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Kelly Link

American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1969 · age 57

Kelly Link is an American editor and writer. Mainly known as an author of short stories, she published her first novel, The Book of Love, in 2024. Many of her stories have been described as slipstream or magical realism, combining science fiction, fantasy, horror, and literary fiction.

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2024Locus Award for Best CollectionAward2018MacArthur Fellows ProgramAward2015World Fantasy Award for Best AnthologyAward2013O. Henry AwardAward2009Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short StoryAwardLocus Award for Best NovellaAward2006Locus Award for Best AnthologyAwardLocus Award for Best CollectionAwardLocus Award for Best NovellaAwardNebula Award for Best NovellaAward2005BSFA Award for Best Short FictionAwardHugo Award for Best NoveletteAward1999World Fantasy Award for Best Short FictionAward1997Otherwise AwardAward1969Born19 July 1969

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Locus Award for Best Collection2024
MacArthur Fellows Program2018
Theodore Sturgeon Award2016
World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology2015
O. Henry Award2013
Shirley Jackson Award2011
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story2009
Locus Award for Best Novella2009
Locus Award for Best Collection2006
Locus Award for Best Novella2006
Nebula Award for Best Novella2006
Nebula Award for Best Novelette2006
Locus Award for Best Anthology2006
Hugo Award for Best Novelette2005
Locus Award for Best Novelette2005
BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction2005
Nebula Award for Best Novelette2002
World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction1999
Otherwise Award1997
Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology

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She has won a Hugo Award, three Nebula Awards, and three World Fantasy Awards. She was one of the recipients of the 2018 MacArthur Fellowship.

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Born 1969 · age 57

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