A. C. Wise
Alison Campbell-Wise is a Canadian author of speculative fiction, active in the field since 2005. She writes as A. C. Wise, except for a few early stories under her full name. Biography. Alison Wise was born and raised in Montreal. She currently resides in the Philadelphia area. Wise's work has appeared in various publications, including "Uncanny", "Tor.com", "Shimmer", and several Year's Best anthologies. With Bernie Mojzes she co-edited the e-magazine "Unlikely Story" from 2011 to 2015 and the anthology "Clowns: The Unlikely Coulrophobia Remix" (2016). She writes several review columns; "Women to  Read" (originally appearing in "SF Signal") and "non-Binary Authors to Read" for "The Book Smugglers" blog, and "Words for Thought" for "Apex Magazine". Awards. "The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again" was a preliminary nominee for the 2016 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic for Adult Fiction. "The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories" was a finalist for the 2016 Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror. "The Last Sailing of the Henry Charles Morgan in Six Pieces of Scrimshaw (1841)" won the 2017 Sunburst Award for Best Short Story; "The  Men from Narrow Houses" was also nominated for the same award for that year. "The Time Traveler's Husband" was nominated for the 2019 Sunburst Award for Best Short Story. "Catfish Lullaby" was nominated for the 2020 Nebula Award for Best Novella, and "How the Trick Is Done" was nominated for the 2020 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.