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Kathe Koja

Koja, Kathe

January 6, 1960 (age 66)

Birth place: Detroit, Michigan, USA

83 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
January 1987 64 Short Fiction Happy Birthday, Kim White SF International #1, January-February 1987
March 1988 28 Short Fiction Professional Image Science Fiction Eye, #3, March 1988
August 1988 77 Review In the Country of Last Things Science Fiction Eye, #4, August 1988
December 1988 64 Short Fiction Distances Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1988
June 1989 10 Short Fiction Bonneville Jabberwocky, Summer 1989
July 1989 122 Short Fiction Skin Deep Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1989
October 1989 114 Short Fiction Points of View Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1989
December 1989 74 Short Fiction The Energies of Love Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1989
January 1990 63 Short Fiction True Colors Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1990
June 1990 101 Short Fiction Illusions in Relief Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 7: Spring 1990
July 1990 143 Short Fiction Reckoning The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1990
August 1990 81 Essay Oral Sex on a Man Wearing a Condom or, Literary Criticism and You Science Fiction Eye, #7, August 1990
November 1990 86 Short Fiction Command Performance Amazing Stories, November 1990
1991 15 Review The Cipher Weird Tales, Summer 1991
1991 9 Review The Cipher Science Fiction Review, Summer 1991
1991 108 Review The Cipher Science Fiction Eye, #8, Winter 1991
January 1991 99 Short Fiction Bird Superior Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1991
January 1991 50 Review The Cipher Cemetery Dance, Winter 1991
January 1991 27 Review The Cipher Cemetery Dance, Winter 1991
January 1991 21 Review The Cipher Locus, #360 January 1991
February 1991 24 Review The Cipher The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1991
April 1991 76 Short Fiction The Neglected Garden The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1991
May 1991 54 Review The Cipher Fangoria, May 1991
June 1991 14 Review The Cipher The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 1991
June 1991 13 Review The Cipher The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 1991
July 1991 111 Short Fiction Angels in Love The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1991
October 1991 35 Review Bad Brains Locus, #369 October 1991
January 1992 99 Review Bad Brains Cemetery Dance, Winter 1992
January 1992 17 Review Bad Brains Locus, #372 January 1992
January 1992 4 Interview Kathe Koja: Through the Back Door Locus, #372 January 1992
February 1992 19 Review Bad Brains Locus, #373 February 1992
February 1992 22 Short Fiction Bad Brains (excerpt) Amazing Stories, February 1992
April 1992 58 Review Bad Brains Cemetery Dance, Spring 1992
May 1992 48 Review Bad Brains Fangoria, May 1992
June 1992 86 Review Bad Brains Science Fiction Eye, #10, June 1992
June 1992 4 Short Fiction Letting Go Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, June 1992
June 1992 7 Short Fiction The Company of Storms The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1992
November 1992 117 Short Fiction Persephone Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1992
December 1992 17 Review Skin Locus, #383 December 1992
January 1993 102 Review Skin Cemetery Dance, Winter 1993
February 1993 36 Short Fiction Metal Fatigue Amazing Stories, February 1993
April 1993 21 Review Skin Locus, #387 April 1993
May 1993 56 Review Skin Fangoria, May 1993
May 1993 33 Review Skin Science Fiction Chronicle, #162 May 1993
March 1994 44 Review Skin Deathrealm, Spring 1994
April 1994 8 Review Bad Brains Vector 178
April 1994 8 Review Skin Vector 178
July 1994 58 Short Fiction Queen of Angels Omni, July 1994
July 1994 78 Review Strange Angels Fangoria, July 1994
October 1994 88 Review Skin Realms of Fantasy, October 1994
February 1995 165 Review Strange Angels Asimov's Science Fiction, February 1995
September 1995 84 Short Fiction Three Portraits from Heisenberg Omni, Fall 1995
May 1996 51 Short Fiction Lady Lazarus The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1996
September 1996 68 Review Kink Locus, #428 September 1996
April 1997 151 Review Kink Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1997
August 1997 52 Short Fiction Orleans, Rheims, Friction: Fire The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1997
November 1998 Review Extremities SF Site, Mid-November 1998
April 1999 140 Review Extremities Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1999
June 1999 16|16.2 Review Extremities Realms of Fantasy, June 1999
January 2000 22 Short Fiction Jackson's Novelties Horror Garage, #1
May 2000 65 Short Fiction The Doctrine of Color Century, Number 6, Spring 2000
2001 35 Review Extremities Nova Express, Spring/Summer 2001
July 2001 21 Review Extremities The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 2001
February 2003 133 Review Straydog Asimov's Science Fiction, February 2003
August 2004 132 Review Buddha Boy Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2004
January 2005 130 Review The Blue Mirror Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2005
July 2006 99 Short Fiction Fireflies Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2006
October 2006 74 Short Fiction Myths & Legends Realms of Fantasy, October 2006
November 2008 18 Short Fiction Far & Wee Weird Tales, November-December 2008
March 2010 Short Fiction Clod, Pebble Flurb: A Webzine of Astonishing Tales, Issue #9, Spring-Summer, 2010
January 2011 17 Review Under the Poppy The Cascadia Subduction Zone, January 2011
July 2011 83 Interview Long Live the Word: A Conversation with Kathe Koja Shock Totem: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted, #4
May 2016 43 Review Year's Best Weird Fiction, Volume Two Locus, #664 May 2016
August 2016 108 Short Fiction KIT: Some Assembly Required Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2016
November 2016 17 Review Year's Best Weird Fiction, Volume 2 The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 2016
March 2018 Short Fiction Urb Civ Eyedolon, #3, March-April 2018
June 2018 64 Interview A Chat with Kathe Koja Aphotic Realm Magazine, Issue 4, June-July 2018
April 2020 |6 Review Velocities Nightmare Magazine, April 2020
June 2020 |3 Review Velo/Cities Strange Horizons, 1 June 2020
July 2020 22 Essay Ooh, Spooky Movie Unnerving Magazine, Issue #13
September 2020 |6 Short Fiction The Cipher (excerpt) Nightmare Magazine, September 2020
November 2020 79 Review The Cipher Galaxy's Edge, November 2020
February 2025 |5 Review Catherine the Ghost Strange Horizons, 24 February 2025

17 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1991 Novel The Cipher Kathe Koja
1992 Novel Bad Brains Kathe Koja
1993 Novel Skin Kathe Koja
1994 Novel Strange Angels Kathe Koja
1996 Novel Kink Kathe Koja
1998 Collection Extremities Kathe Koja
2002 Novel Straydog Kathe Koja
2003 Novel Buddha Boy Kathe Koja
2004 Novel The Blue Mirror Kathe Koja
2006 Novel Going Under Kathe Koja
2010 Novel Under the Poppy Kathe Koja
2015 Anthology Year's Best Weird Fiction: Volume Two Kathe Koja & Michael Kelly
2020 Collection Velo/Cities Kathe Koja
2022 Novel Dark Factory Kathe Koja
2023 Chapbook Dark Park Kathe Koja
2024 Chapbook Catherine the Ghost Kathe Koja
2025 Novel Dark Matter Kathe Koja

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1990 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Points of View Nominee
1990 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Skin Deep Nominee
1991 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a First Novel The Cipher Winner
1991 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story True Colors Nominee
1992 Locus Poll Award Best First Novel The Cipher Winner
1992 Locus Poll Award Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel The Cipher Nominee
1992 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Angels in Love Nominee
1992 Philip K. Dick Award Philip K. Dick Award The Cipher Nominee
1993 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Short Story Persephone Nominee
1993 Locus Poll Award Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel Bad Brains Finalist
1993 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story The Company of Storms Nominee
1993 Nebula Award Novel The Cipher Nominee
1994 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Novel Strange Angels Nominee
1994 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story I Shall Do Thee Mischief in the Wood Nominee
1994 World Fantasy Award Best Novel Skin Nominee
1995 Deathrealm Award Best Novel Strange Angels Winner
1995 Hugo Award Best Short Story Queen of Angels Nominee
1995 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Queen of Angels Nominee
1996 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Novel Kink Nominee
1998 International Horror Guild Award Best Collection Extremities Nominee
1999 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Extremities Nominee
2002 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story What We Did That Summer Nominee
2011 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Best Novel Under the Poppy Winner
2016 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Year's Best Weird Fiction: Volume Two Nominee
2020 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection Velo/Cities Nominee
2021 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Velo/Cities Nominee
2021 Shirley Jackson Award Best Collection Velo/Cities Winner
2021 World Fantasy Award Best Collection Velo/Cities Nominee
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