Robert J. Sawyer

Robert J. Sawyer

CM OOnt
Portrait photograph of Sawyer smiling
Sawyer in 2005
Born (1960-04-29) April 29, 1960 (age 64)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
OccupationNovelist
Citizenship
  • Canadian
  • American[1]
Alma materRyerson University
Genre
Website
sfwriter.com

Robert James Sawyer CM OOnt (born April 29, 1960) is a Canadian and American science fiction writer.[2] He has had 25 novels published[3] and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and numerous anthologies.[4][5] He has won many writing awards, including the best-novel Nebula Award (1995), the best-novel Hugo Award (2003), the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2006), the Robert A. Heinlein Award (2017), and more Aurora Awards than anyone else in history.[6][7]

Sawyer was born in Ottawa. He has lived in the Greater Toronto Area for most of his life and has been a resident of Mississauga since 2000.

  1. ^ Robert J. Sawyer (2007). "Autobiography from Dual Citizenship". Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  2. ^ Robert J. Sawyer (2003). "Autobiography from Contemporary Authors". Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  3. ^ Robert J. Sawyer (2024). "Robert J. Sawyer Curriculum Vitae". Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  4. ^ Robert J. Sawyer (2007). "Short-Fiction Bibliography". Retrieved 2007-09-25.
  5. ^ Charles N. Brown and William G. Contento (2007). "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)". Retrieved 2007-12-06.
  6. ^ Science Fiction Awards Database (2022). "Robert J. Sawyer". Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  7. ^ Science Fiction Awards Database (2022). "Aurora Awards Winners By Name". Retrieved 2022-02-11.