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'''Nalo Hopkinson''' (born 20 December 1960) is a [[Jamaica]]n-born Canadian [[speculative fiction]] writer and editor. Her novels (''[[Brown Girl in the Ring (novel)|Brown Girl in the Ring]]'', ''[[Midnight Robber]]'', ''[[The Salt Roads]]'', ''The New Moon's Arms'') and short stories such as those in her collection ''[[Skin Folk]]'' often draw on [[Caribbean]] history and language, and its traditions of oral and written storytelling.
'''Nalo Hopkinson''' (born 20 December 1960) is a [[Jamaica]]n-born Canadian [[speculative fiction]] writer and editor. Her novels – ''[[Brown Girl in the Ring (novel)|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 [[History of the Caribbean|Caribbean history]] and [[Languages of the Caribbean|language]], and its traditions of [[Oral tradition|oral]] and [[Caribbean literature|written storytelling]].


Hopkinson has edited two fiction anthologies (''[[Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root|Whispers From the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction]]'' and ''[[Mojo: Conjure Stories]]''). She was the co-editor with Uppinder Mehan for the anthology ''[[So Long Been Dreaming|So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Visions of the Future]]'', and with [[Geoff Ryman]] for ''Tesseracts 9''.
Hopkinson has edited two fiction anthologies: ''[[Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root|Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction]]'' and ''[[Mojo: Conjure Stories]]''. She was the co-editor with Uppinder Mehan of the 2004 anthology ''[[So Long Been Dreaming|So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Visions of the Future]]'', and with [[Geoff Ryman]] co-edited ''Tesseracts 9''.


Hopkinson defended [[George Elliott Clarke]]'s novel ''[[Whylah Falls]]'' on the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]'s ''[[Canada Reads|Canada Reads 2002]]''. She was the curator of ''Six Impossible Things'', an audio series of Canadian fantastical fiction on [[CBC Radio One]].
Hopkinson defended [[George Elliott Clarke]]'s novel ''[[Whylah Falls]]'' on the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]'s ''[[Canada Reads|Canada Reads 2002]]''. She was the curator of ''Six Impossible Things'', an audio series of Canadian fantastical fiction on [[CBC Radio One]].


As of 2013, she lives and teaches in [[Riverside, California]].<ref name="LA Times" /> In 2020, Hopkinson was named the 37th [[Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award|Damon Knight Grand Master]].<ref name="SFWA 2020" />
As of 2021, she lives and teaches in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]. In 2020, Hopkinson was named the 37th [[Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award|Damon Knight Grand Master]], in recognition of "lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy".<ref name="SFWA 2020" />


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Nalo Hopkinson was born 20 December 1960 in [[Kingston, Jamaica]], to Freda and [[Muhammed Abdur-Rahman Slade Hopkinson]].<ref name="Nalo Hopkinson author biography">{{cite web|url=http://www.hachette.com.au/authors/nalo-hopkinson/ |title=Nalo Hopkinson author biography |publisher=Hachette.com |access-date=23 November 2013}}</ref> She grew up in [[Guyana]], [[Trinidad]], and Canada.<ref name="The Salt Roads">Hopkinson, Nalo. ''The Salt Roads''. New York: Warner Books, 2003. {{ISBN|978-0446533027}}.</ref> She was raised in a literary environment; her mother was a library technician and her father a Guyanese poet, playwright and actor who also taught [[English studies|English]] and [[Latin]].<ref name="LA Times">Mindy Farabee, [http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/21/entertainment/la-ca-jc-nalo-hopkinson-20130324 "Nalo Hopkinson's science fiction and real-life family"], ''Los Angeles Times'', 21 March 2013.</ref> By virtue of this upbringing, Hopkinson had access to writers like [[Derek Walcott]] during her formative years, and could read [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'s works by the age of six.<ref name="LA Times" /> Hopkinson's writing is influenced by the fairy and folk tales she read at a young age, which included Afro-Caribbean stories like [[Anansi]], as well as Western works like ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'', the ''[[Iliad]]'', the ''[[Odyssey]]'';<ref name="SF Site">[http://www.sfsite.com/03b/nh77.htm "A Conversation With Nalo Hopkinson"], SF Site, 2000.</ref> she was also known to have read the works of Shakespeare around the time she was reading Homer.<ref name="Quill and Quire">Donna Bailey Nurse, [http://www.quillandquire.com/authors/profile.cfm?article_id=5114 "Nalo Hopkinson: Brown girl in the ring"], ''Quill & Quire'', 2003-11.</ref> Though she lived in [[Connecticut]] briefly during her father's tenure at [[Yale University]], Hopkinson has said that the culture shock from her move to [[Toronto]] from Guyana at the age of 16 was something "to which [she's] still not fully reconciled".<ref name="SF Site" /><ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.bookrags.com/biography/nalo-hopkinson-dlb/ |title=Nalo Hopkinson Biography |publisher=BookRags.com |access-date=5 June 2012}}</ref> She lived in Toronto from 1977 to 2011 before moving to Riverside, California where she works as Professor of Creative Writing at [[University of California Riverside]].<ref>[http://creativewriting.ucr.edu/people/hopkinson/index.html Profile page] Accessed 10 September 2016</ref>
Nalo Hopkinson was born 20 December 1960 in [[Kingston, Jamaica]], to Freda and [[Abdur Rahman Slade Hopkinson]].<ref name="Nalo Hopkinson author biography">{{cite web|url=http://www.hachette.com.au/authors/nalo-hopkinson/ |title=Nalo Hopkinson author biography |publisher=Hachette.com |access-date=23 November 2013}}</ref> She grew up in [[Guyana]], [[Trinidad]], and Canada.<ref name="The Salt Roads">Hopkinson, Nalo. ''The Salt Roads''. New York: Warner Books, 2003. {{ISBN|978-0446533027}}.</ref> She was raised in a literary environment; her mother was a library technician and her father a [[Guyanese people|Guyanese]] poet, playwright and actor who also taught [[English studies|English]] and [[Latin]].<ref name="LA Times">Mindy Farabee, [https://www.latimes.com/books/la-xpm-2013-mar-21-la-ca-jc-nalo-hopkinson-20130324-story.html "Nalo Hopkinson's science fiction and real-life family"], ''Los Angeles Times'', 21 March 2013.</ref> By virtue of this upbringing, Hopkinson had access to writers such as [[Derek Walcott]] during her formative years, and could read [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'s works by the age of six.<ref name="LA Times" /> Hopkinson's writing is influenced by the fairy and folk tales she read at a young age, among which were the Afro-Caribbean stories about [[Anansi]], as well as Western works including ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'', the ''[[Iliad]]'', and the ''[[Odyssey]]'';<ref name="SF Site">[http://www.sfsite.com/03b/nh77.htm "A Conversation With Nalo Hopkinson"], SF Site, 2000.</ref> she was also known to have read the works of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] around the time she was reading [[Homer]].<ref name="Quill and Quire">Donna Bailey Nurse, [http://www.quillandquire.com/authors/profile.cfm?article_id=5114 "Nalo Hopkinson: Brown girl in the ring"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212174556/http://www.quillandquire.com/authors/profile.cfm?article_id=5114 |date=12 December 2013 }}, ''Quill & Quire'', 2003-11.</ref> Though she lived briefly in [[Connecticut]] in the U.S. during her father's tenure at [[Yale University]], Hopkinson has said that the culture shock from her move to [[Toronto]] from Guyana at the age of 16 was something "to which [she's] still not fully reconciled".<ref name="SF Site" /><ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.bookrags.com/biography/nalo-hopkinson-dlb/ |title=Nalo Hopkinson Biography |publisher=BookRags.com |access-date=5 June 2012}}</ref> She lived in Toronto from 1977 to 2011, before moving to [[Riverside, California|Riverside]], [[California]], where she works as Professor of Creative Writing at [[University of California, Riverside]].<ref>[http://creativewriting.ucr.edu/people/hopkinson/index.html Profile page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902151556/http://creativewriting.ucr.edu/people/hopkinson/index.html |date=2 September 2017 }} Accessed 10 September 2016</ref>


Hopkinson has a [[Masters of Arts]] degree in Writing [[popular fiction|Popular Fiction]] from [[Seton Hill University]], where she studied with her mentor and instructor, [[science fiction]] writer [[James Morrow]]. She has learning disabilities.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/nalo-hopkinson-ill-take-my-chances-with-the-21st-century/article26048188/|title = Nalo Hopkinson: 'I'll take my chances with the 21st century'|date =21 August 2015|work= The Globe and Mail|access-date =10 October 2015}}</ref>
Hopkinson has a [[Master of Arts]] degree in Writing [[popular fiction|Popular Fiction]] from [[Seton Hill University]], where she studied with her mentor and instructor, [[science fiction]] writer [[James K. Morrow|James Morrow]]. She has learning disabilities.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/nalo-hopkinson-ill-take-my-chances-with-the-21st-century/article26048188/|title = Nalo Hopkinson: 'I'll take my chances with the 21st century'|date =21 August 2015|work= The Globe and Mail|access-date =10 October 2015}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Before working as a professor, Hopkinson held jobs in libraries, worked as a government culture research officer, and held the position of grants officer at the Toronto Arts Council.<ref name="LA Times"/> She has taught writing at various programs around the world, including stints as writer-in-residence at [[Clarion Workshop|Clarion East]], [[Clarion West]] and [[Clarion South]]. Publishing and writing was stopped for six years due to a serious illness that prevented her from working. Severe [[anemia]], caused by [[Uterine fibroid|fibroid]]s as well as a [[vitamin D]] deficiency, led to financial difficulties and ultimately homelessness for two years prior to being hired by UC Riverside.<ref name="LA Times"/>
Before working as a professor, Hopkinson held jobs in libraries, worked as a government culture research officer, and held the position of grants officer at the Toronto Arts Council.<ref name="LA Times"/> She has taught writing at various programs around the world, including stints as writer-in-residence at [[Clarion Workshop|Clarion East]], [[Clarion West Writers Workshop|Clarion West]] and [[Clarion South]]. Publishing and writing was stopped for six years due to a serious illness that prevented her from working. Severe [[anemia]], caused by [[Uterine fibroid|fibroid]]s as well as a [[vitamin D]] deficiency, led to financial difficulties and ultimately homelessness for two years prior to being hired by UC Riverside.<ref name="LA Times"/>


In 2011, Hopkinson was hired as an associate professor in [[creative writing]] with an emphasis on science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism at [[University of California, Riverside]].<ref name="LA Times"/><ref name="Nalo Hopkinson author biography"/> She became a full professor in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/naloh |title=Nalo Hopkinson|work=UCRiverside Profiles |date=2014 |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>
In 2011, Hopkinson was hired as an associate professor in [[creative writing]] with an emphasis on science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism at [[University of California, Riverside]].<ref name="LA Times"/><ref name="Nalo Hopkinson author biography"/> She became a full professor in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/naloh |title=Nalo Hopkinson|work=UCRiverside Profiles |date=2014 |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>


As an author, Hopkinson often uses themes of [[Caribbean folklore]], [[Afro-Caribbean]] culture, and [[feminism]].<ref name="SF Site"/> She is historically conscious and uses knowledge from growing up in [[Caribbean]] communities in her writing, including the use of [[Creole peoples|Creole]] and character backgrounds from Caribbean countries including [[Trinidad]] and [[Jamaica]].<ref name="SF Site"/> In addition, Hopkinson consistently writes about subjects including race, class, and sexuality.<ref name="LA Times"/> Through her work, particularly in ''[[Midnight Robber]]'', Hopkinson addresses differences in cultures as well as social issues such as child and sexual abuse.<ref name="SF Site"/>
As an author, Hopkinson often uses themes of [[Caribbean folklore]], [[Afro-Caribbean people|Afro-Caribbean]] culture, and [[feminism]].<ref name="SF Site"/> She is historically conscious and uses knowledge from growing up in [[Caribbean]] communities in her writing, including the use of [[Creole peoples|Creole]] and character backgrounds from Caribbean countries including [[Trinidad]] and [[Jamaica]].<ref name="SF Site"/> In addition, Hopkinson consistently writes about subjects including race, class, and sexuality.<ref name="LA Times"/> Through her work, particularly in ''[[Midnight Robber]]'', Hopkinson addresses differences in cultures as well as social issues such as child and sexual abuse.<ref name="SF Site"/>


Hopkinson has been a key speaker and [[Science fiction convention#Guests of Honor|guest of honor]] at multiple [[science fiction conventions]]. She is one of the founding members of the [[Carl Brandon Society]] and serves on the board.<ref name="LA Times"/><ref>{{cite web|author=Gaylaxicon 2006|title=Additional Author Guest|url=http://gaylaxicon.gaylacticnetwork.org/2006/Guests.php|access-date=22 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716082105/http://gaylaxicon.gaylacticnetwork.org/2006/Guests.php|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref>
Hopkinson has been a key speaker and [[Science fiction convention#Guests of Honor|guest of honor]] at multiple [[Science fiction convention|science fiction conventions]]. She is one of the founding members of the [[Carl Brandon Society]] and serves on the board.<ref name="LA Times"/><ref>{{cite web|author=Gaylaxicon 2006|title=Additional Author Guest|url=http://gaylaxicon.gaylacticnetwork.org/2006/Guests.php|access-date=22 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716082105/http://gaylaxicon.gaylacticnetwork.org/2006/Guests.php|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref>


Hopkinson's favorite writers include [[Samuel R. Delany]], [[Tobias S. Buckell]], and [[Charles R. Saunders|Charles Saunders]].<ref name="LA Times"/> In addition, inspiration for her novels often comes from songs or poems with [[Christina Rossetti]]'s poem "[[Goblin Market]]" serving as the inspiration for ''[[Sister Mine (Hopkinson novel)|Sister Mine]]''.<ref name="LA Times"/> Personal hobbies include [[sewing]], [[cooking]], [[gardening]], and fabric design.<ref name="Strange Horizons">Sofia Samatar (25 February 2013), [http://www.strangehorizons.com/2013/20130225/SamatarNH-a.shtml "'Write Your Heart Out': An Interview with Nalo Hopkinson"], ''Strange Horizons''.</ref> Hopkinson designs fabrics based on historical photos and illustrations.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Liptak |first=Nick |url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/01/nalo-hopkinsons-other-world.html |title=Nalo Hopkinson's Other World |magazine=The New Yorker |date=8 January 2010 |access-date=5 June 2012}}</ref>
Hopkinson's favorite writers include [[Samuel R. Delany]], [[Tobias Buckell]], and [[Charles R. Saunders]].<ref name="LA Times"/> In addition, inspiration for her novels often comes from songs or poems with [[Christina Rossetti]]'s poem "[[Goblin Market]]" serving as the inspiration for ''[[Sister Mine (Hopkinson novel)|Sister Mine]]''.<ref name="LA Times"/> Personal hobbies include [[sewing]], [[cooking]], [[gardening]], and fabric design.<ref name="Strange Horizons">Sofia Samatar (25 February 2013), [http://www.strangehorizons.com/2013/20130225/SamatarNH-a.shtml "'Write Your Heart Out': An Interview with Nalo Hopkinson"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008073259/http://www.strangehorizons.com/2013/20130225/SamatarNH-a.shtml |date=8 October 2013 }}, ''Strange Horizons''.</ref> Hopkinson designs fabrics based on historical photos and illustrations.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Liptak |first=Nick |url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/01/nalo-hopkinsons-other-world.html |title=Nalo Hopkinson's Other World |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=8 January 2010 |access-date=5 June 2012}}</ref>
[[File:Nalo Hopkinson at the Hugo Award Ceremony 2017, Worldcon in Helsinki.jpg|alt=Nalo Hopkinson speaking at a podium|thumb|Nalo Hopkinson at the Hugo Award Ceremony in 2017]]
[[File:Nalo Hopkinson at the Hugo Award Ceremony 2017, Worldcon in Helsinki.jpg|alt=Nalo Hopkinson speaking at a podium|thumb|Hopkinson at the [[Hugo Award]] ceremony in 2017]]


==Awards==
== Awards and recognition ==
Hopkinson was the recipient of the 1999 [[John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer]]<ref>[http://www.writertopia.com/awards/campbell "John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer"], ''Writertopia''. Retrieved 21 June 2011.</ref> and the [[Ontario Arts Council]] Foundation Award for Emerging Writers.
Hopkinson was the recipient of the 1999 [[Astounding Award for Best New Writer|John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer]]<ref>[http://www.writertopia.com/awards/campbell "John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer"], ''Writertopia''. Retrieved 21 June 2011.</ref> and the [[Ontario Arts Council]] Foundation Award for Emerging Writers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/hopkinson-nalo-1960-0|title=Hopkinson, Nalo 1960–|website=encyclopedia.com|access-date=3 August 2023}}</ref>


''[[Brown Girl in the Ring (novel)|Brown Girl in the Ring]]'' was nominated for the [[Philip K. Dick Award]] in 1998, and received the [[Locus Award for Best First Novel]].<ref name=Room20BlackWriters/> In 2008 it was a finalist in [[Canada Reads]], produced by the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]].
''[[Brown Girl in the Ring (novel)|Brown Girl in the Ring]]'' was nominated for the [[Philip K. Dick Award]] in 1998, and received the [[Locus Award for Best First Novel]].<ref name=Room20BlackWriters/> In 2008, it was a finalist in [[Canada Reads]], produced by the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/past-canada-reads-contenders-and-winners-1.4034451|title=Past Canada Reads contenders and winners|website=CBC Books|date=31 March 2022|access-date=3 August 2023}}</ref>


''[[Midnight Robber]]'' was shortlisted for the [[James Tiptree, Jr. Award|James R. Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award]] in 2000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tiptree.org/award/2000-winner/2000-short-list |title=James Tiptree, Jr. Award 2000 Short List |publisher=James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council |access-date=5 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722014252/http://tiptree.org/award/2000-winner/2000-short-list |archive-date=22 July 2012}}</ref> and nominated for the [[Hugo Award for Best Novel]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2001-hugo-awards/ |title=2001 Hugo Awards |publisher=The Hugo Awards |date=3 September 2001 |access-date=5 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605061832/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2001-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=5 June 2012}}</ref>
''[[Midnight Robber]]'' was shortlisted for the [[Otherwise Award|James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award]] in 2000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tiptree.org/award/2000-winner/2000-short-list |title=James Tiptree, Jr. Award 2000 Short List |publisher=James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council |access-date=5 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722014252/http://tiptree.org/award/2000-winner/2000-short-list |archive-date=22 July 2012}}</ref> and nominated for the [[Hugo Award for Best Novel]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2001-hugo-awards/ |title=2001 Hugo Awards |publisher=The Hugo Awards |date=3 September 2001 |access-date=5 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605061832/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2001-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=5 June 2012}}</ref>


''[[Skin Folk]]'' received the World Fantasy Award and the [[Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2003 Novels and Collections {{!}} The Sunburst Award Society|url=https://www.sunburstaward.org/2003-Novels-And-Collections|access-date=2021-08-03|website=www.sunburstaward.org}}</ref>
''[[Skin Folk]]'' received the [[World Fantasy Award—Collection|World Fantasy Award]] and the [[Sunburst Award]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2003 Novels and Collections {{!}} The Sunburst Award Society|url=https://www.sunburstaward.org/2003-Novels-And-Collections|access-date=2021-08-03|website=www.sunburstaward.org}}</ref>


''[[The Salt Roads]]'' received the [[Gaylactic Spectrum Awards|Gaylactic Spectrum Award]] for positive exploration of queer issues in [[speculative fiction]] for 2004, presented at the 2005 [[Gaylaxicon]]. It was also nominated for the [[Nebula Award for Best Novel|2004 Nebula Award]].
''[[The Salt Roads]]'' received the [[Gaylactic Spectrum Awards|Gaylactic Spectrum Award]] for positive exploration of queer issues in [[speculative fiction]] for 2004, presented at the 2005 [[Gaylaxicon]]. It was also nominated for the 2004 [[Nebula Award for Best Novel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfadb.com/Nebula_Awards_2004|title=Nebula Awards 2004|website=sfadb.com|access-date=3 August 2023}}</ref>


In 2008, ''The New Moon's Arms'' received the [[Prix Aurora Awards|Prix Aurora Award]] (Canada's reader-voted award for science fiction and fantasy)<ref><!--[http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/wordpress/?page_id=28 ] -->{{cite web |url=http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/wordpress/?page_id=28 |title=Prix Aurora Awards |access-date=2011-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722215841/http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/wordpress/?page_id=28 |archive-date=22 July 2011}}</ref> and the [[Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunburstaward.org/2008_Winners.html |title=2008 Sunburst Award Winners |publisher=The Sunburst Award Society |date=17 September 2008 |access-date=5 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006041014/http://www.sunburstaward.org/2008_Winners.html |archive-date=6 October 2015}}</ref> making her the first author to receive the Sunburst Award twice. This book was also nominated for the 2007 [[Nebula Award for Best Novel]].<ref name=neb01>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Nebula_Awards_2001 |title=Nebula Awards 2001 |website=SF Awards Database |publisher=Locus Science Fiction Foundation |access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref>
In 2008, ''The New Moon's Arms'' received the [[Aurora Awards|Aurora Award]]<ref><!--[http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/wordpress/?page_id=28 ] -->{{cite web |url=http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/wordpress/?page_id=28 |title=Prix Aurora Awards |access-date=2011-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722215841/http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/wordpress/?page_id=28 |archive-date=22 July 2011}}</ref> and the Sunburst Award,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunburstaward.org/2008_Winners.html |title=2008 Sunburst Award Winners |publisher=The Sunburst Award Society |date=17 September 2008 |access-date=5 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006041014/http://www.sunburstaward.org/2008_Winners.html |archive-date=6 October 2015}}</ref> making her the first author to receive the Sunburst Award twice. This book was also nominated for the 2007 Nebula Award for Best Novel.<ref name=neb01>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Nebula_Awards_2001 |title=Nebula Awards 2001 |website=SF Awards Database |publisher=Locus Science Fiction Foundation |access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref>


In 2020, Hopkinson was named the 37th [[Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award|Damon Knight Grand Master]] by the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]].<ref name="SFWA 2020">{{cite web|date=2020-12-01|title=Nalo Hopkinson Named the 37th SFWA Damon Knight Grand Master|url=https://www.sfwa.org/2020/12/01/nalo-hopkinson-named-the-37th-sfwa-damon-knight-grand-master/|access-date=2021-08-03|website=SFWA}}</ref>
In 2016, Hopkinson received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from [[Anglia Ruskin University]].<ref>{{cite news|date=22 October 2016|access-date=3 August 2023|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20161023/jamaican-author-gets-honorary-doctor-letters-uk|title=Jamaican author gets Honorary Doctor of Letters in the UK|newspaper=[[Jamaica Gleaner]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aru.ac.uk/graduation-and-alumni/honorary-award-holders2/nalo-hopkinson|title=Professor Nalo Hopkinson|website=A.R.U.|publisher=Anglia Ruskin University|access-date=3 August 2023}}</ref> In 2020, she was named the 37th [[Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award|Damon Knight Grand Master]] by the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association|Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]].<ref name="SFWA 2020">{{cite web|date=2020-12-01|title=Nalo Hopkinson Named the 37th SFWA Damon Knight Grand Master|url=https://www.sfwa.org/2020/12/01/nalo-hopkinson-named-the-37th-sfwa-damon-knight-grand-master/|access-date=2021-08-03|website=SFWA}}</ref> In 2022, her ''Broad Dutty Water: A Sunken Story'' was awarded the [[Theodore Sturgeon Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sfcenter.ku.edu/sturgeon-award|title=Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award|access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
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* ''[[The Salt Roads]]'' (2003)
* ''[[The Salt Roads]]'' (2003)
* ''The New Moon's Arms'' (2007)
* ''The New Moon's Arms'' (2007)
* ''The Chaos'' (2012) ([[Young adult fiction]])
* ''The Chaos'' (2012) ([[Young adult literature|Young adult fiction]])
* ''Sister Mine'' (2013)
* ''Sister Mine'' (2013)
* ''Blackheart Man'' (2024)
* ''Under Glass'' (2001)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hopkinson |first=Nalo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CR05AQAAQBAJ |title=Under Glass |date=2001-03-15 |publisher=Grand Central Publishing |isbn=978-0-7595-2209-1 |language=en}}</ref>


===Collections and anthologies===
===Collections and anthologies===
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* "A Habit of Waste" in anthology ''Women of Other Worlds: Excursions through Science Fiction and Feminism'' (1999)
* "A Habit of Waste" in anthology ''Women of Other Worlds: Excursions through Science Fiction and Feminism'' (1999)
* "Precious" in anthology ''Silver Birch, Blood Moon'' (1999)
* "Precious" in anthology ''Silver Birch, Blood Moon'' (1999)
* "The Glass Bottle Trick" in anthology ''[[Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root|Whispers From the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction]]'' (2000)
* "The Glass Bottle Trick" in anthology ''[[Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root|Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction]]'' (2000)
* "Greedy Choke Puppy" and "Ganger (Ball Lightning)" in anthology ''[[Dark Matter (series)|Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction From the African Diaspora]]''
* "Greedy Choke Puppy" and "Ganger (Ball Lightning)" in anthology ''[[Dark Matter (prose anthologies)|Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora]]''
* "[[Midnight Robber]]" (excerpt from novel) reprinted in ''Young Bloods: Stories from'' Exile ''1972–2001'' (2001)
* "[[Midnight Robber]]" (excerpt from novel) reprinted in ''Young Bloods: Stories from'' Exile ''1972–2001'' (2001)
* "Delicious Monster" in anthology ''Queer Fear II'' (2002)
* "Delicious Monster" in anthology ''Queer Fear II'' (2002)
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* "Whose Upward Flight I Love" reprinted in ''African Voices''
* "Whose Upward Flight I Love" reprinted in ''African Voices''
* "The Smile on the Face" in anthology ''Girls Who Bite Back: Witches, Mutants, Slayers and Freaks'' (2004)
* "The Smile on the Face" in anthology ''Girls Who Bite Back: Witches, Mutants, Slayers and Freaks'' (2004)
* "Snow Day" in ''[[Daughters of Africa#New Daughters of Africa|New Daughters of Africa]]'', edited by [[Margaret Busby]] (2019).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jhohadli.wordpress.com/joannes-extra-ness/blogger-on-books-x-2022/blogger-on-books-2022-new-daughters-of-africa-edited-by-margaret-busby/|title=New Daughters of Africa edited by Margaret Busby (RR)|first=Joanne C. |last=Hillhouse|author-link=Joanne C. Hillhouse|website=Jhohadli|date=2022|access-date=3 August 2023}}</ref>


=== Comic book series ===
=== Comic book series ===


* ''The Sandman Universe: House of Whispers'' ([[Vertigo Comics|DC/Vertigo]]) (2018- )
* ''The Sandman Universe: House of Whispers'' ([[Vertigo Comics|DC/Vertigo]]) (2018–2020)


==See also==
==See also==
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Nalo Hopkinson
Hopkinson in 2007
Hopkinson in 2007
Born (1960-12-20) 20 December 1960 (age 63)
Kingston, Jamaica
OccupationWriter, editor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityCanadian
CitizenshipCanada
EducationMaster of Arts
Alma materSeton Hill University
GenreScience fiction, fantasy
Notable worksBrown Girl in the Ring (1998)
Skin Folk (2001)
The Salt Roads (2003)
Notable awardsPrix Aurora Award;
Gaylactic Spectrum Award;
Inkpot Award[1]
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer,
Locus Award,
Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic;
World Fantasy Award
Website
nalohopkinson.com

Nalo Hopkinson (born 20 December 1960) 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.

Hopkinson has edited two fiction anthologies: Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction and Mojo: Conjure Stories. She was the co-editor with Uppinder Mehan of the 2004 anthology So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Visions of the Future, and with Geoff Ryman co-edited Tesseracts 9.

Hopkinson defended George Elliott Clarke's novel Whylah Falls on the CBC's Canada Reads 2002. She was the curator of Six Impossible Things, an audio series of Canadian fantastical fiction on CBC Radio One.

As of 2021, she lives and teaches in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2020, Hopkinson was named the 37th Damon Knight Grand Master, in recognition of "lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy".[2]

Early life and education

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Nalo Hopkinson was born 20 December 1960 in Kingston, Jamaica, to Freda and Abdur Rahman Slade Hopkinson.[3] She grew up in Guyana, Trinidad, and Canada.[4] She was raised in a literary environment; her mother was a library technician and her father a Guyanese poet, playwright and actor who also taught English and Latin.[5] By virtue of this upbringing, Hopkinson had access to writers such as Derek Walcott during her formative years, and could read Kurt Vonnegut's works by the age of six.[5] Hopkinson's writing is influenced by the fairy and folk tales she read at a young age, among which were the Afro-Caribbean stories about Anansi, as well as Western works including Gulliver's Travels, the Iliad, and the Odyssey;[6] she was also known to have read the works of Shakespeare around the time she was reading Homer.[7] Though she lived briefly in Connecticut in the U.S. during her father's tenure at Yale University, Hopkinson has said that the culture shock from her move to Toronto from Guyana at the age of 16 was something "to which [she's] still not fully reconciled".[6][8] She lived in Toronto from 1977 to 2011, before moving to Riverside, California, where she works as Professor of Creative Writing at University of California, Riverside.[9]

Hopkinson has a Master of Arts degree in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University, where she studied with her mentor and instructor, science fiction writer James Morrow. She has learning disabilities.[10]

Career

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Before working as a professor, Hopkinson held jobs in libraries, worked as a government culture research officer, and held the position of grants officer at the Toronto Arts Council.[5] She has taught writing at various programs around the world, including stints as writer-in-residence at Clarion East, Clarion West and Clarion South. Publishing and writing was stopped for six years due to a serious illness that prevented her from working. Severe anemia, caused by fibroids as well as a vitamin D deficiency, led to financial difficulties and ultimately homelessness for two years prior to being hired by UC Riverside.[5]

In 2011, Hopkinson was hired as an associate professor in creative writing with an emphasis on science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism at University of California, Riverside.[5][3] She became a full professor in 2014.[11]

As an author, Hopkinson often uses themes of Caribbean folklore, Afro-Caribbean culture, and feminism.[6] She is historically conscious and uses knowledge from growing up in Caribbean communities in her writing, including the use of Creole and character backgrounds from Caribbean countries including Trinidad and Jamaica.[6] In addition, Hopkinson consistently writes about subjects including race, class, and sexuality.[5] Through her work, particularly in Midnight Robber, Hopkinson addresses differences in cultures as well as social issues such as child and sexual abuse.[6]

Hopkinson has been a key speaker and guest of honor at multiple science fiction conventions. She is one of the founding members of the Carl Brandon Society and serves on the board.[5][12]

Hopkinson's favorite writers include Samuel R. Delany, Tobias Buckell, and Charles R. Saunders.[5] In addition, inspiration for her novels often comes from songs or poems with Christina Rossetti's poem "Goblin Market" serving as the inspiration for Sister Mine.[5] Personal hobbies include sewing, cooking, gardening, and fabric design.[13] Hopkinson designs fabrics based on historical photos and illustrations.[14]

Nalo Hopkinson speaking at a podium
Hopkinson at the Hugo Award ceremony in 2017

Awards and recognition

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Hopkinson was the recipient of the 1999 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer[15] and the Ontario Arts Council Foundation Award for Emerging Writers.[16]

Brown Girl in the Ring was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award in 1998, and received the Locus Award for Best First Novel.[17] In 2008, it was a finalist in Canada Reads, produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.[18]

Midnight Robber was shortlisted for the James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award in 2000[19] and nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2001.[20]

Skin Folk received the World Fantasy Award and the Sunburst Award in 2003.[21]

The Salt Roads received the Gaylactic Spectrum Award for positive exploration of queer issues in speculative fiction for 2004, presented at the 2005 Gaylaxicon. It was also nominated for the 2004 Nebula Award for Best Novel.[22]

In 2008, The New Moon's Arms received the Aurora Award[23] and the Sunburst Award,[24] making her the first author to receive the Sunburst Award twice. This book was also nominated for the 2007 Nebula Award for Best Novel.[25]

In 2016, Hopkinson received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Anglia Ruskin University.[26][27] In 2020, she was named the 37th Damon Knight Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.[2] In 2022, her Broad Dutty Water: A Sunken Story was awarded the Theodore Sturgeon Award.[28]

Works

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Novels

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Collections and anthologies

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Short fiction (first publications only)

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  • "Slow Cold Chick" in anthology Northern Frights 5 (1998)
  • "A Habit of Waste" in anthology Women of Other Worlds: Excursions through Science Fiction and Feminism (1999)
  • "Precious" in anthology Silver Birch, Blood Moon (1999)
  • "The Glass Bottle Trick" in anthology Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction (2000)
  • "Greedy Choke Puppy" and "Ganger (Ball Lightning)" in anthology Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora
  • "Midnight Robber" (excerpt from novel) reprinted in Young Bloods: Stories from Exile 1972–2001 (2001)
  • "Delicious Monster" in anthology Queer Fear II (2002)
  • "Shift" in journal Conjunctions: the New Wave Fabulists.
  • "Herbal" in The Bakkanthology
  • "Whose Upward Flight I Love" reprinted in African Voices
  • "The Smile on the Face" in anthology Girls Who Bite Back: Witches, Mutants, Slayers and Freaks (2004)
  • "Snow Day" in New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby (2019).[30]

Comic book series

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  • The Sandman Universe: House of Whispers (DC/Vertigo) (2018–2020)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Inkpot Award
  2. ^ a b "Nalo Hopkinson Named the 37th SFWA Damon Knight Grand Master". SFWA. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Nalo Hopkinson author biography". Hachette.com. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  4. ^ Hopkinson, Nalo. The Salt Roads. New York: Warner Books, 2003. ISBN 978-0446533027.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mindy Farabee, "Nalo Hopkinson's science fiction and real-life family", Los Angeles Times, 21 March 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d e "A Conversation With Nalo Hopkinson", SF Site, 2000.
  7. ^ Donna Bailey Nurse, "Nalo Hopkinson: Brown girl in the ring" Archived 12 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Quill & Quire, 2003-11.
  8. ^ Nalo Hopkinson Biography. BookRags.com. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  9. ^ Profile page Archived 2 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 10 September 2016
  10. ^ "Nalo Hopkinson: 'I'll take my chances with the 21st century'". The Globe and Mail. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Nalo Hopkinson". UCRiverside Profiles. 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  12. ^ Gaylaxicon 2006. "Additional Author Guest". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Sofia Samatar (25 February 2013), "'Write Your Heart Out': An Interview with Nalo Hopkinson" Archived 8 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Strange Horizons.
  14. ^ Liptak, Nick (8 January 2010). "Nalo Hopkinson's Other World". The New Yorker. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  15. ^ "John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer", Writertopia. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  16. ^ "Hopkinson, Nalo 1960–". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  17. ^ Nailah King. "20 Black Writers to Read All Year Round". Room. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Past Canada Reads contenders and winners". CBC Books. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  19. ^ "James Tiptree, Jr. Award 2000 Short List". James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  20. ^ "2001 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 3 September 2001. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  21. ^ "2003 Novels and Collections | The Sunburst Award Society". www.sunburstaward.org. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Nebula Awards 2004". sfadb.com. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  23. ^ "Prix Aurora Awards". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  24. ^ "2008 Sunburst Award Winners". The Sunburst Award Society. 17 September 2008. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  25. ^ "Nebula Awards 2001". SF Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  26. ^ "Jamaican author gets Honorary Doctor of Letters in the UK". Jamaica Gleaner. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  27. ^ "Professor Nalo Hopkinson". A.R.U. Anglia Ruskin University. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  28. ^ "Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award". Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  29. ^ "Experience the extraordinary Chuma Hill cover for the forthcoming Nalo Hopkinson story collection". Tumblr. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  30. ^ Hillhouse, Joanne C. (2022). "New Daughters of Africa edited by Margaret Busby (RR)". Jhohadli. Retrieved 3 August 2023.

Further reading

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  • "Making the Impossible Possible: An Interview with Nalo Hopkinson" in Alondra Nelson, ed. Afrofuturism: A Special Issue of Social Text. Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-6545-6.
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