Connie Willis
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Passage (novel)...patients back from clinical death. Connie Willis's inspiration for Passage came in part from her mother's death, when Willis was 12. Willis felt frustrated that relatives and friends tried to comfort her with platitudes, so she wanted to... In this article: Passage, Titanic, Connie Willis, and Alzheimer's disease |
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Wikipedia | October 28, 2009
Doomsday Book (novel)
Doomsday Book is a 1992 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. The novel won both the Hugo Awards, and was shortlisted for other awards, placing it among the most-honored works of science fiction in recent history.
In this article: Influenza, Doomsday Book, Time travel, God, England, and University of Oxford
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Wikipedia | September 28, 2009
Connie Willis
...to come to terms with grief, loss, and death; this is often attributed to her mother having died while Willis herself was still a child. Willis is acclaimed as a science-fiction writer, most often exploring the "soft" or social...
In this article: Hugo Award, Uncharted Territory, University of Northern Colorado, Fire Watch, Bellwether, Doomsday Book, Time travel, Dog, and All Seated on the Ground
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SCI FI Wire | April 02, 2009
Willis, Whelan and others to enter SF Museum Hall of Fame
...and SF Hall of Fame have announced that the 2009 Hall of Fame inductees will be Edward L. Ferman, Frank R. Paul, Michael Whelan and Connie Willis. The Hall of Fame ceremony will take place at 8 p.m. on June 27 at the Experience Music...
In this article: Michael Whelan, Hugo Award, Frank R. Paul, Edward L. Ferman, The Science Fiction Museum, Chesley Awards, Nebula Awards, Incarnations of Immortality, and Elric
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Wikipedia | March 21, 2009
The New Hugo Winners
...to 1994. The first two volumes were edited by Isaac Asimov; due to Asimov's death in April 1992, the third volume was edited by Connie Willis and the fourth was edited by Greg Benford. The series succeeded Doubleday 's The Hugo Winners...
In this article: Isaac Asimov, The New Hugo Winners, Greg Benford, The Last of the Winnebagos, Hugo Award, Gilgamesh in the Outback, Doubleday, and Baen Books
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2008
Inside Job (novella)
Inside Job is a novella by Connie Willis, originally published in the January 2005 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction and later as a hardback by Subterranean Press. In the story, a debunker of pseudoscience encounters a fake medium who seems...
In this article: Inside Job, Hugo Award, Booklist, Asimov's Science Fiction, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Subterranean Press, Passage, and H. L. Mencken
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Rocky Mountain News | September 29, 2008
A Dozen on Denver: Interview with author Connie Willis
Published September 30, 2008 at 12:05 a.m. Rocky books editor Patti Thorn talks with award-winning science fiction writer Connie Willis about her contribution to A Dozen on Denver and her writing life. Tell us why you picked the 1920s...
In this article: Denver, Nebula Award, Best of all possible worlds, Reactionary, Global warming, Alex Award, Hamlet, John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and Hugo Awards
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Library Journal News | August 12, 2008
Book News: Michael Chabon, Connie Willis Winners at Hugo Awards - 8/12/2008 7:58:00 AM - Library Journal
Book News: Michael Chabon, Connie Willis Winners at Hugo Awards Michael Rogers -- Library Journal, 8/12/2008 7:58:00 AM Prizes presented at Denvention 3 World Science Fiction Convention Yiddish Policemen's Union named Best Novel Mary...
In this article: Hugo Awards, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Stardust, Matthew Vaughn, All Seated on the Ground, Oxford Dictionary, and Library Journal
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Boing Boing | August 09, 2008
Hugo Award winners for 2008 - Boing Boing
...The Merchant at the Alchemist's Gate), David Hartwell (Best Long Form Editor), Gordon van Gelder (Best Short Form Editor), Connie Willis (Best Novella, All Seated on the Ground) and Michael Chabon (Best Novel, The Yiddish Policeman's...
In this article: Stephen Moffat, Michael Chabon, Doctor Who, Hugo Award, Tideline, Elizabeth Bear, and Yiddish Policeman's Union
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Salon | January 16, 2008
Review: The Winds of Marble Arch, by Connie Willis Salon Books
Review: "The Winds of Marble Arch," by Connie Willis | Salon Books Eschewing the cold perfection of the literary short story, Connie Willis gushes screwball comedies, clever farces and sharp satires on a par with those of George Saunders.
In this article: Gordon Lish, Raymond Carver, Laura Miller, Waste, Golden Retriever, Even the Queen, Hamlet, and Fire Watch
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NPR | December 24, 2007
The Ones That Got Away: Books Not to Miss : NPR
...thinks that some of the most exciting things that are going on in fiction these days blend the two. But Connie Willis is not very well known because she's not a conventional science-fiction writer, and she's not really known in literary...
In this article: Laura Miller, Zeroville, Steve Erickson, Carol Dunlop, and Salon.com
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Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born 31 December 1945) is an American science fiction writer. She is one of the most honored science fiction writers of the 1980s and 1990s.
She has won, among other awards, ten Hugo Awards and six Nebula Awards. Willis most recently won a Hugo Award for All Seated on the Ground (August 2008). She lives in Greeley, Colorado with her husband Courtney Willis, a professor of physics at the University of Northern Colorado. She also has one daughter, Cordelia.
Willis is known for her accessible prose and likable characters. She has written several pieces involving time travel by history students and faculty of the future University of Oxford. These pieces include her Hugo Award-winning novels Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog and the short story "Fire Watch", found in the short story collection of the same name. She is currently working on another book set in this universe, All-Clear.
- Birth Date:
- December 31, 1945
- Birthplace:
- Denver, Colorado
- Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Writer
- Period:
- 1980 - Present
- Website:
- http://conniewillis.net
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