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Costi Gurgu

April 1, 1969 (age 57)

Birth place: Constanta, Romania

1 work in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
September 2016 Short Fiction Cosmobotica StarShipSofa, No 451

3 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
2017 Novel RecipeArium Costi Gurgu
2022 Novel Servitude Costi Gurgu
2023 Novel Green Corrosion Costi Gurgu

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2012 Prix Aurora Awards Best Artist Outer Diverse Nominee
2013 Prix Aurora Awards Best Artist Inner Diverse Nominee
2016 Prix Aurora Awards Best Short Fiction – English Cosmobotica Nominee
2018 Prix Aurora Awards Best Novel – English RecipeArium Nominee

Costi Gurgu grew up in Romania, reading science fiction by Romanian and other European authors. In the 1990s he cofounded the writing group ProspectArt. His first story was published in 1993. He has since published numerous stories in Romanian and English and won 26 awards. He moved to London and then Toronto, where he currently lives. He earns a living as a graphic designer and illustrator, and has won two awards for speculative illustration.
costigurgu.com recipearium.costigurgu.com SF Encyclopedia

Year Publication Title
Cover October 2011 Outer Diverse Outer Diverse
Cover December 2012 Inner Diverse Inner Diverse