Author · born 1951
Geoff Ryman
Geoff Ryman (born 1951) is a British-Canadian writer. Born in Canada.
Our catalogue lists 1 book by Geoff Ryman, mostly angel fiction. The most-read is Was (1992).
Books by Geoff Ryman
Was
Geoff Ryman
Awards
- ✦Lambda Literary Awards 2012 — LGBT Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror, Paradise Tales: and Other Stories (nominee)
- ✦Otherwise Award 2005 — Overall, Air (nominee)
- ✦Otherwise Award 2003 — Overall, Birth Days (nominee)
- ✦Otherwise Award 2003 — Overall (nominee)
- ✦Otherwise Award 1994 — Overall, Unconquered Countries: Four Novellas (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2012 — Best Novelette, What We Found (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2007 — Best Novelette, Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) (nominee)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 2012 — Best Novelette, What We Found (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2008 — Best Novelette, Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2006 — Best Novel, Air (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1995 — Best Novella, Fan (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1988 — Best Novella, The Unconquered Country (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2007 — Best Short Fiction, Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1993 — Best Novel, Was (nominee)
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 1985 — Best Novella, The Unconquered Country (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 2024 — Best Novella, The Many Different Kinds of Love (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2024 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Him (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2017 — Best Novelette, Those Shadows Laugh (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2016 — Best Short Story, Capitalism in the 22nd Century, or Air (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2014 — Best Short Story, Rosary and Goldenstar (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2012 — Best Collection, Paradise Tales (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2012 — Best Novelette, What We Found (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2010 — Best Short Story, Blocked (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2009 — Best Novelette, Days of Wonder (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2009 — Best Short Story, The Film-Makers of Mars (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2007 — Best Novelette, Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2006 — Best Anthology, Tesseracts Nine (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2006 — Best Novelette, The Last Ten Years in the Life of Hero Kai (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2005 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Air (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2004 — Best Short Story, Birth Days (nominee)
Biography
**Geoff Ryman** is a Canadian living in London. He has published eight novels and two volumes of his own short fiction. He has also co-edited a collection of Canadian science fiction and edited an anthology of collaborations between fiction authors and scientists. His stories and novels have won fourteen awards, most recently a 2012 Nebula for the novelette “What We Found.” — [Alien Sex](/books/OL37962706M/)