Connie Willis
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Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born 31 December 1945) is an American science fiction
writer. She has won eleven Hugo Award
s and seven Nebula Award
s. Willis most recently won a Hugo Award for Blackout/All Clear
(August 2011). She was inducted to the Science Fiction Museum and Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2009.
Willis's first published story, "The Secret of Santa Titicaca," appeared in Worlds of Fantasy in 1971. After receiving an NEA
grant in 1982, she left her teaching job and became a full-time writer.
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
, the short story "Fire Watch" (found in the short story collection
of the same name), and the two-volume novel Blackout/All Clear
. All but one of the Oxford University Time Travel tales have won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award.
style of writing. Her protagonists are typically beset by single-minded people pursuing illogical agendas, such as attempting to organize a bell-ringing session in the middle of a deadly epidemic (Doomsday Book
), or frustrating efforts to analyze near-death experiences by putting words in the mouths of interviewees (Passage).
Other themes and stylistic devices include:
Willis is acclaimed as a science-fiction writer, with much of her writing exploring the social sciences. She often weaves technology into her stories in order to prompt readers to question what impact it has on the world. For instance, Lincoln's Dreams
plumbs not just the psychology of dreams, but also their role as indicators of disease. The story portrays a young man's unrequited love for a young woman who might or might not be experiencing reincarnation or precognition, and whose outlook verges on suicidal. Similarly Bellwether
is almost exclusively concerned with human psychology.
Among other themes, Uncharted Territory contemplates the extent to which technology shapes expectations of gender; "technology" here ranges from a land rover and binoculars to Built's online "tchopping" and the pop-up holograms—even socioexozoology. Remake
embraces old movies and the computer graphics revolution, as well as intellectual property, digital copyright issues, and the question of public domain.
Other Willis stories explore the so-called "hard" sciences, following in the classic science fiction tradition. "The Sidon in the Mirror" harks back to the interplanetary and interstellar romanticism of the 1930s and 1940s. "Samaritan" is another take on the theme of Heinlein's
"Jerry Was a Man
", while "Blued Moon" is similarly reminiscent of Heinlein's "The Year of the Jackpot
".
. She lives in Greeley, Colorado
with her husband Courtney Willis, a professor of physics at the University of Northern Colorado
. They have one daughter, Cordelia.
Hugo Award
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Nebula Award
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Locus Award
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Arthur C. Clarke Award
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World Fantasy Award
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John W. Campbell Memorial Award
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British Science Fiction Association Award
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Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
writer. She has won eleven Hugo Award
Hugo Award
The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...
s and seven Nebula Award
Nebula Award
The Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
s. Willis most recently won a Hugo Award for Blackout/All Clear
Blackout/All Clear
Blackout and All Clear are the two volumes that comprise a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. Blackout was published February 2, 2010 by Spectra. The second part, the conclusion All Clear, was released as a separate book on October 19, 2010...
(August 2011). She was inducted to the Science Fiction Museum and Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2009.
Willis's first published story, "The Secret of Santa Titicaca," appeared in Worlds of Fantasy in 1971. After receiving an NEA
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
grant in 1982, she left her teaching job and became a full-time writer.
Willis is known for her accessible prose and likable characters. She has written several pieces involving time travel
Time travel
Time travel is the concept of moving between different points in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space. Time travel could hypothetically involve moving backward in time to a moment earlier than the starting point, or forward to the future of that point without the...
by history students and faculty of the future University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
. These pieces include her Hugo Award-winning novels Doomsday Book
Doomsday Book (novel)
Doomsday Book is a 1992 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was shortlisted for other awards...
and To Say Nothing of the Dog
To Say Nothing of the Dog
To Say Nothing of the Dog: How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last is a 1997 comic science fiction novel by Connie Willis. It takes place in the same universe of time-traveling historians she explored in her story Fire Watch and novel Doomsday Book.To Say Nothing of the Dog won both the Hugo...
, the short story "Fire Watch" (found in the short story collection
Fire Watch (book)
Fire Watch is a 1984 book of short stories by Connie Willis that touches on time travel, nuclear war, the end of the world, and cornball humour....
of the same name), and the two-volume novel Blackout/All Clear
Blackout/All Clear
Blackout and All Clear are the two volumes that comprise a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. Blackout was published February 2, 2010 by Spectra. The second part, the conclusion All Clear, was released as a separate book on October 19, 2010...
. All but one of the Oxford University Time Travel tales have won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award.
Writing style
Willis tends to the comedy of mannersComedy of manners
The comedy of manners is a genre of play/television/film which satirizes the manners and affectations of a social class, often represented by stock characters, such as the miles gloriosus in ancient times, the fop and the rake during the Restoration, or an old person pretending to be young...
style of writing. Her protagonists are typically beset by single-minded people pursuing illogical agendas, such as attempting to organize a bell-ringing session in the middle of a deadly epidemic (Doomsday Book
Doomsday Book (novel)
Doomsday Book is a 1992 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was shortlisted for other awards...
), or frustrating efforts to analyze near-death experiences by putting words in the mouths of interviewees (Passage).
Other themes and stylistic devices include:
- a scientist as protagonist (the main theme of BellwetherBellwether (novel)Bellwether, a 1996 novel by Connie Willis, is a book that can fall into many genres, such as comedy, fairy tale, romance, and science fiction. The novel is broadly based on the unsettling concepts of human culture. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1997.- Plot introduction...
, but also present in Uncharted Territory, Passage, and—to a lesser degree—the Fire Watch universe stories) - an aversion to rampant political correctnessPolitical correctnessPolitical correctness is a term which denotes language, ideas, policies, and behavior seen as seeking to minimize social and institutional offense in occupational, gender, racial, cultural, sexual orientation, certain other religions, beliefs or ideologies, disability, and age-related contexts,...
(notably the over-appreciation of indigenous cultures in Uncharted Territory, anti-smoking stances in BellwetherBellwether (novel)Bellwether, a 1996 novel by Connie Willis, is a book that can fall into many genres, such as comedy, fairy tale, romance, and science fiction. The novel is broadly based on the unsettling concepts of human culture. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1997.- Plot introduction...
, censorship of "addictive substances" in RemakeRemake (novel)Remake is a 1995 science fiction novel by Connie Willis. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1996.The book displays a dystopic near future, when computer animation and sampling have reduced the movie industry to software manipulation....
and censorship of an English class in the short story "Ado") - the inclusion of meticulously researched, detailed trivia related tangentially or symbolically to the narrative (fads in BellwetherBellwether (novel)Bellwether, a 1996 novel by Connie Willis, is a book that can fall into many genres, such as comedy, fairy tale, romance, and science fiction. The novel is broadly based on the unsettling concepts of human culture. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1997.- Plot introduction...
, mating customs in Uncharted Territory, old movies in RemakeRemake (novel)Remake is a 1995 science fiction novel by Connie Willis. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1996.The book displays a dystopic near future, when computer animation and sampling have reduced the movie industry to software manipulation....
, the Titanic disaster in Passage, famous pairs of ill-fated lovers in To Say Nothing of the Dog) - the constant presence of trying 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.
- "Romantic 'screwball' comedy in the manner of 1940s Hollywood movies, updated"
Willis is acclaimed as a science-fiction writer, with much of her writing exploring the social sciences. She often weaves technology into her stories in order to prompt readers to question what impact it has on the world. For instance, Lincoln's Dreams
Lincoln's Dreams
Lincoln's Dreams is about a historical researcher studying the U.S. Civil War who meets a young woman who seems to be dreaming General Lee's dreams. Connie Willis brings to her writing a sense of realism and apparently detailed research into historical aspects of her fiction...
plumbs not just the psychology of dreams, but also their role as indicators of disease. The story portrays a young man's unrequited love for a young woman who might or might not be experiencing reincarnation or precognition, and whose outlook verges on suicidal. Similarly Bellwether
Bellwether (novel)
Bellwether, a 1996 novel by Connie Willis, is a book that can fall into many genres, such as comedy, fairy tale, romance, and science fiction. The novel is broadly based on the unsettling concepts of human culture. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1997.- Plot introduction...
is almost exclusively concerned with human psychology.
Among other themes, Uncharted Territory contemplates the extent to which technology shapes expectations of gender; "technology" here ranges from a land rover and binoculars to Built's online "tchopping" and the pop-up holograms—even socioexozoology. Remake
Remake (novel)
Remake is a 1995 science fiction novel by Connie Willis. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1996.The book displays a dystopic near future, when computer animation and sampling have reduced the movie industry to software manipulation....
embraces old movies and the computer graphics revolution, as well as intellectual property, digital copyright issues, and the question of public domain.
Other Willis stories explore the so-called "hard" sciences, following in the classic science fiction tradition. "The Sidon in the Mirror" harks back to the interplanetary and interstellar romanticism of the 1930s and 1940s. "Samaritan" is another take on the theme of Heinlein's
Robert A. Heinlein
Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre. He set a standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of...
"Jerry Was a Man
Jerry Was a Man
Jerry Was a Man is a short story by Robert A. Heinlein. It is about an attempt by a genetically modified chimpanzee to achieve human rights...
", while "Blued Moon" is similarly reminiscent of Heinlein's "The Year of the Jackpot
The Year of the Jackpot
The Year of the Jackpot is a science fiction short story by Robert A. Heinlein, first published 1952, and collected in one of Heinlein's anthologies, The Menace from Earth....
".
Personal life
Willis is a 1967 graduate of Colorado State College, now the University of Northern ColoradoUniversity of Northern Colorado
-Organization:The University of Northern Colorado offers 100 undergraduate programs and more than 100 graduate programs. The university has a satellite campus in Denver, Colorado...
. She lives in Greeley, Colorado
Greeley, Colorado
The City of Greeley is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Weld County, Colorado, United States. Greeley is located in the region known as Northern Colorado. Greeley is situated north-northeast of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. According to the...
with her husband Courtney Willis, a professor of physics at the University of Northern Colorado
University of Northern Colorado
-Organization:The University of Northern Colorado offers 100 undergraduate programs and more than 100 graduate programs. The university has a satellite campus in Denver, Colorado...
. They have one daughter, Cordelia.
Hugo AwardHugo AwardThe Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...
s
Wins
- Fire WatchFire Watch (story)"Fire Watch" is a science-fiction story written in 1982 by Connie Willis. The story involves a time-travelling historian who goes back to the Blitz in London, to participate in the fire watch at St. Paul's Cathedral....
: novelette : 1983 - The Last of the WinnebagosThe Last of the Winnebagos"The Last of the Winnebagos" is a short story written by Connie Willis. It was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1988 and reprinted in the short story collection Impossible Things in 1994.-Awards:...
: novella : 1989 - Doomsday BookDoomsday Book (novel)Doomsday Book is a 1992 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was shortlisted for other awards...
: novel : 1993 - Even the QueenEven the Queen"Even the Queen" is a short story by Connie Willis. A humor story involving the future of gynecological science, it won the 1993 Hugo Award for Best Short Story...
: short story : 1993 - Death on the Nile : short story : 1994
- The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson's Poems: A Wellsian Perspective : short story : 1997
- To Say Nothing of the DogTo Say Nothing of the DogTo Say Nothing of the Dog: How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last is a 1997 comic science fiction novel by Connie Willis. It takes place in the same universe of time-traveling historians she explored in her story Fire Watch and novel Doomsday Book.To Say Nothing of the Dog won both the Hugo...
: novel : 1999 - The Winds of Marble Arch : novella : 2000
- Inside Job : novella : 2006
- All Seated on the GroundAll Seated on the Ground"All Seated on the Ground" is a science fiction novella by Connie Willis, originally published in the December 2007 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction and as a standalone volume from Subterranean Press...
: novella : 2008 - Blackout/All Clear Blackout/All ClearBlackout and All Clear are the two volumes that comprise a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. Blackout was published February 2, 2010 by Spectra. The second part, the conclusion All Clear, was released as a separate book on October 19, 2010...
: novel (published in two parts): 2011
Additional Nominations
- Daisy, In the Sun : short story : 1980
- The Sidon in the Mirror : novelette : 1984
- Blued Moon : novelette : 1985
- Spice Pogrom : novella : 1987
- At the Rialto : novelette : 1990
- Time-Out : novella : 1990
- Cibola : short story : 1991
- In the Late Cretaceous : short story : 1992
- Jack : novella : 1992
- Miracle : novelette : 1992
- RemakeRemake (novel)Remake is a 1995 science fiction novel by Connie Willis. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1996.The book displays a dystopic near future, when computer animation and sampling have reduced the movie industry to software manipulation....
: novel : 1996 - Passage : novel : 2002
- Just Like the Ones We Used to Know : novella : 2004
Nebula AwardNebula AwardThe Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
s
Wins
- Fire WatchFire Watch (story)"Fire Watch" is a science-fiction story written in 1982 by Connie Willis. The story involves a time-travelling historian who goes back to the Blitz in London, to participate in the fire watch at St. Paul's Cathedral....
: novelette : 1983 - A Letter from the ClearysA Letter from the Clearys"A Letter from the Clearys" is a short story written by Connie Willis published in the short story collection Fire Watch. In 1983 it won the Nebula Award for best science fiction published in the two years prior to 1983.-Setting:...
: short story : 1983 - The Last of the WinnebagosThe Last of the Winnebagos"The Last of the Winnebagos" is a short story written by Connie Willis. It was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1988 and reprinted in the short story collection Impossible Things in 1994.-Awards:...
: novella : 1988 - At the Rialto : novelette : 1990
- Doomsday BookDoomsday Book (novel)Doomsday Book is a 1992 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was shortlisted for other awards...
: novel : 1993 - Even the QueenEven the Queen"Even the Queen" is a short story by Connie Willis. A humor story involving the future of gynecological science, it won the 1993 Hugo Award for Best Short Story...
: short story : 1993 - BlackoutBlackout (novel)Blackout and All Clear are the two volumes that comprise a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. Blackout was published February 2, 2010 by Spectra. The second part, the conclusion All Clear, was released as a separate book on October 19, 2010...
/All Clear : novel : 2010
Additional Nominations
- The Sidon in the Mirror : novelette : 1984
- Schwarzschild Radius : novelette : 1988
- Jack : novella : 1992
- Death on the Nile : novelette : 1994
- BellwetherBellwether (novel)Bellwether, a 1996 novel by Connie Willis, is a book that can fall into many genres, such as comedy, fairy tale, romance, and science fiction. The novel is broadly based on the unsettling concepts of human culture. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1997.- Plot introduction...
: novel : 1998 - To Say Nothing of the DogTo Say Nothing of the DogTo Say Nothing of the Dog: How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last is a 1997 comic science fiction novel by Connie Willis. It takes place in the same universe of time-traveling historians she explored in her story Fire Watch and novel Doomsday Book.To Say Nothing of the Dog won both the Hugo...
: novel : 1999 - Passage : novel : 2002
- Just Like the Ones We Used to Know : novella : 2005
Locus AwardLocus AwardThe Locus Award is a literary award established in 1971 and presented to winners of Locus magazine's annual readers' poll. Currently, the Locus Awards are presented at an annual banquet...
s
Wins
- Doomsday BookDoomsday Book (novel)Doomsday Book is a 1992 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was shortlisted for other awards...
: SF novel: 1993 - To Say Nothing of the DogTo Say Nothing of the DogTo Say Nothing of the Dog: How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last is a 1997 comic science fiction novel by Connie Willis. It takes place in the same universe of time-traveling historians she explored in her story Fire Watch and novel Doomsday Book.To Say Nothing of the Dog won both the Hugo...
: SF Novel: 1999 - Passage: SF novel: 2001
- BlackoutBlackout (novel)Blackout and All Clear are the two volumes that comprise a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. Blackout was published February 2, 2010 by Spectra. The second part, the conclusion All Clear, was released as a separate book on October 19, 2010...
/All Clear : novel (published in two volumes): 2010
Additional Nomination
- Lincoln's Dreams: Fantasy Novel: 1988
Arthur C. Clarke AwardArthur C. Clarke AwardThe Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year. The award was established with a grant from Arthur C. Clarke and the first prize was awarded in 1987...
s
Nominations
- Doomsday BookDoomsday Book (novel)Doomsday Book is a 1992 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was shortlisted for other awards...
: SF novel: 1993 - Passage: SF novel: 2001
World Fantasy AwardWorld Fantasy AwardThe World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy...
s
Nominations
- Chance : novella : 1987
- The Winds of Marble Arch : novella : 2000
John W. Campbell Memorial AwardJohn W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction NovelThe John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for best science fiction novel was created in 1973 by writers and critics Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss to honor Campbell's name...
Win
- Lincoln's Dreams: 1988
British Science Fiction Association AwardBSFA awardThe BSFA Awards are literary awards presented annually since 1970 by the British Science Fiction Association to honor works in the genre of science fiction. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote of BSFA members...
Nomination
- Doomsday BookDoomsday Book (novel)Doomsday Book is a 1992 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was shortlisted for other awards...
: SF novel: 1993
Novels and published-separately novellas
- Water WitchWater Witch (Novel)Water Witch is a science fiction novel by Hugo and Nebula award winning author Connie Willis and Cynthia Felice first published in 1982.- Plot introduction :...
(1982) (with Cynthia FeliceCynthia FeliceCynthia Felice is an American science fiction writer. She published her first novel, Godsfire, as well as her first short story, David and Lindy, in 1978. She has co-authored three novels with Connie Willis...
) - Lincoln's DreamsLincoln's DreamsLincoln's Dreams is about a historical researcher studying the U.S. Civil War who meets a young woman who seems to be dreaming General Lee's dreams. Connie Willis brings to her writing a sense of realism and apparently detailed research into historical aspects of her fiction...
(1987) – John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner, Locus Fantasy AwardLocus Award for Best Fantasy NovelLocus Award for Best Fantasy Novel is one of the awards given by Locus Magazine.-External links:* * *...
nominee, 1988 - Light Raid (1989) (with Cynthia Felice)
- Doomsday BookDoomsday Book (novel)Doomsday Book is a 1992 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was shortlisted for other awards...
(1992) – Nebula Award winner, BSFA Award nominee, 1992; HugoHugo AwardThe Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...
and Locus SFLocus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelWinners of the Locus Award for Best SF Novel, awarded by the Locus magazine. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year....
Awards winner, Clarke Award nominee, 1993 - RemakeRemake (novel)Remake is a 1995 science fiction novel by Connie Willis. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1996.The book displays a dystopic near future, when computer animation and sampling have reduced the movie industry to software manipulation....
(1994) – Hugo AwardHugo AwardThe Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...
nominee, 1996 - Uncharted Territory (1994)
- BellwetherBellwether (novel)Bellwether, a 1996 novel by Connie Willis, is a book that can fall into many genres, such as comedy, fairy tale, romance, and science fiction. The novel is broadly based on the unsettling concepts of human culture. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1997.- Plot introduction...
(1996) – Nebula AwardNebula AwardThe Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
nominee, 1997 - Promised Land (novel) (1997) (with Cynthia Felice)
- To Say Nothing of the DogTo Say Nothing of the DogTo Say Nothing of the Dog: How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last is a 1997 comic science fiction novel by Connie Willis. It takes place in the same universe of time-traveling historians she explored in her story Fire Watch and novel Doomsday Book.To Say Nothing of the Dog won both the Hugo...
(1998) – HugoHugo AwardThe Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...
and Locus SFLocus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelWinners of the Locus Award for Best SF Novel, awarded by the Locus magazine. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year....
Awards winner, 1999; Nebula AwardNebula AwardThe Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
nominee, 1998 - Passage (2001) – Locus SF AwardLocus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelWinners of the Locus Award for Best SF Novel, awarded by the Locus magazine. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year....
winner, HugoHugo AwardThe Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...
and ClarkeArthur C. Clarke AwardThe Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year. The award was established with a grant from Arthur C. Clarke and the first prize was awarded in 1987...
Awards nominee, 2002; Nebula AwardNebula AwardThe Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
nominee, 2001 - Inside Job (2005)
- D.A. (2007)
- "All Seated on the GroundAll Seated on the Ground"All Seated on the Ground" is a science fiction novella by Connie Willis, originally published in the December 2007 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction and as a standalone volume from Subterranean Press...
" (2007) - BlackoutBlackout (novel)Blackout and All Clear are the two volumes that comprise a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. Blackout was published February 2, 2010 by Spectra. The second part, the conclusion All Clear, was released as a separate book on October 19, 2010...
(2010) - All Clear (2010)
Short story collections
- Fire WatchFire Watch (book)Fire Watch is a 1984 book of short stories by Connie Willis that touches on time travel, nuclear war, the end of the world, and cornball humour....
(1984), whose title storyFire Watch (story)"Fire Watch" is a science-fiction story written in 1982 by Connie Willis. The story involves a time-travelling historian who goes back to the Blitz in London, to participate in the fire watch at St. Paul's Cathedral....
won the 1982 HugoHugo AwardThe Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...
and Nebula AwardNebula AwardThe Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
s - Impossible ThingsImpossible ThingsImpossible Things is a 1993 collection of short stories by Connie Willis including tales of ecological disaster, humorous satire, tragedy, and satirical alternate realities. Its genres range from comedy to tragedy to horror...
(1993),Three of the stories are Nebula Award winners, and two of these also won Hugo Awards. - Futures Imperfect (1996) (omnibus edition of Uncharted Territory, RemakeRemake (novel)Remake is a 1995 science fiction novel by Connie Willis. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1996.The book displays a dystopic near future, when computer animation and sampling have reduced the movie industry to software manipulation....
and BellwetherBellwether (novel)Bellwether, a 1996 novel by Connie Willis, is a book that can fall into many genres, such as comedy, fairy tale, romance, and science fiction. The novel is broadly based on the unsettling concepts of human culture. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1997.- Plot introduction...
.) - Even the Queen: And Other Short Stories (1998) – Sound recording of five stories read by Connie Willis including "Even the Queen", "Death on the Nile", and "At the Rialto".
- Miracle and Other Christmas StoriesMiracle and Other Christmas StoriesIn Miracle and Other Christmas Stories, author Connie Willis provides a variety of feelings and experiences. These stories are not as varied in emotional tone as her other collections, because they are in keeping with the spirit and theme of Christmas:...
(1999) - The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life...
(2007)
Short stories
- "Samaritan" (1978) – Collected in Fire WatchFire Watch (book)Fire Watch is a 1984 book of short stories by Connie Willis that touches on time travel, nuclear war, the end of the world, and cornball humour....
and The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life... - "Capra Corn" (1978) – Collected in the "Limited/Lettered Editions" of The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life...
- "Daisy, in the Sun" (1979) – Collected in Fire WatchFire Watch (book)Fire Watch is a 1984 book of short stories by Connie Willis that touches on time travel, nuclear war, the end of the world, and cornball humour....
- "And Come from Miles Around" (1979) – Collected in Fire WatchFire Watch (book)Fire Watch is a 1984 book of short stories by Connie Willis that touches on time travel, nuclear war, the end of the world, and cornball humour....
- "The Child Who Cries for the Moon" (1981) – Collected in A Spadeful of Spacetime
- "Distress Call" (1981) – Published separately by Roadkill Press and collected in two anthologies
- "A Letter from the ClearysA Letter from the Clearys"A Letter from the Clearys" is a short story written by Connie Willis published in the short story collection Fire Watch. In 1983 it won the Nebula Award for best science fiction published in the two years prior to 1983.-Setting:...
" (1982) – Collected in Fire WatchFire Watch (book)Fire Watch is a 1984 book of short stories by Connie Willis that touches on time travel, nuclear war, the end of the world, and cornball humour....
and The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life... - "Fire WatchFire Watch (story)"Fire Watch" is a science-fiction story written in 1982 by Connie Willis. The story involves a time-travelling historian who goes back to the Blitz in London, to participate in the fire watch at St. Paul's Cathedral....
" (1982) – Collected in Fire WatchFire Watch (book)Fire Watch is a 1984 book of short stories by Connie Willis that touches on time travel, nuclear war, the end of the world, and cornball humour....
and The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life... - "Service For the Burial of the Dead" (1982) – Collected in Fire WatchFire Watch (book)Fire Watch is a 1984 book of short stories by Connie Willis that touches on time travel, nuclear war, the end of the world, and cornball humour....
and The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life... - "Lost and Found" (1982) – Collected in Fire WatchFire Watch (book)Fire Watch is a 1984 book of short stories by Connie Willis that touches on time travel, nuclear war, the end of the world, and cornball humour....
- "The Father of the Bride" (1982) – Collected in Fire WatchFire Watch (book)Fire Watch is a 1984 book of short stories by Connie Willis that touches on time travel, nuclear war, the end of the world, and cornball humour....
- "Mail Order Clone" (1982) – Collected in Fire WatchFire Watch (book)Fire Watch is a 1984 book of short stories by Connie Willis that touches on time travel, nuclear war, the end of the world, and cornball humour....
- "And Also Much Cattle" (1982)
- "The Sidon in the Mirror" (1983) – Collected in Fire WatchFire Watch (book)Fire Watch is a 1984 book of short stories by Connie Willis that touches on time travel, nuclear war, the end of the world, and cornball humour....
- "A Little Moonshine" (1983)
- "Blued Moon" (1984) – Collected in Fire WatchFire Watch (book)Fire Watch is a 1984 book of short stories by Connie Willis that touches on time travel, nuclear war, the end of the world, and cornball humour....
and The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life... - "Cash Crop" (1984) – Collected in The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life...
- "Substitution Trick" (1985) – Collected in the "Limited/Lettered Editions" of The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life...
- "The Curse of Kings" (1985) – Collected in The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life...
- "All My Darling Daughters" (1985) – Collected in Fire WatchFire Watch (book)Fire Watch is a 1984 book of short stories by Connie Willis that touches on time travel, nuclear war, the end of the world, and cornball humour....
and The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life... - "And Who Would Pity a Swan?" (1985)
- "With Friends Like These" (1985)
- "Chance" (1986) – Collected in Impossible ThingsImpossible ThingsImpossible Things is a 1993 collection of short stories by Connie Willis including tales of ecological disaster, humorous satire, tragedy, and satirical alternate realities. Its genres range from comedy to tragedy to horror...
, The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life...
, and Gardner Dozois' Modern Classics of Science Fiction - "Spice Pogrom" (1986) – Collected in Impossible ThingsImpossible ThingsImpossible Things is a 1993 collection of short stories by Connie Willis including tales of ecological disaster, humorous satire, tragedy, and satirical alternate realities. Its genres range from comedy to tragedy to horror...
- "The Pony" (1986) – Collected in Miracle and Other Christmas StoriesMiracle and Other Christmas StoriesIn Miracle and Other Christmas Stories, author Connie Willis provides a variety of feelings and experiences. These stories are not as varied in emotional tone as her other collections, because they are in keeping with the spirit and theme of Christmas:...
- "Winter's Tale" (1987) – Collected in Impossible ThingsImpossible ThingsImpossible Things is a 1993 collection of short stories by Connie Willis including tales of ecological disaster, humorous satire, tragedy, and satirical alternate realities. Its genres range from comedy to tragedy to horror...
- "Schwarzchild Radius" (1987) – Collected in Impossible ThingsImpossible ThingsImpossible Things is a 1993 collection of short stories by Connie Willis including tales of ecological disaster, humorous satire, tragedy, and satirical alternate realities. Its genres range from comedy to tragedy to horror...
- "Circus Story" (1987)
- "Lord of Hosts" (1987)
- "Ado" (1988) – Collected in Impossible ThingsImpossible ThingsImpossible Things is a 1993 collection of short stories by Connie Willis including tales of ecological disaster, humorous satire, tragedy, and satirical alternate realities. Its genres range from comedy to tragedy to horror...
and The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life... - "The Last of the WinnebagosThe Last of the Winnebagos"The Last of the Winnebagos" is a short story written by Connie Willis. It was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1988 and reprinted in the short story collection Impossible Things in 1994.-Awards:...
" (1988) – Collected in Impossible ThingsImpossible ThingsImpossible Things is a 1993 collection of short stories by Connie Willis including tales of ecological disaster, humorous satire, tragedy, and satirical alternate realities. Its genres range from comedy to tragedy to horror...
and The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life... - "Dilemma" (1989)
- "Time Out" (1989) – Collected in Impossible ThingsImpossible ThingsImpossible Things is a 1993 collection of short stories by Connie Willis including tales of ecological disaster, humorous satire, tragedy, and satirical alternate realities. Its genres range from comedy to tragedy to horror...
- "At the Rialto" (1989) – Collected in Impossible ThingsImpossible ThingsImpossible Things is a 1993 collection of short stories by Connie Willis including tales of ecological disaster, humorous satire, tragedy, and satirical alternate realities. Its genres range from comedy to tragedy to horror...
, The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life...
and "Even the Queen: And Other Short Stories" (1998) recoding - "Cibola" (1990)
- "Miracle" (1991) – Collected in Miracle and Other Christmas StoriesMiracle and Other Christmas StoriesIn Miracle and Other Christmas Stories, author Connie Willis provides a variety of feelings and experiences. These stories are not as varied in emotional tone as her other collections, because they are in keeping with the spirit and theme of Christmas:...
- "Jack" (1991) – Collected in Impossible ThingsImpossible ThingsImpossible Things is a 1993 collection of short stories by Connie Willis including tales of ecological disaster, humorous satire, tragedy, and satirical alternate realities. Its genres range from comedy to tragedy to horror...
and The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life... - "In the Late Cretaceous" (1991) – Collected in Impossible ThingsImpossible ThingsImpossible Things is a 1993 collection of short stories by Connie Willis including tales of ecological disaster, humorous satire, tragedy, and satirical alternate realities. Its genres range from comedy to tragedy to horror...
and The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life... - "Much Ado About [Censored]" (1991)
- "Even the QueenEven the Queen"Even the Queen" is a short story by Connie Willis. A humor story involving the future of gynecological science, it won the 1993 Hugo Award for Best Short Story...
" (1992) – Collected in Impossible ThingsImpossible ThingsImpossible Things is a 1993 collection of short stories by Connie Willis including tales of ecological disaster, humorous satire, tragedy, and satirical alternate realities. Its genres range from comedy to tragedy to horror...
, The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life...
and "Even the Queen: And Other Short Stories" (1998) recoding - "Inn" (1993) – Collected in Miracle and Other Christmas StoriesMiracle and Other Christmas StoriesIn Miracle and Other Christmas Stories, author Connie Willis provides a variety of feelings and experiences. These stories are not as varied in emotional tone as her other collections, because they are in keeping with the spirit and theme of Christmas:...
and The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life... - "Close Encounter" (1993)
- "Death on the Nile" (1993) – Collected in "Even the Queen: And Other Short Stories" (1998) recoding
- "A New Theory Explaining the Unpredictability of Forecasting the Weather" (1993)
- "Why the World Didn't End Last Tuesday" (1994)
- "Adaptation" (1994) – Collected in Miracle and Other Christmas StoriesMiracle and Other Christmas StoriesIn Miracle and Other Christmas Stories, author Connie Willis provides a variety of feelings and experiences. These stories are not as varied in emotional tone as her other collections, because they are in keeping with the spirit and theme of Christmas:...
- "The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson's Poems: A Wellsian Perspective" (1996) – Collected in The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life...
- "In Coppelius's Toyshop" (1996) – Collected in Miracle and Other Christmas StoriesMiracle and Other Christmas StoriesIn Miracle and Other Christmas Stories, author Connie Willis provides a variety of feelings and experiences. These stories are not as varied in emotional tone as her other collections, because they are in keeping with the spirit and theme of Christmas:...
- "Nonstop to Portales" (1996) – Collected in The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life...
- "Newsletter" (1997) – Collected in Miracle and Other Christmas StoriesMiracle and Other Christmas StoriesIn Miracle and Other Christmas Stories, author Connie Willis provides a variety of feelings and experiences. These stories are not as varied in emotional tone as her other collections, because they are in keeping with the spirit and theme of Christmas:...
and The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life... - "Epiphany" (1999) – Collected in Miracle and Other Christmas StoriesMiracle and Other Christmas StoriesIn Miracle and Other Christmas Stories, author Connie Willis provides a variety of feelings and experiences. These stories are not as varied in emotional tone as her other collections, because they are in keeping with the spirit and theme of Christmas:...
and The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life... - "deck.halls@boughs/holly" (2001)
- "Just Like the Ones We Used to Know" (2003) – Collected in The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life...
- "New Hat" (2008)
- "The Winds of Marble Arch" – Collected in The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life...
- Cat's paw – Collected in Miracle and Other Christmas StoriesMiracle and Other Christmas StoriesIn Miracle and Other Christmas Stories, author Connie Willis provides a variety of feelings and experiences. These stories are not as varied in emotional tone as her other collections, because they are in keeping with the spirit and theme of Christmas:...
Essays
- On Ghost Stories (1991)
- Foreword (1998)
- Introduction (1999)
- The Nebula Award for Best Novel (1999)
- The 1997 Author Emeritus: Nelson Bond (1999)
- The Grand Master Award: Poul Anderson (1999)
- A Few Last Words to Put It All in Perspective (1999)
- Bibliography, including a list of all of her SF short stories and "confessions" stories, collected in the "Limited/Lettered Editions" of The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumThe Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis CompendiumIn The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium, author Connie Willis put this Tentative Table of Contents: "In Which May be Found Personal Correspondence, Travel Guides, References to Royalty, Weather Reports, Parking Fines, and Other Violations, including Matters of Life...
- A Final Word; Twelve Terrific Things to Read... (Christmas stories); And Twelve to Watch (Christmas movies); all collected in Miracle and Other Christmas StoriesMiracle and Other Christmas StoriesIn Miracle and Other Christmas Stories, author Connie Willis provides a variety of feelings and experiences. These stories are not as varied in emotional tone as her other collections, because they are in keeping with the spirit and theme of Christmas:...
External links
- Connie Willis Special Collection at the University of Northern Colorado
- Connie Willis official blog
- Speech at 2004 National Book FestivalNational Book FestivalThe National Book Festival is an American event organized by the Library of Congress annually in Washington, D.C. Held in early autumn, the festival attracts tens of thousands of people each year . Over fifty nationally published authors, illustrators, and poets are invited for lectures,...
- Interview from 2000 by ActuSF (in French)