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Barbadian writer of speculative fiction (born 1968)
Karen Lord (born 22 May 1968) is a Barbadian writer of speculative fiction . Her first novel, Redemption in Indigo (2010), retells the story "Ansige Karamba the Glutton" from Senegalese folklore and her second novel, The Best of All Possible Worlds (2013), is an example of social science fiction . Lord also writes on the sociology of religion .[1]
Biography [ edit ]
Karen Lord was born in Barbados.[2] Queen's College in Bridgetown , and earned a science degree from the University of Toronto and a PhD in the sociology of religion from Bangor University [3] [4] University of Wales ).
Redemption in Indigo was originally published in 2010 by Small Beer Press , and republished in 2012 by Quercus under its Jo Fletcher Books imprint for SF, fantasy, and horror titles.[5] The New York Times [6] Caribbean Review of Books [7] Booklist as "one of those literary works of which it can be said that not a word should be changed".[8]
The Best of All Possible Worlds was published by Jo Fletcher Books/Quercus and Del Rey Books /Random House in 2013. One reviewer called it "a thoughtful and emotional novel ... one of the most enjoyable books I've recently read",[9] Nalo Hopkinson wrote in the Los Angeles Review of Books The Best of All Possible Worlds put me in mind of Junot Díaz ’s brilliant novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao The Best of All Possible Worlds is a beautiful shape-shifter."[10]
The Galaxy Game , which was released on 6 January 2015 from Del Rey Books/Random House,[11] [12] Publishers Weekly [13] The Guardian [14]
The Blue, Beautiful World was published in August 2023 by Del Rey in the US and Gollancz in the UK.[15] The Guardian as a "complex, engaging novel [...] with a warmth and intelligence reminiscent of Ursula K Le Guin ."[16] The Big Issue [17]
Short stories [ edit ]
Lord's short story "Hiraeth: A Tragedy in Four Acts" was published in the anthology Reach for Infinity Jonathan Strahan (2014),[18] Margaret Busby 's 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa [19] [20]
Redemption in Indigo won the 2008 Frank Collymore Literary Endowment Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript,[21] Carl Brandon Society Parallax Award ,[22] Crawford Award ,[23] Mythopoeic Award ,[24] Kitschies Golden Tentacle Award for the Best Debut Novel.[25]
Redemption in Indigo was also nominated for the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel [26] John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer ,[27] OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature .[28]
The Blue, Beautiful World was longlisted for the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction .[29]
Bibliography [ edit ]
Reprints/other editions
As editor [ edit ]
Critical studies and reviews of Lord's work [ edit ]
The Best of all Possible Worlds
Spinrad, Norman (October–November 2013). "Genre versus literature". On Books. Asimov's Science Fiction . 37
The Galaxy Game
Sakers, Don (June 2015). "The Reference Library". Analog Science Fiction and Fact . 135 (6 ): 105–108.
Interviews [ edit ]
"Always a New World: A Conversation with Karen Lord" (interview, Clarkesworld Magazine
"Conversations with Richard Fidler" (featuring Karen Lord) (radio interview, ABC , Australia, 5 March 2013)
"Karen Lord: Interview with Gavin Grant" (interview, BookPage, 2013)
The Spaces Between the Words: Conversations with Writers (a podcast series affiliated with the Literatures in English section at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus and The Caribbean Review of Books )
"Nalo Hopkinson and Karen Lord in Conversation: Caribbean Folklore, Lovecraft, and More" (Locus Roundtable Podcast with Karen Burnham, 4 November 2011)
Podcast Interview on Bibliophile Stalker (with Charles Tan), 4 November 2011
Interview with Chesya Burke at the World SF Blog, 29 August 2011
"Karen Burnham and Karen Lord in Conversation: Science, Communication, and Society" (Locus Roundtable Podcast), 3 August 2011
"Karen Lord: Dual Reality" : Excerpts from an interview in Locus Magazine , 11 August 2011
Jeremy L. C. Jones, "Always a New World: A Conversation with Karen Lord" , Clarkesworld Magazine , Issue 77, February 2013.
References [ edit ]
^ Karen Lord biography Archived 2018-03-10 at the Wayback Machine at The Cooke Agency.
^ "Karen Lord | Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Authors" . Worlds Without End . Retrieved 26 April 2013 .
^ WorldCat library record of Ph.D. thesis, Bangor University 2008, Karen Antoinette Roberta Lord: Quantifying implicit religion: a critical assessment of definitions, hypotheses, methods and measures OCLC 256468508 . Retrieved 27 April 2013 .
^ Karen Lord page at Jo Fletcher Books.
^ Jeff Vandermeer, "Science Fiction Chronicle" , New York Times (Sunday Book Review), 3 September 2010.
^ Robert Edison Sandiford, "Redemption song" , Caribbean Review of Books , September 2010.
^ Booklist , 15 May 2010.
^ "REVIEW: The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord" Archived 8 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine at Upcoming4.me, 13 June 2014.
^ Nalo Hopkinson, "Beautiful Shape-Shifter: Karen Lord's 'The Best of All Possible Worlds'" , Los Angeles Review of Books , 22 April 2013.
^ The Galaxy Game page
^ Nisi Shawl , "Karen Lord’s ‘The Galaxy Game’: power tripping" , Seattle Times
^ "The Galaxy Game" (review), Publishers Weekly , 6 October 2014.
^ Eric Brown, "The best science fiction in January – review roundup" , The Guardian , 16 January 2015.
^ a b "The Blue, Beautiful World" . Karen Lord official website . Retrieved 2024-04-06 .
^ Tuttle, Lisa (2023-09-08). "The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup" . The Guardian . Retrieved 2024-04-06 .
^ a b Johnstone, Doug (2023-08-27). "The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord review: Otherworldly sci-fi" . The Big Issue . Retrieved 2024-04-06 .
^ Alexander, Niall (12 June 2014). "Step into the Stars: Reach for Infinity , ed. Jonathan Strahan" . Tor.com . Retrieved 13 December 2015 .
^ Lord, Karen (26 March 2019). "Just arrived" . Karen Lord .
^ Tower Sargent, Lyman (2016). "Utopian Literature in English: An Annotated Bibliography From 1516 to the Present | Biblio" . Open Publishing . Penn State University Libraries. Retrieved 26 August 2021 .
^ "Frank Collymore Literary Endowment Winners" . Official Frank Collymore Hall Website . Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013 .
^ "Carl Brandon Society Awards" . Carl Brandon Society. Retrieved 26 April 2013 .
^ "2011 Crawford Award Announced" . International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA). 28 January 2011. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2013 .
^ "Mythopoeic Awards 2011" . Mythopoeic Society. Retrieved 26 April 2013 .
^ "The Kitschies: The Golden Tentacle" . The Kitschies. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2013 .
^ "World Fantasy Awards 2011" . World Fantasy Convention website. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013 .
^ "Karen Lord - Award Bibliography" , Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
^ "2011 OCM Bocas Prize Longlist Announced" . NGC Bocas Lit Fest. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2013 .
^ Creamer, Ella (2024-03-05). "Anne Enright and Isabella Hammad make the Women's prize for fiction longlist" . The Guardian
^ El-Mohtar, Amal (2023-10-13). "P.O.V.: You're a Jane Austen Character in an Alternate Universe" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-11-01 .
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