Nalo Hopkinson

Jamaican-born Canadian writer · Canada · Writers · Born 1960 · age 65

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Nalo Hopkinson is a Jamaican-born Canadian speculative fiction writer and editor.

A life in dates

2022Theodore Sturgeon AwardAward2021“why have things shifted a little? I think that at root it's the vocal, persistent activism of the ones most affected; the people who need positive change. (2021)”In their wordscollected in Conversations with Nalo Hopkinson (1999-2021)Read the whole statement

Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master AwardAward2018Inkpot AwardAward2017“I think inserting yourself into a place where you are told you don't belong, when you know quite well you do, is important work. (2017)”In their wordscollected in Conversations with Nalo Hopkinson (1999-2021)Read the whole statement

British Fantasy Award for Best AnthologyAward2014“It’s the beautiful thing about being a fiction writer; you can write the world you want to see.”In their wordsin The Queer Caribbean Speaks edited by Kofi Omoniyi Sylvanus Campbell (2014)Read the whole statement

2013“Beauty and ingenuity beat perfection hands down, every time. (p179)”In their wordsSister Mine (2013)Read the whole statement

2012“Write whatever the blast you want, and if you live in an environment where doing so doesn't endanger your life or career, count yourself blessed.”In their wordsin Report From Planet Midnight (2012)Read the whole statement

“Folktales are great for learning dynamic storytelling and how to structure the resonant echoes that give a plot forward motion.”In their wordsin Report From Planet Midnight (2012)Read the whole statement

2002World Fantasy Award for Best CollectionAward1999Astounding Award for Best New WriterAwardLocus Award for Best First NovelAward1960Born20 December 1960

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Hopkinson at the Hugo Award ceremony in 2017

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Nalo Hopkinson

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why have things shifted a little? I think that at root it's the vocal, persistent activism of the ones most affected; the people who need positive change. (2021)
2021, collected in Conversations with Nalo Hopkinson (1999-2021), Own words
I think inserting yourself into a place where you are told you don't belong, when you know quite well you do, is important work. (2017)
2017, collected in Conversations with Nalo Hopkinson (1999-2021), Own words
There is so much vibrant work coming out, and more and more of it beginning to come out from, and depicting, a broader range of humanity. (2017)
2017, collected in Conversations with Nalo Hopkinson (1999-2021), Own words

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Awards

Theodore Sturgeon Award2022

Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award2021

Inkpot Award2018

British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology2017

World Fantasy Award for Best Collection2002

Locus Award for Best First Novel1999

Astounding Award for Best New Writer1999

About this person

Nalo Hopkinson is a Jamaican-born Canadian speculative fiction writer and editor. Her novels - Brown Girl in the Ring (1998), Midnight Robber (2000), The Salt Roads (2003), The New Moon's Arms (2007) - and short stories such as those in her collection Skin Folk (2001) often draw on Caribbean history and language, and its traditions of oral and written storytelling.

Country

Canada