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John Scalzi

John Michael Scalzi II (born May 10, 1969) is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his Old Man's War series, three novels of which have been nominated for the Hugo Award, and for his blog Whatever, where he has written on a number of topics since 1998. He won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 2008 based predominantly on that blog, which he has also used for several charity drives. His novel Redshirts won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel. He has written non-fiction books and columns on diverse topics such as finance, video games, films, astronomy, writing and politics, and served as a creative consultant for the TV series Stargate Universe.[1]

For the baseball player, see Johnny Scalzi.

John Scalzi

John Michael Scalzi II
(1969-05-10) May 10, 1969
Fairfield, California, U.S.

Writer

  • Science fiction

Personal life[edit]

He met his wife Kristine Ann Blauser when he was living in Fresno,[13] and they married in 1995.[3] His only child, a daughter named Athena, was born in 1998.[71] He and his family live in Bradford, Ohio, where they moved in 2001 to be closer to his wife's family.[5] Scalzi has declared himself a feminist[72] and, formerly, a Rockefeller Republican,[73][74] though he currently supports the Democratic Party.[75][76][77] He supports same-sex marriage and the LGBTQ community.[78][79]

(2005, Tor Books, ISBN 0-7653-0940-8)

Old Man's War

Questions for a Soldier (December 2005, , Subterranean Press, ISBN 1-59606-048-4)

chapbook

(February 2006, Tor Books, ISBN 0-7653-1502-5)

The Ghost Brigades

The Sagan Diary (February 2007, Subterranean Press,  978-1-59606-103-3)

ISBN

(April 2007, Tor Books, ISBN 0-7653-1697-8)

The Last Colony

(August 2008, Tor Books, ISBN 0-7653-1698-6)

Zoe's Tale

After the Coup (July 2008, , Tor.com, ASIN B003V4B4PM)

ebook

(January – April 2013, serialized ebooks; collected, May 2013, Tor Books, ISBN 978-0-7653-3351-3)

The Human Division

(June 2015, serialized ebooks; collected, August 2015, Tor Books, ISBN 978-0-7653-7607-7)

The End of All Things

In 2005, he earned the for his debut novel Old Man's War

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

In 2006, Old Man's War was nominated for the , and was a finalist for the Locus Award for Best First Novel[89]

Hugo Award for Best Novel

In 2007, he received the for best-translated science fiction novel for Old Man's War, translated by Raz Greenberg

Geffen Award

In 2007, was a nominee for the Prometheus Award

The Ghost Brigades

In 2007, "Missives from Possible Futures #1: Alternate History Search Results" was a finalist for the for Alternate History[90]

Sidewise Award

In 2007, he was nominated for the

Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer

In 2008, he won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer

In 2008, was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel

The Last Colony

In 2009, he won the , for Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever 1998–2008

Hugo Award for Best Related Book

In 2009, METAtropolis was nominated for the

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

In 2009, was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, nominated for the Andre Norton Award for Best Young Adult Science Fiction/Fantasy, nominated for the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Science Fiction Novel[91] and a Locus Award finalist for Best Young Adult Bookl[41]

Zoe's Tale

In 2009, "After the Coup" was a finalist for the

Locus Award for Best Short Story

In 2010, he received the for The Last Colony (Best Foreign Language Novel of the Year)

Seiun Award

In 2010, he received the for The Android's Dream (Best Foreign Novel)

Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis

In 2010, was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novella,[92] as well as the Nebula Award for Best Novella

The God Engines

In 2012, he received the for Best Science Fiction Audiobook for Fuzzy Nation as narrated by Wil Wheaton[93]

Audie Award

In 2013, he won the and the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, for Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas[94]

Hugo Award for Best Novel

In 2013, he won the for Best Foreign Language Novel of the Year for The Android's Dream

Seiun Award

In 2016, he won the Ohio Governor's Award for the Arts in the Individual Artists category

[95]

In 2018, he won the Locus Award for Best Sci-Fi Novel for [96] and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel[97]

The Collapsing Empire

In 2020, he won the for Best Science Fiction Novel for The Last Emperox[98]

Dragon Award

In 2023, he won the for "outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings to inspire the human exploration of space."[99]

Robert A. Heinlein Award

In 2023, The Kaiju Preservation Society won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.

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Official website

at IMDb

John Scalzi

at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-04-12)

John Scalzi's column on AMCTV.com

at Tor Books

John Scalzi

at the Internet Book List

John Scalzi

April 2007

Authors @ Google presentation

John Scalzi on The Glenn & Helen Show

"After the Coup" – and reading by author at Tor.com

complete story

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