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Connie Willis

Connie Willis at Clarion West, 1998
BornDecember 31, 1945 (1945-12-31) (age 62)
Denver, Colorado
OccupationWriter
NationalityFlag of the United StatesAmerican
Writing period1980 - Present
GenresScience Fiction
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Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born 31 December 1945) is an American science fiction writer. Clarion is a six-week workshop for new and aspiring Science fiction and Fantasy writers Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The United States of America —commonly referred to as the She is one of the most honored science fiction writers of the 1980s and 1990s. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999

She has won, among other awards, nine Hugo Awards and six Nebula Awards. The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year The Nebula Award is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA for the best Science fiction / Fantasy fiction Willis most recently won a Hugo Award for Inside Job (August 2006). Inside Job is a Novella by Connie Willis, originally published in the January 2005 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction and later She lives in Greeley, Colorado with her husband Courtney Willis, a professor of physics at the University of Northern Colorado. The City of Greeley is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Weld County, Colorado, United The University of Northern Colorado, often called UNC or Northern Colorado is a coeducational public institution of higher education and research located in Greeley She also has one daughter, Cordelia.

Willis is known for her accessible prose and likable characters. She has written several pieces involving time travel by history students and faculty of the future University of Oxford. This article details time travel itself For other uses see Time Traveler. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the These pieces include her Hugo Award-winning novels Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog and the short story "Fire Watch", found in the short story collection of the same name. Doomsday Book is a 1992 Science fiction novel by American Author Connie Willis. To Say Nothing of the Dog, or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last is a 1997 comedic Science fiction Novel by Connie Willis She is currently working on another book set in this universe, All-Clear. [1]

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Writing style

Willis tends to the comedy of manners style of writing. The comedy of manners satirizes the manners and affectations of a Social class, often represented by Stock characters, such as the Miles gloriosus Her protagonists are typically beset by single-minded people pursuing illogical agendas, such as attempting to organize a bell-ringing session in the middle of a deadly epidemic (Doomsday Book), or frustrating efforts to analyze Near-death experiences by putting words in the mouths of interviewees (Passage). Doomsday Book is a 1992 Science fiction novel by American Author Connie Willis. Passage is a Science fiction Novel by Connie Willis published in 2001.

Other themes and stylistic devices include:

Willis is acclaimed as a science-fiction writer, most often exploring the "soft" or social sciences. She weaves technology into her stories only to prompt readers to question what impact it has on the world. For instance, Lincoln's Dreams plumbs not just the psychology of dreams, but also their role as indicators of disease. The story portrays a young man's unrequited love for a young woman who might or might not be experiencing reincarnation or precognition, and whose outlook verges on suicidal. Similarly Bellwether is almost exclusively concerned with human psychology. Bellwether, a 1996 Novel by Connie Willis, is a book that can fall into many genres such as Comedy, Fairy tale, romance

Among other themes, Uncharted Territory contemplates the extent to which technology shapes expectations of gender; "technology" here ranges from a land rover and binoculars to Bult's online "chopping" and the pop-up holograms—even socioexozoology. Remake embraces old movies and the computer graphics revolution, as well as intellectual property, digital copyright issues, and the question of public domain.

Other Willis stories explore the so-called "hard" sciences, following in the classic science fiction tradition. "The Sidon in the Mirror" harks back to the interplanetary and interstellar romanticism of the 1930s and 1940s. The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be "Samaritan" is another take on the theme of Heinlein's "Jerry Was a Man", while "Blued Moon" is similarly reminiscent of Heinlein's "Year of the Jackpot".

Awards

Hugo Awards

Wins

Additional Nominations

Nebula Awards

Wins

Additional Nominations

World Fantasy Awards

Nominations

Bibliography

Novels:

Short story collections:

Short Fiction:

Essays

References

  1. ^ http://www.allenandunwin.com/Exports/June2005.pdf

External links

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