Ekaterina Sedia

Ekaterina Sedia
BornEkaterina Holland
(1970-07-09) July 9, 1970 (age 54)[1]
Moscow, Russia
Pen nameE. Sedia
OccupationNovelist, botany and plant ecology professor
Alma materRutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Camden
GenreFantasy, steampunk, urban fantasy
Notable worksThe Alchemy of Stone
Website
ekaterinasedia.com

Ekaterina Sedia (born July 9, 1970) is a Russian fantasy writer.[2] She immigrated to the United States and attended college in New Jersey to obtain her Ph.D.[3] Her most famous work is The Alchemy of Stone, a steampunk novel that examines sexism and class bigotry.[4] Sedia's other novels include The Secret History of Moscow, According to Crow, Heart of Iron, and The House of Discarded Dreams. She has also written several short fiction stories, poems, and nonfiction books, as well as edited anthologies of short stories.[5] Several of her publications have been nominated for awards and/or have made a well-known reading list. In addition, Sedia was the editor for Jigsaw Nation and the World Fantasy Award-winning Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy.[6] In addition to writing, she teaches ecology and evolution courses as a professor at Stockton University in Galloway, New Jersey.[7]

  1. ^ On Turning Forty
  2. ^ "Ekaterinasedia.com » Biography". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  3. ^ Joyce, Graham (April 2009). "locus online: Ekaterina Sedia". Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  4. ^ Newitz, Annalee. "A Living Doll Tries to Survive a Workers' Revolution in "The Alchemy of Stone"" Io9. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.
  5. ^ "ekaterinasedia.com". ekaterinasedia.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-24. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  6. ^ Kelly, Mark. "sfadb: Ekaterina Sedia Awards". Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  7. ^ Sedia, Ekaterina (September 2013). "On summer, The Virgin Suicides, with some outfit pics". Retrieved 9 October 2013.