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Ann Leckie
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Ann Leckie is an American writer, editor, and novelist specializing in science fiction and fantasy. Born on March 2, 1966, in Toledo, she is educated at Washington University in St. Louis and works in St. Louis. She writes in English and is recognized for notable works including *Ancillary Justice*, *Ancillary Sword*, *Radiant Star*, *Future Visions*, and *The Mythic Dream*.
Her literary achievements include receiving the Nebula Award for Best Novel, the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the BSFA Award for Best Novel. She has also been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, as well as the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Best Fantasy Novel, and Best Novelette. Her work is included in the Hugo Award Best Novel collection.
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Vinony catalogs Ann Leckie in its Hugo Award for Best Novel collection (129 entries).
Vinony's link graph records 479 inbound references to Ann Leckie, and connects out to Octavia E. Butler, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under 1966 births, 21st-century American novelists and 21st-century American women novelists.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 2 March 1966
- Works
- 26
Top works
- Radiant Star
- יושרה שניונית
- Future Visions
- The Mythic Dream
- Ancillary Sword
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1966-03-02 ) March 2, 1966 (age 60) , Toledo, Ohio , U.S.
- Occupation
- Author
- Nationality
- American
- Period
- 2006–present
- Genre
- Science fiction , fantasy
- Notable works
- Ancillary Justice
- Notable awards
- Hugo Award , Nebula Award , Arthur C. Clarke Award , BSFA Award , Locus Award
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ann
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Toledo
- Occupation
- author
- Educated at
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Ancillary Justice
- Field of work
- science fiction literature
- Genre
- science fiction
- Official website
- annleckie.com
- Image
- AnnLeckie.jpeg
- Work location
- St. Louis
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- date of birth
- 1966-03-02
- name in native language
- Ann Leckie
- start of work period
- 2013-00-00
- Commons category
- Ann Leckie
- social media followers
- 2058
- writing language
- English language
- nominated for
- World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
- Mastodon instance URL
- mastodon.annleckie.com
- official blog URL
- annleckie.com/blog
- contact page URL
- annleckie.com/contact
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Encyclopedic overview
Ann Leckie (born March 2, 1966) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Her 2013 debut novel Ancillary Justice, which features artificial consciousness and gender-blindness, won the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novel, as well as the Nebula Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the BSFA Award. The sequels, Ancillary Sword and Ancillary Mercy, each won the Locus Award and were both nominated for the Nebula Award. Provenance, published in 2017, Translation State, published in 2023, and Radiant Star, published in 2026, are also set in the Imperial Radch universe.
Leckie's first fantasy novel, The Raven Tower, was published in February 2019.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ann Leckie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.