Ada Palmer

Ada Palmer
Palmer at the 75th Worldcon in Helsinki, Finland, in August 2017
Palmer at the 75th Worldcon in Helsinki, Finland, in August 2017
BornAda Palmer
(1981-06-09) June 9, 1981 (age 43)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • historian
  • professor
  • composer
Education
Period2016–present
GenreHistorical fiction, speculative fiction, science fiction, dystopian fiction
Notable worksToo Like the Lightning
Website
adapalmer.com

Ada Palmer (born June 9, 1981)[1] is an American historian and writer and winner of the 2017 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Her first novel, Too Like the Lightning, was published in May 2016.[2] The work has been well received by critics and was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel.[3]

  1. ^ "Ada Palmer: Beyond the Exponential Age". Locus Magazine. Locus. May 14, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "Historian Ada Palmer's debut sci-fi novel receives acclaim, award nominations". Division of the Social Sciences. University of Chicago. Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  3. ^ Trendacosta, Katharine (April 4, 2017). "Here Are the 2017 Hugo Awards Finalists". io9. Retrieved May 2, 2017.