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Tran Nguyen

Birth place: Vietnam

14 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
May 2014 Interior Art The Insects of Love Tor.com, May 28, 2014
August 2014 Interior Art La Signora Tor.com, August 13, 2014
January 2015 |7 Interior Art Artist Showcase: Tran Nguyen Nightmare Magazine, January 2015
January 2015 |8 Interview Artist Spotlight: Tran Nguyen Nightmare Magazine, January 2015
January 2015 Cover Art Nightmare Magazine, January 2015 Nightmare Magazine, January 2015
February 2015 |6.5 Interior Art Living Parallel to the Infectious Pigment Gingerbread House Literary Magazine, February 2015
April 2015 Interior Art The Ways of Walls and Words Tor.com, April 15, 2015
May 2015 |0.1 Essay About Our Cover Artist: Tran Nguyen Uncanny Magazine, May-June 2015
May 2015 Cover Art Uncanny Magazine, May-June 2015 Uncanny Magazine, May-June 2015
August 2015 |4.5 Interior Art When We Vomit Carcasses of Unattended Thoughts Gingerbread House Literary Magazine, August 2015
April 2016 |2 Interior Art La beauté sans vertu Tor.com, April 27, 2016
June 2016 |5.5 Interior Art Orange Is Not Your Color Gingerbread House Literary Magazine, June 2016
July 2017 |3.5 Interior Art Where the Creek Stood Still Gingerbread House Literary Magazine, July 2017
January 2018 Cover Art Uncanny Magazine, January-February 2018 Uncanny Magazine, January-February 2018

2 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
2019 Nonfiction Ambedo Tran Nguyen
2025 Nonfiction Spectres Tran Nguyen

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2016 Chesley Award Best Cover Illustration - Magazine Uncanny Magazine, May-June 2015 Winner
2017 Chesley Award Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover Kushiel's Dart Winner
2017 Chesley Award Best Interior Illustration Kushiel's Dart II Nominee
2020 Chesley Award Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover The Storm Crow Nominee
2020 Locus Poll Award Best Art or Illustrated Book Ambedo Nominee
2023 Chesley Award Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover The Dragon's Promise Nominee

Illustrator & fine artist
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Year Publication Title
Cover June 2014 The Insects of Love The Insects of Love
Cover August 2014 La Signora La Signora
Cover January 2015 Nightmare Magazine, January 2015 Nightmare Magazine, January 2015
Cover April 2015 The Ways of Walls and Words The Ways of Walls and Words
Cover May 2015 Uncanny Magazine, May-June 2015 Uncanny Magazine, May-June 2015
Cover 2016 Kushiel's Dart Kushiel's Dart
Cover April 2016 La beauté sans vertu La beauté sans vertu
Cover May 2016 Almost Insentient, Almost Divine Almost Insentient, Almost Divine
Cover February 2017 Miranda and Caliban Miranda and Caliban
Cover March 2017 Dear Sweet Filthy World Dear Sweet Filthy World
Cover August 2017 The Book of Esther The Book of Esther
Cover January 2018 Uncanny Magazine, January-February 2018 Uncanny Magazine, January-February 2018
Cover April 2018 From Unseen Fire From Unseen Fire
Cover August 2018 Kushiel's Chosen Kushiel's Chosen
Cover October 2018 Nothing Is Everything Nothing Is Everything
Cover July 2019 Spin the Dawn Spin the Dawn
Cover July 2019 The Storm Crow The Storm Crow
Cover October 2019 Ambedo Ambedo
Cover December 2019 The Best of Uncanny The Best of Uncanny
Cover June 2020 Kushiel's Avatar Kushiel's Avatar
Cover July 2020 Unravel the Dusk Unravel the Dusk
Cover August 2020 You Must Not Miss You Must Not Miss
Cover September 2020 Horrid Horrid
Cover April 2021 The Light of the Midnight Stars The Light of the Midnight Stars
Cover June 2021 The Coming Storm The Coming Storm
Cover July 2021 Six Crimson Cranes Six Crimson Cranes
Cover August 2022 The Art of Prophecy The Art of Prophecy
Cover August 2022 The Dragon's Promise The Dragon's Promise
Cover October 2022 The Restless Dark The Restless Dark
Cover March 2023 Wolfwood Wolfwood
Cover June 2023 The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar
Cover August 2023 Her Radiant Curse Her Radiant Curse
Cover August 2023 Her Radiant Curse Her Radiant Curse
Cover September 2023 The Art of Destiny The Art of Destiny
Cover October 2023 Yumi and the Nightmare Painter Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Cover April 2024 Dragonfruit Dragonfruit
Cover April 2024 Off with Their Heads Off with Their Heads
Cover October 2025 Ambedo Ambedo
Cover October 2025 Spectres Spectres

Year Publication Title
November 2009 Spectrum 16: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Fine Line
November 2009 Spectrum 16: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Spectrum 16
November 2009 Spectrum 16: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Wraith in Disguise
November 2010 Spectrum 17: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Our Flutter-some Ordeal
November 2011 Spectrum 18: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art If the World Keeps Churning, Turning
December 2012 Spectrum 19: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Living Parallel to the Infectious Pigment
December 2012 Spectrum 19: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Trading Through an Untrimmed Memory
November 2013 Spectrum 20: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Enveloped Between a Pleated Thought
November 2014 Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art A Place I Once Homed
November 2014 Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Sleeping with Nostalgia
November 2014 Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Taste for Bittersweet Beds
November 2014 Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Vile Rat
January 2015 Nightmare Magazine, January 2015 Artist Showcase: Tran Nguyen
August 2015 Gingerbread House Literary Magazine, August 2015 When We Vomit Carcasses of Unattended Thoughts
November 2015 Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art A Distressed Damsel
November 2015 Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Orange Is Not Your Color
November 2015 Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Through a Lone, Winding Road
2016 Kushiel's Dart Kushiel's Dart II
2016 Kushiel's Dart Kushiel's Dart III
November 2016 Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Plan Advisor
November 2016 Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art The Door-Maker's Daughter II
November 2016 Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art The Lilac Lady
November 2016 Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Traveling to a Distant Day
July 2017 Gingerbread House Literary Magazine, July 2017 Where the Creek Stood Still
November 2017 Spectrum 24: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art La Beaute Sans Vertu
November 2017 Spectrum 24: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Rebirth
August 2018 Kushiel's Chosen Kushiel's Chosen II
August 2018 Kushiel's Chosen Kushiel's Chosen III
November 2018 Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Thrice By Twilight
October 2019 Ambedo Ambedo
November 2019 Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Discovering New Territory featured within "Ambedo: The Art of Tran Nguyen"
November 2019 Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Ginger Pear
November 2019 Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Rest
November 2019 Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Sleepless on the Silk Road
November 2019 Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Spin the Dawn (detail)
April 2025 2025 Hugo Voter Packet Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Flame (cover)
April 2025 2025 Hugo Voter Packet Elektra
April 2025 2025 Hugo Voter Packet Keening Apparition
April 2025 2025 Hugo Voter Packet Phoenix
April 2025 2025 Hugo Voter Packet Psylocke
April 2025 2025 Hugo Voter Packet Scarlet Witch