Karin Lowachee

Karin Lowachee is a Canadian author of science fiction.

Lowachee is the author of three novels, "Warchild" (2002), "Burndive" (2003), and "Cagebird" (2005). "Warchild" is noteworthy for its use of second-person point of view for the first several chapters of the novel. This book won the Warner Aspect First Novel Award [cite web | last = Speer | first = Cindy Lynn | authorlink = Cindy Lynn Speer | title = Review: Warchild | publisher = SF Site.com | date = 2002-08-15 | url = http://www.sfsite.com/08b/wc134.htm | accessdate = 2008-01-23] . "Cagebird" won the 2006 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards [cite web | title = Gaylactic Spectrum Awards | publisher = Spectrumawards.org | date = 2006-10 | url = http://www.spectrumawards.org/2006.htm | accessdate = 2008-01-23] and the Prix Aurora Award [cite web | last = Silver | first = Steven H | authorlink = Steven H Silver | title = Prix Aurora | work = The SF Site News | publisher = SF Site.com | date = 2006-07-16 | url = http://www.sfsite.com/columns/news0607.htm | accessdate = 2008-01-23] , and was a finalist for the 2002 Philip K. Dick Award. She is currently working on her next novel, The Gaslight Dogs, which is tentatively scheduled for release in Summer 2009.

Bibliography

Novels

* "Warchild" (2002)
* "Burndive" (2003)
* "Cagebird" (2005)

hort stories

* "The Forgotten Ones", "" (2004), edited by Uppinder Mehan & Nalo Hopkinson
* "This Ink Feels Like Sorrow", "Mythspring: From the Lyrics & Legends of Canada" (2006), edited by Genevieve Kierans & Julie E. Czerneda

Awards

* Warner Aspect First Novel Award, 2002
* Aurora Award, Best Novel in English, 2006
* Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, Best Novel, 2006

References

External links

* [http://www.karinlowachee.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.sfsite.com/08b/kl134.htm Interview at SF Site]
* [http://www.strangehorizons.com/2002/20020603/lowachee.shtml Interview with Samantha Ling]
* [http://coolingpearls.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/interview-with-karin-lowachee/ Interview]

ee also

*List of Canadian writers