Connie Willis

Connie Willis
Connie Willis at WonderCon, 2017
Connie Willis at WonderCon, 2017
BornConstance Elaine Trimmer
(1945-12-31) December 31, 1945 (age 78)[1]
Denver, Colorado, US
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.A., 1967
Alma materColorado State College
Periodc. 1978–present
GenreScience fiction, social satire, comedy of manners, comic science fiction
SubjectTime travel; war, especially World War II; heroism; courtship; mores
Literary movementSavage Humanism[2][3]
Notable worksDoomsday Book, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Blackout/All Clear, "The Last of the Winnebagos"
Notable awardsDamon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Locus Award
SpouseCourtney Willis
ChildrenCordelia Willis
Website
conniewillis.net

Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born December 31, 1945), commonly known as Connie Willis, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. She has won eleven Hugo Awards and seven Nebula Awards for particular works—more major SF awards than any other writer[4]—most recently the "Best Novel" Hugo and Nebula Awards for Blackout/All Clear (2010).[5] She was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2009[6][7] and the Science Fiction Writers of America named her its 28th SFWA Grand Master in 2011.[8]

Several of her works feature time travel by history students at the future University of Oxford, called the Time Travel series[9] or the Oxford Time Travel Series.[10] They are the short story "Fire Watch" (1982, also in several anthologies and the 1985 collection of the same name), the novels Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog (1992 and 1997), and the two-part novel Blackout/All Clear (2010).[9] All four won the annual Hugo Award, and Doomsday Book and Blackout/All Clear won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards,[5] making her the first author to win Hugo awards for all books in a series.

  1. ^ "Connie Willis: Open Channel". Locus. October 23, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  2. ^ Kelleghan, Fiona (November 2008). "A Definition of Savage Humanism, with Autobiographical Anecdotes". The New York Review of Science Fiction. 21 (243). Archived from the original on August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  3. ^ Sawyer, Robert J. (April 29, 2008). "The Savage Humanists". Robert J. Sawyer (official website). Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Meet the Savage Humanists: the hottest science-fiction writers working today. They use SF's unique powers to comment on the human condition in mordantly funny, satiric stories... In these pages, you'll find the top names in the SF field: including...Connie Willis (The Doomsday Book)...
  4. ^ Merrick, Helen (March 12, 2012). "Nebula Awards Interview: Connie Willis". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Connie Willis Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  6. ^ "EMP|SFM Announces its 2009 Science Fiction Hall of Fame Inductions". Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (SFM). August 14, 2009. Archived from the original on August 14, 2009. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  7. ^ Strock, Ian Randal (April 6, 2009). "2009's Science Fiction Hall of Fame Inductees". sfscope.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
  8. ^ "Connie Willis: Named a Grand Master in 2011". The Nebula Awards. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Time Travel – Series Bibliography". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on August 27, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  10. ^ "Oxford Time Travel". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved March 1, 2023.