birth_place awards nationality name birth_date genre image article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
seattle , washington james storysouth million writers award -lrb- 2007 -rrb- , rhysling award tiptree -lrb- 2007 -rrb- , mythopoeic award -lrb- 2008 -rrb- , , andre norton award -lrb- 2009 -rrb- jr. award -lrb- 2006 -rrb- , american catherynne m. valente 5 may 1979 postmodern , fantasy , mythpunk catherynnemvalente.jpg catherynne m. valente
 bethany l. thomas poet , novelist , literary critic uc san diego , edinburgh university
catherynne m. valente

catherynne m. valente -lrb- born bethany thomas , may 5 , 1979 -rrb- is an american fiction writer , poet , and literary critic .
for her speculative fiction novels she has won the annual james tiptree , andre norton , and mythopoeic fantasy awards .
her short fiction has appeared in `` clarkesworld magazine '' , the world fantasy award -- winning anthologies salon fantastique and paper cities , along with numerous `` year 's best '' volumes .
her critical work has appeared in the `` international journal of the humanities '' under the name bethany l. thomas as well as in numerous essay collections .
