Julie Czerneda

NationalityCanadianPeriod1997–GenreNotable worksA Thousand Words for Stranger (1997)Websitewww.czerneda.com

Julie E. Czerneda (born April 11, 1955) is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. She has written many novels, including four Aurora Award for Best Novel winners (In the Company of Others, A Turn of Light, A Play of Shadow, and The Gossamer Mage), and a number of short stories; she has also edited several anthologies.

Czerneda is a biologist by education, and has been active in writing and editing non-fiction. She has edited and authored a number of educational books about career guidance and the teaching of science. In 2022, Czerneda was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame (CSFFA).^[1]

Works

Standalone books

• In the Company of Others (2001) – ISBN 978-0756417826
• The Gossamer Mage (2019) – ISBN 978-0756412340
• To Each This World (November 2022, DAW) – ISBN 978-0756415426

Novellas

• No Place Like Home (2016)

The Clan Chronicles

This continuity was formerly called the Trade Pact Universe.

Trade Pact trilogy

1. A Thousand Words for Stranger (1997) – ISBN 978-0886777692
2. Ties of Power (1999) – ISBN 978-0886778507
3. To Trade the Stars (2002) – ISBN 978-0756400750

Stratification trilogy

Prequel to the Trade Pact trilogy:

1. Reap the Wild Wind (2007) – ISBN 978-0756404871
2. Riders of the Storm (2008) – ISBN 978-0756405618
3. Rift in the Sky (2009) – ISBN 978-0756406097

Reunification series

1. This Gulf of Time and Stars (2015) – ISBN 978-0756408695
2. The Gate to Futures Past (2016) – ISBN 978-0756408701
3. To Guard Against the Dark (2017) – ISBN 978-0756408787

Species Imperative

Trilogy of biology, politics and survival in a multi-species, interstellar future.

1. Survival (2004) – ISBN 978-0756402617
2. Migration (2005) – ISBN 978-0756403461
3. Regeneration (2006) – ISBN 978-0756404116

Esen

With the publication of Search Image, the Web Shifters trilogy is listed as part of the Esen continuity,^[2] which features the adventures of the shape-shifter Esen-alit-Quar. A Carisian, a species which plays a significant role in the Clan Chronicles, also appears in Search Image,^[3] although there are no common plot points.

Web Shifters

1. Beholder's Eye (1998) – ISBN 978-0756413514
2. Changing Vision (2000) – ISBN 978-0756411954
3. Hidden in Sight (2003) – ISBN 978-0756401399

Web Shifter's Library

1. Search Image (2018) – ISBN 978-0756412449
2. Mirage (2020) – ISBN 978-0756415617
3. Spectrum (2022) – ISBN 978-0756415648

Night's Edge

1. A Turn of Light (2013) – ISBN 978-0756407070
2. A Play of Shadow (2014) – ISBN 978-0756408312
   In 2014 Czerneda announced that DAW Books had bought the next three books in the series.^[4]
3. A Change of Place (announced)
4. A Fall of Darkness (announced)
5. A Twist of Magic (announced)

Contributor

• "Prism" (Web Shifters) in DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction Anthology, edited by Elizabeth R. Wollheim and Sheila E. Gilbert (2002) ISBN 0756400643
• ReVisions, edited by Julie E. Czerneda and Isaac Szpindel (2004) – ISBN 0756402409
• Sirius the Dog Star edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Alexander Potter (2004) – ISBN 0756401860, "Brothers Bound" (prequel to the Stratification trilogy in the Clan Chronicles)
• "She's Such a Nasty Morsel" (Web Shifters) in Women of War edited by Alexander Potter and Tanya Huff (2005) – ISBN 0756402867
• "A Touch of Blue" (Web Shifters) in Heroes in Training, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Jim C. Hines (2007) – ISBN 075640438X
• "The Passenger" in Lightspeed Science Fiction and Fantasy magazine, February 2011
• "The Franchise" in Space Stations edited by Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers (sequel to In the Company of Others) – ISBN 0756401763

Career guidance

• Great careers for people interested in living things (1993) – ISBN 0810393875
• Great careers for people who like to work with their hands (1994) – ISBN 0810399636
• Great careers for people interested in communications technology (1996) by Julie E. Czerneda and Victoria Vincent
• Great careers for people fascinated by government and the law (1996) by Anne Marie Males; contributing authors, Julie Czerneda and Victoria Vincent

Edited by Julie E. Czerneda

• Space, Inc. (2003) – ISBN 075640147X
• ReVisions with Isaac Szpindel (2004) – ISBN 0756402409
• Tesseracts 15: A Case of Quite Curious Tales with Susan MacGregor (2004) – ISBN 1894063589
• Fantastic Companions (2005) – ISBN 1550418637
• Mythspring: From the Lyrics and Legends of Canada (2006) with Genevieve Kierans – ISBN 0889953406
• Under Cover of Darkness with Jana Paniccia (2007) – ISBN 0756404045
• Misspelled (2008) – ISBN 0756404754
• Ages of Wonder with Rob St. Martin (2009) – ISBN 0756405432
• Nebula Awards Showcase 2017 (2017) – ISBN 978-1633882713
• The Clan Chronicles: Tales from Plexis (2018), anthology – ISBN 978-0756413934

Science education through science fiction stories in the classroom

• No Limits: Developing Scientific Literacy Using Science Fiction (1998), non-fiction – ISBN 1895579945
• Packing Fraction & Other Tales of Science & Imagination (1998) – ISBN 1895579899

Tales from the Wonder Zone

• Stardust (2001) ISBN 1552440184
• Explorer (2002) ISBN 1552440222
• Orbiter (2002) ISBN 1552440206
• Odyssey (2004) ISBN 155244080X
• Polaris: A Celebration of Polar Science (2007) ISBN 0889953724. Winner of the Canadian Science Writers' Award (Youth Book, 2007)

Realms of Wonder

• Summoned to Destiny (2004) ISBN 1550418610
• Fantastic Companions (2005) ISBN 1550418637

Awards

• University of Waterloo Alumni of Honour Award 2007
• Golden Duck Awards
  • 2003 Special award for Best Science and Technology Education, given for the Tales of the Wonder Zone (entire series)^[5]
• Prix Aurora Award
  • 2002 Best Long Form in English for In the Company of Others
  • 2002 Best Short Form in English for "Left Foot on A Blind Man"
  • 2004 Best Editor for Space, Inc.
  • 2008 Best Editor for Under Cover of Darkness (with Jana Paniccia)
  • 2014 Best English Novel for A Turn of Light
  • 2015 Best English Novel for A Play of Shadow
  • 2020 Best Novel for The Gossamer Mage
• Romantic Times
  • 2001 Reviewers' Choice Winner: Best Science Fiction Novel for In the Company of Others

See also

• List of University of Waterloo people

References

• Czerneda, Julie E. (2018). Search Image. New York: Daw. ISBN 978-0-7564-1244-9.

External links

• Official Site, run by the author
• Julie E. Czerneda at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• In Other Worlds, a fan site
• Julie E. Czerneda on Fantastic Fiction
• made in Canada at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009) list of Canadian SF writers
• Fantafiction a brief bio and bibliography
• Susan O'Fearna' Bookshelf a listing of publications (including short stories)
• Julie E. Czerneda on LibraryThing