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bacigalupi at the 2012 texas book festival paonia , colorado , usa ernest guin hemingway , william gibson , ursula k. le american 6 august 1972 1999 -- present biopunk , science fiction , young-adult novels paolo bacigalupi 2012.jpg paolo bacigalupi
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paolo bacigalupi

paolo tadini bacigalupi -lrb- born august 6 , 1972 -rrb- is an american science fiction and fantasy writer .
he has won the hugo , nebula , compton crook , theodore sturgeon , and michael l. printz awards , and was nominated for the national book award .
his fiction has appeared in `` the magazine of fantasy & science fiction '' , `` asimov 's science fiction '' , and the environmental journal `` high country news '' .
his non-fiction essays have appeared in salon.com and `` high country news '' , and have been syndicated in newspapers including the `` idaho statesman '' , the `` albuquerque journal '' , and the `` salt lake tribune '' .
he was a webmaster for high country news starting in 2003 .
his short fiction has been collected in `` pump six and other stories '' -lrb- night shade books , 2008 -rrb- .
his debut novel `` the windup girl '' , published by night shade books in september 2009 , won the hugo , nebula , and john w. campbell memorial awards in 2010 .
`` the windup girl '' was also named by `` time '' as one of the top 10 books of 2009 .
`` ship breaker '' , published by little , brown in 2010 , was awarded the michael l. printz award for best young adult novel and was nominated for the national book award for young people 's literature .
