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Ann Leckie
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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, and Translation State, published in 2023, are also set in the Imperial Radch universe. Leckie's first fantasy novel, The Raven Tower, was published in February 2019.
Career
- 1966Born
- 2013Won BSFA Award for Best Novel
- 2014Won Sydney J. Bounds Award For Best Newcomer
- 2014Won Nebula Award for Best Novel
- 2014Won Hugo Award for Best Novel
- 2014Won Arthur C. Clarke Award
- Notable work: Radchaai universe
- Notable work: Ancillary Justice
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Toledo
- •Citizenship: United States
- •Known as: writer, science fiction writer, novelist, editor
- •Genre: science fiction, science fiction literature, fantasy
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