Author · born 1968
Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer is an American writer (born 1968). Born in Bellefonte.
Our catalogue lists 6 books by Jeff VanderMeer, mostly steampunk, historical fantasy and time-travel fiction. They span 2008 to 2020. The most-read is The Time Traveller's Almanac (2013).
Books by Jeff VanderMeer
The Time Traveller's Almanac
Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer
Steampunk
Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer
A Peculiar Peril
Jeff VanderMeer
The Steampunk Bible
Jeff VanderMeer
Steampunk II
Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer
Fast Ships Black Sails
Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer
Awards
- ✦Hugo Awards 2025 — Best Series, Southern Reach Series (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2014 — Best Related Work (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2012 — Best Related Work (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2004 — Best Related Work, The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases (nominee)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 2015 — Best Novel, Annihilation (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2010 — Best Novel, Finch (nominee)
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 2021 — Best Anthology, The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (winner)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2020 — Best Anthology, The Big Book of Classic Fantasy (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2015 — Best Novel, Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy (nominee)
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 2012 — Best Anthology, The Weird (winner)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2012 — Best Anthology, The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2011 — Best Collection, The Third Bear (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2010 — Best Novel, Finch (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2009 — Best Anthology, Steampunk (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2004 — Best Anthology, The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2004 — Best Novel, Veniss Underground (nominee)
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 2003 — Best Anthology, Leviathan 3 (winner)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2003 — Best Collection, City of Saints and Madmen (nominee)
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 2000 — Best Novella, The Transformation of Martin Lake (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 2025 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Absolution (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2022 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Hummingbird Salamander (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2021 — Best Anthology, The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2021 — Best Young Adult Book, A Peculiar Peril (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2020 — Best Anthology, The Big Book of Classic Fantasy (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2020 — Best Fantasy Novel, Dead Astronauts (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2018 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Borne (nominee)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2017 — Best Anthology, The Big Book of Science Fiction (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 2016 — Best Anthology, Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2015 — Best Anthology, The Time Traveler's Almanac (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2015 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Acceptance (nominee)
Biography
Jeff VanderMeer is a writer and editor whose fiction merges elements of science fiction, fantasy, and the weird. His stories frequently examine the intricate connection between humanity and the natural world, uncovering strange and sometimes unsettling phenomena. He is widely recognized for the Southern Reach trilogy, which delves into the enigma of Area X, a cryptic and potentially extraterrestrial zone. Beyond this series, his novels such as Borne, Hummingbird Salamander, and Dead Astronauts depict futures shaped by biotechnology, environmental collapse, and the rise of unusual new lifeforms. VanderMeer has also co-edited several notable anthologies, including The New Weird, The Weird, and The Big Book of Science Fiction, often working alongside his wife, Ann VanderMeer.