# Kameron Hurley

Kameron Hurley is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

## Biography

Hurley was born in Washington state and has lived in Fairbanks, Alaska, Durban, South Africa, and Chicago. She currently resides in Dayton, Ohio.
Hurley has been publishing short fiction since 1998 and novels since 2011. From 2013 to 2021 Hurley wrote regular columns for Locus magazine about the craft and business of fiction writing and has published non-fiction pieces in The Atlantic, Boing Boing, Entertainment Weekly, Bitch (magazine), Tor.com, Uncanny Magazine, HuffPost, The Mary Sue, Female First, Writer's Digest, and LA Weekly. Hurley is a graduate of Clarion West.
Her first novel trilogy, the Bel Dame Apocrypha, is what Hurley called "bugpunk": set on a far-future desert planet whose technology is based on insects and whose matriarchal, Islam-inspired cultures are locked in perpetual war. Her second trilogy, the Worldbreaker Saga, is grimdark epic fantasy that aims to subvert the genre's tropes such as the hero's journey. She has also published a standalone space opera novel, The Stars are Legion, in 2017, and the military science fiction time travel novel, The Light Brigade, in 2019.
Her first nonfiction book, the essay collection The Geek Feminist Revolution, was published in 2016.

## Awards and nominations

Awards for Kameron Hurley :
| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result |
| 2011 | "Afterbirth" | BSFA Award | Best Short Fiction | Nominated |
| 2011 | God's War | Otherwise Award | Honor List | Nominated |
| 2011 | God's War | Kitschies | Golden Tentacle (Best Debut Novel) | Won |
| 2011 | God's War | Nebula Award | Best Novel | Nominated |
| 2012 | God's War | British Fantasy Award | The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer | Won |
| 2012 | God's War | Locus Award | Best First Novel | Nominated |
| 2013 | God's War | BSFA Award | Best Novel | Nominated |
| 2014 | God's War | Arthur C. Clarke Award | Best Science Fiction Novel | Nominated |
| 2014 | N/A | Hugo Award | Best Fan Writer | Won |
| 2014 | "We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative" | Hugo Award | Best Related Work | Won |
| 2014 | "We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative" | British Fantasy Award | Best Non-Fiction | Nominated |
| 2015 | The Mirror Empire | Locus Award | Best Fantasy Novel | Nominated |
| 2015 | The Mirror Empire | Gemmell Award | Morningstar Award | Nominated |
| 2017 | The Geek Feminist Revolution | Locus Award | Best Non-Fiction | Won |
| 2017 | The Geek Feminist Revolution | British Fantasy Award | Best Non-Fiction | Won |
| 2017 | The Geek Feminist Revolution | Hugo Award | Best Related Work | Nominated |
| 2018 | The Stars Are Legion | Locus Award | Best Science Fiction Novel | Nominated |
| 2018 | The Stars Are Legion | Campbell Memorial Award | Best Science Fiction Novel | Nominated |
| 2018 | Las estrellas son legión (The Stars Are Legion) | Premio Ignotus | Best Foreign Novel | Won |
| 2019 | Meet Me in the Future | Otherwise Award | Honor List | Nominated |
| 2020 | Meet Me in the Future | Locus Award | Best Collection | Nominated |
| 2019 | The Light Brigade | Dragon Award | Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel | Nominated |
| 2020 | The Light Brigade | Hugo Award | Best Novel | Nominated |
| 2020 | The Light Brigade | Locus Award | Best Science Fiction Novel | Nominated |
| 2020 | The Light Brigade | Arthur C. Clarke Award | Best Science Fiction Novel | Nominated |
| 2020 | La brigada de luz (The Light Brigade) | Premio Ignotus | Best Foreign Novel | Won |
David Palumbo's cover art for Hurley's novel God’s War (part of the Bel Dame Apocrypha series) was nominated for the Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration – Paperback and won Gold in the 2011 Spectrum Award - Books.