Carolyn Ives Gilman

Carolyn Ives Gilman (born 1954) is a historian and author of science fiction and fantasy. She has been nominated for the Nebula Award three times, and the Hugo Award once.^[1][2] She is Museum Curator of the Missouri Historical Society, specializing in 18th and 19th century American History.

Her first novel, Halfway Human, was a new entry into the genre of Gender Science Fiction, portraying a world in which humans have three genders: male, female, and neuter. It has been called "one of the most compelling explorations of gender and power in recent SF"^[3] and compared favorably to the work of Ursula K. Le Guin.^[4] The book placed 2nd in the 1999 Locus Award for Best First Novel,^[1][2] and was nominated for the Tiptree Award. Her work is known for vivid portrayals and deconstructions of the culture of the peoples in her stories.

Bibliography

Novels

Twenty Planets series

• Halfway Human (New York: Avon Books, 1998)
• Arkfall (Rockville, Maryland: Phoenix Pick, 2010)
• The Ice Owl (Rockville, Maryland: Phoenix Pick, 2012)
• Dark Orbit (New York: Tor, 2015)

Isles of the Forsaken series

• Isles of the Forsaken (Toronto, Ontario: ChiZine Publications, 2011)
• Ison of the Isles (Toronto, Ontario: ChiZine Publications, 2012)

Short fiction

• Okagoggan Falls, 2006, first printed in F&SF.

Collections

• Gilman, Carolyn Ives (2007). Aliens of the heart. Aqueduct Press. 

Non-fiction

• Lewis and Clark: Across the Divide (Smithsonian Books, 2003)

References