"""The Chronicles of Narnia"" (1950-56) and a fellow English professor with a similar array of interests, also helped to publicize the fantasy genre. The tradition established by these predecessors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries has continued to thrive and be adapted by new authors. The influence of J.R.R. Tolkien's fiction has—particularly over the genre of high fantasy—prompted a reaction. Works of metafictional fantasy were published in the late twentieth century, that self-consciously allude to the history and literary conventions of the genre, including Terry Pratchett's Discworld series (1983-2015), and Neil Gaiman's ""Stardust"" (1999). At the turn of"
"David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy The David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy were established in memory of David Gemmell and first awarded in 2009. In 2009, only the Legend Award for best fantasy novel was awarded by open voting. Beginning on 2010, the Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer and the Ravenheart Award for Best Fantasy Cover Art were added. The awards are for fantasy novels in the traditional, heroic, epic or high genres, or in the spirit of Gemmell's own work. The 2009 award (best novel only) was presented in June 2009. The 2010 awards were presented in June 2010."
"World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2012. In January 2011, the University of Warwick awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters (honoris causa). On that occasion he gave a half-hour interview about his work.. He has also been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Salford (2011) and the University of Huddersfield in (2012). He has been recognised several times for particular works. Alan Garner Alan Garner (born 17 October 1934) is an English novelist best known for his children's fantasy novels and his retellings of traditional British folk tales. Much of his work is firmly rooted in the"
"to install five kilowatts of photovoltaic cells (for solar energy) at his house. Having been interested in astronomy since childhood, he had an observatory built in his garden. An asteroid (127005 Pratchett) is named after him. On 31 December 2008, it was announced that Pratchett was to be knighted (as a Knight Bachelor) in the Queen's 2009 New Year Honours. He formally received the accolade at Buckingham Palace on 18 February 2009. Afterwards he said, ""You can't ask a fantasy writer not to want a knighthood. You know, for two pins I'd get myself a horse and a sword."" In"
"best first fantasy book. ""Pandemonium"" was also nominated for the World Fantasy Award, the Mythopoeic Awards and the Shirley Jackson Award. His second novel, ""The Devil's Alphabet"" was published by Del Rey Books in 2009. ""The Devil's Alphabet"" was named one of the best books of 2009 by ""Publishers Weekly"". It was additionally nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award in 2010. In 2011, his third novel, ""Raising Stony Mayhall"", was published and was named one of the best science fiction books of the year by Library Journal The same year, a short story collection entitled ""Unpossible and Other Stories"""
"2009. The earlier books include two series, ""The Age of Misrule"" and ""The Dark Age"". Mark has been described as 'a contemporary bard - a post-industrial Taliesin whose visionary novels are crammed with remixed mythologies, oneiric set pieces, potent symbols, unsettling imagery and an engaging fusion of genre elements. The author's ambition is sustained by his invention: his work is distinguished by breakneck but brilliantly controlled plots, meticulous research, deft characterisation and a crisp, accessible prose style.' He also writes historical novels under the pseudonym ""James Wilde"". He announced on Twitter that his novel Pendragon was shortlisted for Best Published"
"and bookstores. Terry Goodkind Terry Goodkind (born May 1, 1948) is an American writer. He is known for the epic fantasy series ""The Sword of Truth"" as well as the contemporary suspense novel ""The Law of Nines"" (2009), which has ties to his fantasy series. ""The Sword of Truth"" series sold 25 million copies worldwide and was translated into more than 20 languages. Additionally, it was adapted into a television series called ""Legend of the Seeker"", which premiered on November 1, 2008 and ran for two seasons, ending in May 2010. Goodkind is a proponent of Ayn Rand's philosophical approach"
"compiled and edited by Stephen Jones. The volume received the 2009 British Fantasy Award for Best Non-Fiction. In March 2010, ""Darkness, Mist and Shadow: The Collected Macabre Tales of Basil Copper"" was launched at the Brighton World Horror Convention as a two-volume set by PS Publishing. Copper has received many honours in recent years. In 1979, the Mark Twain Society of America elected him a Knight of Mark Twain for his outstanding ""contribution to modern fiction"", while the Praed Street Irregulars have twice honoured him for his work on the Solar Pons series. He has been a member of the"
"The 2011 awards were presented in June 2011. The 2012 awards were presented in June 2012. The 2013 awards were presented in October 2013. The 2014 awards were presented in June 2014. The 2015 awards were presented in August 2015. The 2016 awards were presented in September 2016. The 2017 awards were presented in July 2017. The 2018 awards will be presented in July 2018. David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy The David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy were established in memory of David Gemmell and first awarded in 2009. In 2009, only the Legend Award for best fantasy novel was awarded"
"patron, he was the main judge in the national literary competition run by the group, the ""Legend Writing Award"", which was named after his breakthrough novel. In 2008, the ""David Gemmell Legend Award"" was established, intended to ""restore fantasy to its proper place in the literary pantheon""; a steering group of 18 authors is chaired by writer Stan Nicholls and the award is decided by a public vote. At the inaugural ceremony in June 2009, the first recipient was the Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, for his novel ""Blood of Elves"". The youngest author to be nominated for this award was"
"the millennium, the ""Harry Potter"" novels of J. K. Rowling, which chronicle the life of a young wizard, achieved widespread popularity. It is not uncommon for fantasy novels to be ranked on ""The New York Times"" Best Seller list, and some have been at number one on the list, including most recently, Brandon Sanderson in 2014, George R. R. Martin in 2011, Neil Gaiman in 2013, Terry Goodkind in 2006 and Patrick Rothfuss in 2011. Symbolism often plays a significant role in fantasy literature, often through the use of archetypal figures inspired by earlier texts or folklore. Some argue that"
"Stephenie Meyer Stephenie Meyer (née Morgan; ; born December 24, 1973) is an American novelist and film producer, best known for her vampire romance series ""Twilight"". The ""Twilight"" novels have gained worldwide recognition and sold over 100 million copies, with translations into 37 different languages. Meyer was the bestselling author of 2008 and 2009 in America, having sold over 29 million books in 2008, and 26.5 million books in 2009. ""Twilight"" was the best-selling book of 2008 in US bookstores. Meyer was ranked No. 49 on ""Time"" magazine's list of the ""100 Most Influential People in 2008"", and was included"
"Peter S. Beagle Peter Soyer Beagle (born April 20, 1939) is an American novelist and screenwriter, especially fantasy fiction. His best-known work is ""The Last Unicorn"" (1968), a fantasy novel he wrote in his twenties, which ""Locus"" subscribers voted the number five ""All-Time Best Fantasy Novel"" in 1987. During the last twenty-five years he has won several literary awards, including a World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2011. He was named Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master by SFWA in 2018. Beagle was born in Manhattan on April 20, 1939, the son of Rebecca Soyer and Simon Beagle. Three of"
"Freda Warrington Freda Warrington is a British author, known for her epic fantasy, vampire and supernatural novels. Four of her novels (""Dark Cathedral"", ""Pagan Moon"", ""Dracula the Undead"", and ""The Amber Citadel"") have been nominated for the British Fantasy Society's Best Novel award. ""Dracula the Undead"" won the Dracula Society's 1997 ""Children of the Night Award"". Her novel, ""Elfland"", won the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award in the Fantasy Novel category for 2009. Warrington has also seen numerous short stories published in anthologies and magazines. Born in Leicester, Warrington grew up in Leicestershire. After completing high school, she trained at"
"Enchantment (novel) Enchantment is an English language fantasy novel written by Orson Scott Card. First published in 1999, the novel is based on the Russian version of Sleeping Beauty and other folk tales. Various forms of magic, potions, and immortal deities also play an important role in the story. The protagonist and narrator is Ivan Smetski, a young Ukrainian-American linguist who specializes in Old Church Slavonic, a language from 10th-century Russia. In 1992, Ivan returns to his native town of Kiev to pursue additional graduate studies. While there he re-discovers the body of a woman that he had seen as"
"writing career, Wolfe exchanged correspondence with J. R. R. Tolkien. Wolfe won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1996, a judged award at the annual World Fantasy Convention. He was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2007. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named him its 29th in December 2012; the annual Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award was presented to Wolfe during Nebula Awards weekend, May 16–19, 2013. He was Guest of Honor at the 1985 World Science Fiction Convention and he received the 1989 Edward E. Smith Memorial Award (or ""Skylark"")"
"professional medium, Alison Hart, whose calm and jolly exterior conceals grotesque psychic damage. She trails around with her a troupe of ""fiends"", who are invisible but always on the verge of becoming flesh. The long novel ""Wolf Hall"", about Henry VIII's minister Thomas Cromwell, was published in 2009 to critical acclaim. The book won that year's Man Booker Prize and, upon winning the award, Mantel said, ""I can tell you at this moment I am happily flying through the air"". Judges voted three to two in favour of ""Wolf Hall"" for the prize. Mantel was presented with a trophy and"
"adapted for the theatre. In 2009 the novel was nominated for the prime Polish award for science-fiction literature, the Janusz A. Zajdel Award, as well as the Angelus award. It also received the Autumn 2009 prize of the Poznański Przegląd Nowości Wydawniczych (Poznań Review of New Publications). Wroniec (book) Wroniec (meaning ""Crowman"") is a fantasy novel published in 2009 by the Polish science fiction writer Jacek Dukaj, published in Poland by Wydawnictwo Literackie. The novel is extensively illustrated by Jakub Jabłoński. It was nominated for the prime Polish award for science-fiction literature, the Janusz A. Zajdel Award, as well as"
"Beside the Nebulas, several other awards and honors are presented at the Nebula Awards ceremony, though not necessarily every year. Two of them are annual literary awards voted by SFWA members on the Nebula ballot: the Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book, inaugurated 2006, and the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, which replaced the Best Script award in 2010. The others are the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award since 1975 for ""lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy"", the Author Emeritus since 1995 for contributions to the field, the Kevin O'Donnell,"
"series, Arthurian novels which straddles the boundary between the historical novel and fantasy. Set in England between 1485 and 1558. ""The Tower of London"" is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in 1840. It is a historical romance that describes the history of Lady Jane Grey from her short-lived time as Queen of England to her execution. Hilary Mantel (1952 – ) is a prominent contemporary writer of historical romances (or novels). ""Wolf Hall"", published in 2009 to critical acclaim, is about Henry VIII's minister Thomas Cromwell. The book won that year's Man Booker Prize and, upon winning"
"small press, for her Author Guest of Honorship at ConQuesT 37. Phyllis Eisenstein Phyllis Eisenstein (born February 2, 1946) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels whose work has been nominated for both the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. She is an old friend of author George R. R. Martin and convinced him to include dragons in his international best-selling fantasy series ""A Song of Ice and Fire"". Martin then dedicated the third novel in the series, ""A Storm of Swords"", to Eisenstein. Eisenstein was born in 1946 in Chicago, Illinois and has lived"
"to recognize and appreciate senior writers in the genres of science fiction and fantasy who have made significant contributions to our field but who are no longer active or whose excellent work may no longer be as widely known as it once was."" No more than one Author Emeritus was named each year, and the recipient was invited to speak at the annual Nebula Awards banquet. Fourteen were named in the 16 years to 2010 (the 2009 Nebula award year), none of whom had been named Grand Master—as remains true through 2013/2014. Its status as a consolation prize was one"
"Lifelode Lifelode is a 2009 fantasy novel by Jo Walton, published by NESFA Press, with an introduction by Sharyn November. In a land where the rules governing thought, magic, and even the flow of time are dependent on how far east or west you are, Taveth (who has the power to see present, past, and future all superimposed) is the housekeeper at Applekirk Manor in the Marches, just far east enough for small magic to work. ""Lifelode"" won the 2010 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, and was included on the ""honor list"" for the 2009 James Tiptree, Jr. Award."
"Hilary Mantel Dame Hilary Mary Mantel, ( ; née Thompson; born 6 July 1952) is an English writer whose work includes personal memoirs, short stories, and historical fiction. She has twice been awarded the Booker Prize, the first for the 2009 novel ""Wolf Hall"", a fictional account of Thomas Cromwell's rise to power in the court of Henry VIII, and the second for the 2012 novel ""Bring Up the Bodies"", the second instalment of the Cromwell trilogy. Mantel was the first woman to receive the award twice, following in the footsteps of J. M. Coetzee, Peter Carey and J. G."
"also a 2009 nominee for his novelette ""Catch Hell"" Other award nominations include the Crawford Award, Sturgeon Award, International Horror Guild Award, World Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Award and the Locus Award. His second novel, ""The Croning"", was published in 2012 by Night Shade Books. Laird Barron Laird Samuel Barron (born 1970) is an American author and poet, much of whose work falls within the horror, noir, and dark fantasy genres. He has also been the Managing Editor of the online literary magazine ""Melic Review"". He lives in Upstate New York. Barron spent his early years in Alaska. He has"
"featured the villainous Cruella de Vil. Dame Hilary Mantel is a highly successful writer of historical novels winning the Booker Prize twice, for ""Wolf Hall"" 2009, and ""Bring Up the Bodies"". Julian Barnes (1946– ) is another prominent writer and he won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for his book ""The Sense of an Ending"". The perceived success and promotion of genre fiction authors from Scotland provoked controversy in 2009 when James Kelman criticised, in a speech at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the attention afforded to ""upper middle-class young magicians"" and ""detective fiction"" by the ""Anglocentric"" Scottish literary establishment."
"for ""Fox Magic"", the 2001 Crawford Award from the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts for best new fantasist, the 2008 World Fantasy Award for ""26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss"", the 2009 Nebula Award for ""Spar"", the 2010 Nebula (tied) for ""Ponies"", and the 2012 Nebula and Hugo awards for best novella for ""The Man Who Bridged the Mist"". She was a finalist for the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 Hugo Awards; the 2008, 2010 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2016 Nebula Awards; and the 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013 World Fantasy Awards. In January 2013, Johnson"
"Wroniec (book) Wroniec (meaning ""Crowman"") is a fantasy novel published in 2009 by the Polish science fiction writer Jacek Dukaj, published in Poland by Wydawnictwo Literackie. The novel is extensively illustrated by Jakub Jabłoński. It was nominated for the prime Polish award for science-fiction literature, the Janusz A. Zajdel Award, as well as the Angelus award, in 2009. It also received the Autumn 2009 prize of the Poznański Przegląd Nowości Wydawniczych (Poznań Review of New Publications). The book is presented in the form of a fairy tale for children and tells the story of a fantasy-like adventure of a young"
"not travel to promote his books or attend conventions. He works as a novelist and was a research scientist in the field of artificial intelligence. He has held secret level clearance with both US and UK governments. Since 2015, Lawrence operates the annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off, a literary contest intended to bring greater visibility to self-published English-language fantasy authors. Lawrence's first work, ""Prince of Thorns"", was published by Ace / Voyager in August 2011 and was a finalist in the Goodreads Choice Award for ""Best Fantasy 2011"", a David Gemmell Morningstar Award Finalist in 2012 and short listed for the"
"Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Gwendoline Butler can claim to be one of the most versatile women crime novelists. Her books have scored in four categories: modern detective stories, Victorian mysteries, Gothic stories and romantic novels. In 1973 the Crime Writers Association (CWA) awarded her the Silver Dagger for ‘A Coffin for Pandora’. A former member of the Committee of the CWA, a member of the Detection Club, she took her degree in history at Oxford and her training in research ensures complete accuracy in every book. [8] She died on 5 January 2013."
"partly a duplicate and it was not awarded again. Gandalf Award The Gandalf Awards, honoring achievement in fantasy literature, were conferred by the World Science Fiction Society annually from 1974 to 1981. They were named for Gandalf the wizard, from the Middle-earth stories by J. R. R. Tolkien. The award was created and sponsored by Lin Carter and the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), an association of fantasy writers. Recipients were selected by vote of participants in the World Science Fiction Conventions according to procedures of the older Hugo Awards. The awards were presented in two categories, for"
"won first place in the Teen/Young Adult category of the 2012 Forward National Literature Awards. His science fiction thriller, ""Day 9,"" won first place in the Fiction: Cross-Genre category of the 2013 International Book Awards. Jeschonek also won the 2013 Scribe Award for Best Original Novel from the International Association of Media and Tie-In Writers for his alternate history novel ""Tannhäuser: Rising Sun, Falling Shadows"". According to Mike Resnick, ""(Jeschonek) sees the world like no one else sees it, and makes incredibly witty, incisive stories out of that skewed worldview."" Jeschonek was long-listed for the British Fantasy Award in 2007"
"by DMG Entertainment. Sanderson has been nominated for and also won multiple awards for his various works. See ""Writing Excuses"" for additional awards and nominations. Brandon Sanderson Brandon Sanderson (born December 19, 1975) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. He is best known for the Cosmere universe, in which most of his fantasy novels (most notably the ""Mistborn"" series and ""The Stormlight Archive"") are set. He is also known for finishing Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series ""The Wheel of Time"". Sanderson was raised in Lincoln, Nebraska before attending Brigham Young University, where he received degrees in English literature"