Author · born 1960
Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald is a British science fiction novelist (1960–). Born in Manchester.
Our catalogue lists 3 books by Ian McDonald, mostly time-travel fiction, adventure fiction and airship adventure. They span 2007 to 2018. The most-read is Brasyl (2007).
Books by Ian McDonald
Brasyl
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Empress of the Sun
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Time Was
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Awards
- ✦Otherwise Award 1993 — Overall, Some Strange Desire (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2020 — Best Series, Luna series (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2011 — Best Novel, The Dervish House (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2010 — Best Novella, Vishnu at the Cat Circus (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2009 — Best Novella, The Tear (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2008 — Best Novel, Brasyl (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 2007 — Best Novelette, The Djinn's Wife (winner)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2006 — Best Novella, The Little Goddess (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2005 — Best Novel, River of Gods (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2009 — Best Novel, Brasyl (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1989 — Best Novelette, Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1994 — Best Short Fiction, Some Strange Desire (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2025 — Best Horror Novel, The Wilding (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2024 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Hopeland (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2020 — Best Novella, The Menace from Farside (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2020 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Luna: Moon Rising (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2019 — Best Novella, Time Was (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2018 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Luna: Wolf Moon (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2017 — Best Collection, The Best of Ian McDonald (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2016 — Best Novelette, Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2016 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Luna: New Moon (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2016 — Best Short Story, The Falls (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2015 — Best Novelette, The Fifth Dragon (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2015 — Best Young Adult Book, Empress of the Sun (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2014 — Best Novelette, The Queen of the Night's Aria (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2013 — Best Young Adult Book, Be My Enemy (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2012 — Best Young Adult Book, Planesrunner (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2011 — Best Science Fiction Novel, The Dervish House (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2011 — Best Short Story, Tonight We Fly (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2010 — Best Collection, Cyberabad Days (nominee)
Biography
British science fiction author. Born in Manchester.