Kameron Hurley

“a brave, unflinching, truly original writer with a unique vision—her fiction burns right through your brain and your heart.” “Kameron Hurley’s writing is the most exciting thing I’ve seen on the genre page.” Kameron Hurley is an award-winning novelist, ad copywriter, and professional historian. She is the author of the upcoming science fiction thriller These Savage Stars (January 2027), The Light Brigade , The Stars are Legion, and the Worldbreaker Saga ( The Mirror Empire , Empire Ascendant, and The Broken Heavens ). Her first series, The God’s War Trilogy ( God’s War , Infidel, and Rapture) earned her the Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer and the Kitschy Award for Best Debut Novel. Additional accolades include two Hugo Awards, a British Science Fiction Award, and a Locus Award. Hurley’s work has also been a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, Dragon Award, the Gemmell Morningstar Award, and been included on the Tiptree Award Honor List. Her short fiction has been collected in Meet Me in the Future: Stories , Apocalypse Nyx , and Future Artifacts: Stories . Hurley is also the author of the award-winning essay collection The Geek Feminist Revolution , featuring the viral hit, “We Have Always Fought. ” Essays from the collection have also been featured in The Huffington Post , Bitch Magazine , and Tor.com . Her nonfiction credits include The Atlantic, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, Writers Digest, and Entertainment Weekly. She also previously wrote a regular column for Locus Magazine. Her numerous short fiction credits include Popular Science Magazine, Lightspeed , and Amazing Stories as well as many anthologies. Her work can be enjoyed in nearly a dozen languages. A graduate of Clarion West, Hurley has also been a guest lecturer at the Alpha Writing Workshop, a Stollee guest lecturer at Buena Vista University, a LITA President’s Program speaker, and taught copywriting at the School of Advertising Art. Hurley has a Bachelor’s Degree in historical studies from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and a Master’s in History from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, specializing in the history of South African resistance movements. Kameron Hurley is the author of the the upcoming science fiction thriller, These Savage Stars (January 2027), The Light Brigade , The Stars are Legion and many other titles. Hurley’s work has been awarded the Hugo Award, Locus Award, Kitschy Award, and Sydney J. Bounds Award. She was also a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Nebula Award, Dragon Award, and the Gemmell Morningstar Award. Her short fiction has appeared in Popular Science Magazine , Lightspeed and numerous anthologies. Hurley has also written for The Atlantic , Writers Digest , Entertainment Weekly,The Village Voice, LA Weekly , Bitch Magazine , and Locus Magazine . She posts regularly at KameronHurley.com.