Farah Mendlesohn
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Farah Mendlesohn is a Hugo Award-winning British academic and writer on science fiction. In 2005 she won the Hugo Award
for Best Related Book for The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, which she edited with Edward James
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Mendlesohn is Reader in Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature in the Media Department at Middlesex University
and writes on the history of American religions and American science fiction. She received her D.Phil. in History from the University of York in 1997.
Her book Rhetorics of Fantasy won the BSFA award
for best non-fiction book in 2009; the book was also nominated for both Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.
In 2010 she was twice nominated for Hugo Awards in the Best Related Books category.
She was the editor of Foundation - The International Review of Science Fiction
from 2002 to 2007. She formerly was Reviews Editor of Quaker Studies.
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...
for Best Related Book for The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, which she edited with Edward James
Edward James (historian)
Edward James is Professor of Medieval History at University College, Dublin. He received a BA 1968; DPhil in 1975. He was a Lecturer, then College Lecturer, at the Department of Medieval History, University College Dublin from 1970-1978...
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Mendlesohn is Reader in Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature in the Media Department at Middlesex University
Middlesex University
Middlesex University is a university in north London, England. It is located in the historic county boundaries of Middlesex from which it takes its name. It is one of the post-1992 universities and is a member of Million+ working group...
and writes on the history of American religions and American science fiction. She received her D.Phil. in History from the University of York in 1997.
Her book Rhetorics of Fantasy won the BSFA award
BSFA Awards
The 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...
for best non-fiction book in 2009; the book was also nominated for both Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.
In 2010 she was twice nominated for Hugo Awards in the Best Related Books category.
She was the editor of Foundation - The International Review of Science Fiction
Foundation - The International Review of Science Fiction
Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction is a critical peer-reviewed literary journal founded in 1972 that publishes articles and reviews about science fiction. It is published triannually by the Science Fiction Foundation and the editor in chief is Graham Sleight.-See...
from 2002 to 2007. She formerly was Reviews Editor of Quaker Studies.