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Elizabeth Bear

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American writer

United StatesWritersBorn 1971 · age 55
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Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear. She won the 2005 John W.

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Elizabeth Bear
said · 2019
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Can you imagine a planet full of assholes who used to just…cut down trees?

p. 124 (ellipsis in the original)

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Elizabeth Bear
said · 2019
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I said, “It just seems weird that I’m in bed with somebody I’ve never met.”As I said it I realized how foolish it was.

p. 132

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Elizabeth Bear
said · 2019
Own words

We need what we need. Judging ourselves doesn’t change it. Sometimes a hug and a cookie right now mean more than a grand gesture at some indeterminate point in the future.

p. 136

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Awards 8

2013Hugo Award for Best Fancast
2013Locus Award for Best Collection
2012Hugo Award for Best Fancast
2009Hugo Award for Best Novelette
2008Hugo Award for Best Short Story
2008Theodore Sturgeon Award
2006Locus Award for Best First Novel
2005Astounding Award for Best New Writer

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About this person

Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear. She won 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 a small number of writers who have gone on to win multiple Hugo Awards for fiction after winning the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.

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United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1971 · age 55
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16 languages

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