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Kelly Barnhill

Barnhill, Kelly Regan

December 7, 1973 (age 52)

Birth place: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

31 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
January 2008 Short Fiction Notes on the Untimely Death of Ronia Drake Fantasy Magazine, January 2008
July 2008 46 Short Fiction The Stone-Hearted Queen Weird Tales, July-August 2008
September 2008 164 Short Fiction The Men Who Live in Trees Postscripts, Summer 2008
October 2008 |1 Short Fiction Tabula Rasa Three-Lobed Burning Eye, October 2008
December 2008 24 Poem Said the Dragon to the Fallen Man Mythic Delirium, Summer/Fall 2008
November 2009 Short Fiction The Confessions of Prince Charming Fantasy Magazine, November 2009
June 2010 27 Short Fiction Blessed Are the Dead Space and Time, Summer 2010
July 2010 Short Fiction The Dead Boy's Last Poem Sybil's Garage, No. 7
December 2010 Short Fiction The Taxidermist's Other Wife Clarkesworld Magazine, December 2010
February 2012 27 Review The Mostly True Story of Jack Locus, #613 February 2012
February 2013 21 Review Iron Hearted Violet Locus, #625 February 2013
November 2013 |24 Interview Author Spotlight: Kelly Barnhill Lightspeed, November 2013
November 2013 |15 Short Fiction The Insect and the Astronomer: A Love Story Lightspeed, November 2013
October 2014 Short Fiction Mrs. Sorensen and the Sasquatch Tor.com, October 8, 2014
October 2016 30 Review The Girl Who Drank the Moon The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2016
February 2017 |17 Interview Author Spotlight: Kelly Barnhill Lightspeed, February 2017
February 2017 |4 Short Fiction Probably Still the Chosen One Lightspeed, February 2017
February 2018 21 Review Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories Locus, #685 February 2018
March 2018 20 Review Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories Locus, #686 March 2018
September 2018 |4 Review Dreadful Young Ladies Strange Horizons, 10 September 2018
May 2019 26 Review Cinderella Liberator The New York Times Book Review, May 19, 2019
May 2019 26 Essay Fairy Tales The New York Times Book Review, May 19, 2019
May 2019 26 Review The Restless Girls The New York Times Book Review, May 19, 2019
May 2019 21 Short Fiction Thirty-Three Wicked Daughters The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June 2019
March 2022 |1 Interview When Women Were Dragons Locus Magazine, March 2022
April 2022 18|18.1 Review The Ogress and the Orphans The New York Times Book Review, April 10, 2022
January 2023 |7 Review The Crane Husband Grimdark Magazine, January 2023
February 2023 |9 Interview Nonexistent People in Worlds Unobserved: A Conversation with Kelly Barnhill Clarkesworld, February 2023
September 2023 234 Review When Women Were Dragons Interzone, Sep 2023
November 2023 205 Review The Crane Husband Asimov's Science Fiction, November-December 2023
November 2025 18|18.3 Review The Girl Who Drank the Moon The New York Times Book Review, November 23, 2025

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2013 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Andre Norton Award Iron Hearted Violet Nominee
2016 World Fantasy Award Best Long Fiction The Unlicensed Magician Winner
2017 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Andre Norton Award The Girl Who Drank the Moon Nominee
2017 John Newbery Medal Newbery Medal The Girl Who Drank the Moon Winner
2017 Locus Poll Award Best Young Adult Book The Girl Who Drank the Moon Runner-up
2018 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Roman jeunesse étranger La fille qui avait bu la lune Nominee
2018 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Probably Still the Chosen One Nominee
2018 WSFA Small Press Award WSFA Small Press Award Probably Still the Chosen One Nominee
2019 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories Nominee
2021 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Lucky's Dragon Nominee
2022 Dragon Award Best Alternate History Novel When Women Were Dragons Nominee
2022 Goodreads Choice Awards Fantasy When Women Were Dragons Nominee
2022 Goodreads Choice Awards Middle Grade & Children's The Ogress and the Orphans Nominee
2023 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel When Women Were Dragons Nominee
2023 Mythopoeic Award Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature When Women Were Dragons Nominee
2023 Mythopoeic Award Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature The Ogress and the Orphans Winner
2023 Utopia Award Utopian Novel When Women Were Dragons Nominee
2024 Hugo Award Best Novella The Crane Husband Nominee
2024 Locus Poll Award Best Novella The Crane Husband Nominee
2024 Nebula Award Novella The Crane Husband Nominee
2024 World Fantasy Award Best Novella The Crane Husband Nominee
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