The Windup Girl

The Windup Girl
Hardcover edition
AuthorPaolo Bacigalupi
Cover artistRaphael Lacoste
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction, Biopunk
PublisherNight Shade Books
Publication date
September 1, 2009
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages361
AwardsHugo Award for Best Novel
Nebula Award for Best Novel
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Seiun Award for Best Translated Novel
Compton Crook Award
Locus Award for Best First Novel
Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Best Foreign Work
Planete-SF Blogger's Award
ISBN978-1-59780-158-4

The Windup Girl is a biopunk science fiction novel by American writer Paolo Bacigalupi. It was his debut novel and was published by Night Shade Books on September 1, 2009. The novel is set in a future Thailand and covers a number of contemporary issues such as global warming and biotechnology.

The Windup Girl was named as the ninth best fiction book of 2009 by Time magazine.[1] It won the 2010 Nebula Award[2] and the 2010 Hugo Award (tied with The City & the City by China Miéville),[3] both for best novel. The book also won the 2010 Campbell Memorial Award,[4] the 2010 Compton Crook Award and the 2010 Locus Award for best first novel.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference time was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "2010 Nebula Awards". The Locus Index to SF Awards. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  3. ^ Flood, Alison (September 6, 2010). "China Miéville and Paolo Bacigalupi tie for Hugo award". The Guardian. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  4. ^ "Campbell Award winners". The Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas. Archived from the original on December 29, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2019.