# Naomi Kritzer

Naomi Kritzer is an American speculative fiction writer and blogger. Her 2015 short story "Cat Pictures Please" was a Locus Award and Hugo Award winner and was nominated for a Nebula Award. Her novel Catfishing on CatNet won the 2020 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book.

## Biography

Kritzer has lived in London and Nepal. She attended Wingra School (an independent school) in Madison, Wisconsin (1978 - 1986); Highgate Wood Secondary School in Haringey, England (1986 - 1987); Madison West High School (1987 - 1991); and Carleton College of Northfield, Minnesota (1991 - 1995). As of 2020, she lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and blogs on local elections.

## Career

Since 1999 Kritzer has published a number of short stories and several novels, including two trilogies for Bantam Books, and her Seastead series of short stories for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Her 2015 short story "Cat Pictures Please" published in Clarkesworld Magazine was a Locus Award and Hugo Award winner and was nominated for a Nebula Award.

## Awards

| Year | Title/Work | Award | Category | Result |
| 2003 | Fires of the Faithful | Crawford Award | — | Shortlisted |
| 2003 | Fires of the Faithful | Locus Award | First Novel | Nominated–8th |
| 2013 | "Liberty's Daughter" | Locus Award | Novelette | Nominated–20th |
| 2014 | "Bits" | WSFA Small Press Award | — | Nominated |
| 2014 | "The Wall" | Asimov's Reader Poll | Short Story | Won (tie) |
| 2016 | "Cat Pictures Please" | Hugo Award | Short Story | Won |
| 2016 | "Cat Pictures Please" | Nebula Award | Short Story | Shortlisted |
| 2016 | "Cat Pictures Please" | Locus Award | Short Story | Won–1st |
| 2016 | "Cat Pictures Please" | WSFA Small Press Award | — | Nominated |
| 2018 | Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories | Locus Award | Collection | Nominated–7th |
| 2019 | "The Thing About Ghost Stories" | Hugo Award | Novelette | Shortlisted |
| 2020 | Catfishing on CatNet | Dragon Awards | YA Novel | Shortlisted |
| 2020 | Catfishing on CatNet | Nebula Award | Andre Norton Award | Shortlisted |
| 2020 | Catfishing on CatNet | Edgar Awards | Young Adult | Won |
| 2020 | Catfishing on CatNet | Locus Award | Young Adult | Nominated–2nd |
| 2020 | Catfishing on CatNet | Lodestar Award | — | Won |
| 2021 | "Monster" | Hugo Award | Novelette | Shortlisted |
| 2021 | "Little Free Library" | Hugo Award | Short Story | Shortlisted |
| 2021 | "Little Free Library" | Locus Award | Short Story | Won–1st |
| 2022 | Chaos on CatNet | Locus Award | Young Adult | Nominated–2nd |
| 2022 | Chaos on CatNet | Lodestar Award | — | Shortlisted |
| 2023 | "The Dragon Project" | WSFA Small Press Award | — | Won |
| 2024 | "Better Living Through Algorithms" | Hugo Award | Short Story | Won |
| 2024 | "Better Living Through Algorithms" | Nebula Award | Short Story | Shortlisted |
| 2024 | Liberty's Daughter | Lodestar Award | — | Shortlisted |
| 2024 | Liberty's Daughter | Nebula Award | Andre Norton Award | Shortlisted |
| 2024 | "The Year Without Sunshine" | Eugie Award | — | Shortlisted |
| 2024 | "The Year Without Sunshine" | Hugo Award | Novelette | Won |
| 2024 | "The Year Without Sunshine" | Locus Award | Novelette | Nominated–3rd |
| 2024 | "The Year Without Sunshine" | Nebula Award | Novelette | Won |
| 2024 | "The Year Without Sunshine" | Theodore Sturgeon Award | — | Shortlisted |