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Fonda Lee

March 10, 1979 (age 47)

Birth place: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

18 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
June 2016 Short Fiction Spectral Perihelion, June 12, 2016
January 2018 |14 Interview Interview: Fonda Lee Lightspeed, January 2018
July 2018 28 Interview Fonda Lee: When the Alien Invaders Win Locus, #690 July 2018
November 2018 |3 Review Jade City Strange Horizons, 5 November 2018
April 2019 Short Fiction Welcome to the Legion of Six The Overcast, #102
October 2019 |7 Interview An Interview with Fonda Lee Grimdark Magazine, October 2019
November 2019 Short Fiction Universal Print The Overcast, #117
January 2020 79 Short Fiction I (28M) Created a Deepfake Girlfriend and Now My Parents Think We're Getting Married MIT Technology Review, January/February 2020
February 2021 |3 Review Jade War Strange Horizons, 15 February 2021
January 2022 |4 Review Jade Legacy Strange Horizons, 17 January 2022
May 2022 |5 Short Fiction The Eternal Cocktail Party of the Damned Uncanny Magazine, May-June 2022
September 2022 |9.2 Interview Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists, Part Two: Fonda Lee Fantasy Magazine, September 2022
January 2023 |15 Interview An Interview with Fonda Lee Grimdark Magazine, January 2023
January 2023 |14 Review Untethered Sky Grimdark Magazine, January 2023
June 2023 |6 Review Untethered Sky Strange Horizons, 12 June 2023
June 2023 44|44.2 Review Untethered Sky The New York Times Book Review, June 4, 2023
November 2023 |14 Review Untethered Sky Interzone, November 2023
December 2023 21|21.6 Review Untethered Sky The New York Times Book Review, December 10, 2023

10 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
2015 Novel Zeroboxer Fonda Lee
2017 Novel Exo Fonda Lee
2017 Novel Jade City Fonda Lee
2018 Novel Cross Fire Fonda Lee
2019 Novel Jade War Fonda Lee
2021 Novel Jade Legacy Fonda Lee
2022 Chapbook The Jade Setter of Janloon Fonda Lee
2023 Collection Jade Shards Fonda Lee
2023 Chapbook Untethered Sky Fonda Lee
2025 Novel Breath of the Dragon Fonda Lee & Shannon Lee (1969-)

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2016 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Andre Norton Award Zeroboxer Nominee
2016 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Young Adult Zeroboxer Nominee
2018 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Andre Norton Award Exo Nominee
2018 David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy Morningstar Award Jade City Nominee
2018 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Jade City Nominee
2018 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book Best Young Adult Book Exo Nominee
2018 Nebula Award Novel Jade City Nominee
2018 Prix Aurora Awards Best Novel – English Jade City Winner
2018 Prix Aurora Awards Best Short Fiction – English Old Souls Nominee
2018 Prix Aurora Awards Best YA Novel – English Exo Winner
2018 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Adult Jade City Nominee
2018 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Young Adult Exo Nominee
2018 World Fantasy Award Best Novel Jade City Winner
2018 World Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction Old Souls Nominee
2019 Beehive Book Award Young Adult Exo Nominee
2019 Locus Poll Award Best Young Adult Book Cross Fire Finalist
2019 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book Best Young Adult Book Cross Fire Nominee
2019 Prix Aurora Awards Best YA Novel – English Cross Fire Winner
2020 Dragon Award Best Fantasy Novel Jade War Nominee
2020 Hugo Award Best Short Story I (28M) Created a Deepfake Girlfriend and Now My Parents Think We're Getting Married Nominee
2020 Ignyte Award Best Novel - Adult Jade War Nominee
2020 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Jade War Finalist
2020 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story I (28M) Created a Deepfake Girlfriend and Now My Parents Think We're Getting Married Nominee
2020 Prix Aurora Awards Best Novel – English Jade War Nominee
2022 Dragon Award Best Fantasy Novel Jade Legacy Nominee
2022 Endeavour Award Distinguished Novel or Collection Jade Legacy Nominee
2022 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Jade Legacy Winner
2022 Prix Aurora Awards Best Novel – English Jade Legacy Winner
2023 Prix Aurora Awards Best Novelette/Novella The Jade Setter of Janloon Winner
2024 British Fantasy Award Best Novella Untethered Sky Nominee
2024 Hugo Award Best Novella Untethered Sky Nominee
2024 Nebula Award Novella Untethered Sky Nominee
2024 Prix Aurora Awards Best Novelette/Novella Untethered Sky Winner
2025 Goodreads Choice Awards Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction Breath of the Dragon Nominee

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