Gwyneth Jones (novelist)

Gwyneth Jones (born 14 February 1952) is an English science fiction and fantasy writer and critic, and a young adult/children's writer under the name Ann Halam.

Biography and writing career

Jones was born in Manchester, England. Education at a convent school was followed by an undergraduate degree in European history of ideas at the University of Sussex. She has written for younger readers since 1980 under the pseudonym Ann Halam and, under that name, has published more than twenty novels. In 1984 Divine Endurance, a science fiction novel for adults, was published under her own name. She continues to write using these two names for the respective audiences.

Jones' works are mostly science fiction and near future high fantasy with strong themes of gender and feminism. She is the winner of two World Fantasy Awards,^[1] BSFA short story award, Children of the Night Award from the Dracula Society, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Philip K. Dick Award and co-winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. She is generally well-reviewed critically and, as a feminist science fiction writer, is often compared to Ursula K. Le Guin, though the two authors are very much distinct in both content and style of work.

Gwyneth Jones lives in Brighton, England, with her husband and son.

Bibliography

Novels

Fiction collections

• Identifying the Object. Austin, TX: Swan Press, 1993 (paper). No ISBN
• Seven Tales and a Fable. Cambridge, MA: Edgewood Press, 1995 (paper). ISBN 0-9629066-5-4
• Grazing the Long Acre. Hornsea: PS Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-1-906301-56-9
• The Buonarotti Quartet. Seattle, WA: Aqueduct Press, 2009 (paper).
• The Universe of Things. Seattle, WA: Aqueduct Press, 2011 (trade paper). ISBN 978-1-933500-44-7

Short stories

• "Saving Tiamaat" (2007) in The New Space Opera (anthology)
• "The Ki-anna" (2010) in Engineering Infinity (anthology)^[14][15][16]
• "A Planet Called Desire" (2015) in Old Venus (anthology)^[17]

Non-fiction

• Deconstructing the Starships: Science, Fiction and Reality. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-85323-783-2
• Imagination / Space. Seattle, WA: Aqueduct Press, 2009 (paper).

As Ann Halam

• Ally, Ally, Aster. London: Allen & Unwin, 1981. ISBN 0-04-823192-4
• The Alder Tree. London: Allen & Unwin, 1981. ISBN 0-04-823205-X
• King Death's Garden. London: Orchard Books, 1986. ISBN 1-85213-003-2
• The Inland trilogy
  • The Daymaker. London: Orchard Books, 1987. ISBN 1-85213-019-9
  • Transformations. London: Orchard Books, 1988. ISBN 1-85213-119-5
  • The Skybreaker. London: Orchard Books, 1990. ISBN 1-85213-183-7
• Dinosaur Junction. London: Orchard Books, 1992. ISBN 1-85213-369-4
• The Haunting of Jessica Raven. London: Orion, 1994. ISBN 1-85881-050-7
• The Fear Man. London: Orion, 1995. ISBN 1-85881-158-9
• The Powerhouse. London: Orion, 1997. ISBN 1-85881-405-7
• Crying in the Dark. London: Dolphin, 1998 (paper). ISBN 1-85881-394-8
• The N.I.M.R.O.D. Conspiracy. London: Dolphin, 1999 (paper). ISBN 1-85881-677-7
• Don't Open Your Eyes. London: Dolphin, 1999 (paper). ISBN 1-85881-791-9
• The Shadow on the Stairs. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2000 (paper). ISBN 1-902260-57-0
• Dr. Franklin's Island. London: Orion/Dolphin, 2001. ISBN 1-85881-396-4
• Taylor Five. London: Dolphin, 2002 (paper). ISBN 1-85881-792-7
• Finders Keepers. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2004 (paper). ISBN 1-84299-203-1
• Siberia. London: Orion, 2005. ISBN 1-84255-129-9 (shortlist, Booktrust Teenage Prize)
• Snakehead. London: Orion, 2007. ISBN 1-84255-526-X

References

External links

• Gwyneth's personal blog since 2009
• Gwyneth Jones at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• 1997 interview at Spike Magazine
• Interview Independent Online