. Template:ISBN
• The Haunting of Jessica Raven. London: Orion, 1994. Template:ISBN
• The Fear Man. London: Orion, 1995. Template:ISBN
• The Powerhouse. London: Orion, 1997. Template:ISBN
• Crying in the Dark. London: Dolphin, 1998 (paper). Template:ISBN
• The N.I.M.R.O.D. Conspiracy. London: Dolphin, 1999 (paper). Template:ISBN
• Don't Open Your Eyes. London: Dolphin, 1999 (paper). Template:ISBN
• The Shadow on the Stairs. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2000 (paper). Template:ISBN
• Dr. Franklin's Island. London: Orion/Dolphin, 2001. Template:ISBN
• Taylor Five. London: Dolphin, 2002 (paper). Template:ISBN
• Finders Keepers. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2004 (paper). Template:ISBN
• Siberia. London: Orion, 2005. Template:ISBN (shortlist, Booktrust Teenage Prize)
• Snakehead. London: Orion, 2007. Template:ISBN

External links

• Gwyneth's personal blog since 2009
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• 1997 interview at Spike Magazine
• Interview Independent Online