Gardner Dozois

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Image:Beinggardnerdozois.jpg Gardner Dozois (born July 23, 1947) is an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004.


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Biography

A subtle writer with a distinctive prose style who has mainly worked in shorter forms, he has won the Nebula Award for best short story twice -- for "The Peacemaker" in 1983, and for "Morning Child" in 1984. His short fiction has been collected in The Visible Man (1977), Geodesic Dreams (a best-of collection), Slow Dancing through Time (1990, collaborations), and Strange Days (2001, another best-of collection).

A solo novel, Strangers (1978), and a collaboration with George Alec Effinger, Nightmare Blue (1977), represent his novel-length output. After becoming editor of Asimov's, Dozois's fiction output dwindled, but he is now making a comeback.

Dozois has won a record 15 Hugo Awards for Best Professional Editor, having won nearly every year between 1988 and his retirement from Asimov's in 2004.

Dozois is a well-known short fiction anthologist. After resigning from his Asimov's gig, he still remains the editor of the anthology series The Year's Best Science Fiction, published annually since 1984. And, with Jack Dann, he has edited a long series of themed anthologies, each with a self-explanatory title such as Cats, Dinosaurs, Seaserpents, or Hackers.

A book-length interview by Michael Swanwick, covering each published piece of fiction Dozois ever wrote, came out in 2001 under the title Being Gardner Dozois.

Fiction of Gardner Dozois (partial list)

Anthologies edited by Gardner Dozois (partial list)

Year's Best Science Fiction Series

  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection (1984)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (1985)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection (1986)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection (1987)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection (1988)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection (1989)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection (1990)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection (1991)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection (1992)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection (1993)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection (1994)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection (1995)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection (1996)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection (1997)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection (1998)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection (1999)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection (2001)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection (2002)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection (2003)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection (2004)
  • Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction (2005) (Anthology from previous Year's Best Science Fiction editions)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection (2005)
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection (2006)

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