Karin Lowachee Explained

Karin Lowachee is a Canadian author of speculative fiction. She is best known for her Warchild series, including Warchild (2002), Burndive (2003), and Cagebird (2005).

Awards and honours

In 2016, Locus included "A Good Home" on their list of recommended reading for the year.^[1]

Awards for Lowachee's writing!Year!Title!Award!Result!Ref.

2001	Warchild	Warner Aspect First Novel Contest	Winner	[2]
2002		Aurora Award for Best Long-Form Work in English	Finalist	[3]
		Philip K. Dick Award	Finalist
2003	Burndive	Aurora Award for Best Long-Form Work in English	Finalist
2004	""	Aurora Award for Best Short-Form Work in English	Finalist
2005	Cagebird	Aurora Award for Best Long-Form Work in English	Winner
2005		Philip K. Dick Award	Finalist
2006		Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Novel	Winner	[4]
2006	"This Ink Feels Like Sorrow"	Aurora Award for Best Short-Form Work in English	Finalist
2018	"Meridian”	Sunburst Award for Short Story	Finalist	[5]
2022	"Nomad”	Seiun Award for Best Translated Short Story	Finalist	[6]
2023	"A Sun Will Always Sing”	Canopus Award for Published Short-Form Fiction (between 1,000 and 40,000 words)	Finalist	[7]

Selected publications

Novels

• Book: Lowachee, Karin . The Gaslight Dogs . 2010 . 9780451463142 . 2.

Warchild series

• Book: Lowachee, Karin . . 2002 . 9780446610773 . 2.
• Book: Lowachee, Karin . . 2003 . 9780446613187 . 2.
• Book: Lowachee, Karin . . 2005 . 9780446615082 . 2.
• Book: Lowachee, Karin . Omake: Stories from the Warchild Universe . 2020 . ebook . B08M12QRVY . 2.
• Book: Lowachee, Karin . Under the Silence: A Warchild Mosaic Novella . 2023 . Kindle . B0CQBDSL7M . 2.

Short stories

• "Culture Shock", On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of Speculative Writing (1994)
• "The Forgotten Ones", So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy (2004), edited by Uppinder Mehan & Nalo Hopkinson
• "This Ink Feels Like Sorrow", Mythspring: From the Lyrics & Legends of Canada (2006), edited by Genevieve Kierans & Julie E. Czerneda
• "Nomad", Armored (2012), edited by John Joseph Adams
• "The Bleach", When the Villain Comes Home (2012), edited by Gabrielle Harbowy & Ed Greenwood
• "Enemy States", War Stories: New Military Science Fiction (2014), edited by Jaym Gates and Andrew Liptak

See also

• List of Canadian writers

External links

• Official site
• Interview at Clarkesworld Magazine September 2010
• Interview at SF Site
• Interview with Samantha Ling
• Interview

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017-01-31 . 2016 Locus Recommended Reading List . 2023-05-27 . . en-US . 2023-05-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230511165231/https://locusmag.com/2017/01/2016-locus-recommended-reading-list/ . live .
2. Web site: Speer . Cindy Lynn . 2002-08-15 . Review: Warchild . 2008-01-23 . SF Site.com . 2007-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071224123338/http://www.sfsite.com/08b/wc134.htm . live .
3. Web site: 1980-2012 Aurora Awards . 2023-05-27 . The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) . en-CA.
4. Web site: 2008 . 2006 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150715003411/http://www.spectrumawards.org/2006.htm . 2015-07-15 . 2008-11-13 . Gaylactic Spectrum Award Foundation.
5. Web site: 2018-10-15 . 2018 Sunburst Awards Winners . 2023-05-27 . . en-US . 2023-01-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230128094131/https://locusmag.com/2018/10/2018-sunburst-awards-winners/ . live .
6. Web site: 2022-08-29 . 2022 Seiun Awards Winners . 2023-05-27 . . en-US . 2022-09-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220930125050/https://locusmag.com/2022/08/2022-seiun-awards-winners/ . live .
7. Web site: 2023-02-06 . 2023 Canopus Awards Winners . 2023-05-27 . . en-US . 2023-03-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230311013050/https://locusmag.com/2023/02/2023-canopus-awards-winners/ . live .