Linda Nagata

Linda Nagata (born November 7, 1960, in San Diego, California^[1]) is a Hawaii-based American author of speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy novels, novellas, and short stories. Her novella Goddesses was the first online publication to win the Nebula Award. She frequently writes in the Nanopunk genre, which features nanotechnology and the integration of advanced computing with the human brain.

Linda Nagata
Author Linda Nagata in 2015
Born	Linda Webb^[1] (1960-11-07) November 7, 1960 (age 63) San Diego, California, U.S.
Pen name	Trey Shiels^[2]
Citizenship	American
Alma mater	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Genre	Science fiction, fantasy

Life and career

Nagata was born in San Diego and moved with her family to Oahu, Hawai'i when she was ten years old.^[1] She earned a bachelor's degree in zoology from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa before moving to the island of Maui,^[1] where she still lives with her family.^[3]

Nagata began writing after graduating from university,^[2] and published her first short story in 1987.^[1] She now publishes under her independent imprint, Mythic Island Press, LLC., which publishes e-books and trade paperbacks.^[2] She is perhaps most recognized for her Nanotech Succession series.

Bibliography

Novels

• The Nanotech Succession
  • Tech-Heaven (1995)
  • The Bohr Maker (1995)
  • Deception Well (1997)
  • Vast (1998)
  • Inverted Frontier
    • Edges (2019)
    • Silver (2019)
    • Needle (2022)
    • Blade (2024)
• Limit of Vision (2001)
• Memory (2003)
• Skye Object 3270a (2011)
• Stories of the Puzzle Lands (as Trey Shiels)
  • The Dread Hammer (2011) (As Trey Shiels)
  • Hepen the Watcher (2012)
• The Red
  • The Red: First Light (2013)
  • The Trials (2015)
  • Going Dark (2015)
• The Last Good Man (2017)
• Pacific Storm (2020)
• The Wild Trilogy
  • The Snow Chanter (2021)
  • The Long War (2021)
  • Days of Storm (2021)

Short fiction

Collections

• Goddesses and Other Stories (2011) ^[4]
• Two Stories: Nahiku West & Nightside on Callisto (2013)
• Light and Shadow: Eight Short Stories (2016)

List of stories

Title	Year	First published	Reprinted/collected	Notes
Nightside on Callisto	2012	Lightspeed 24 (May 2012)
A Moment Before It Struck	2012	Lightspeed 27 (August 2012)
Through Your Eyes	2013	Asimov's Science Fiction 37/4-5 (Apr–May 2013)
Out in the Dark	2013	Analog 133/6 (June 2013)
Halfway Home	2013	Nightmare Magazine 12 (September 2013)
Codename: Delphi	2014	Lightspeed 47 (April 2014)
Attitude	2014	Reach for Infinity (anthology, May 2014)^[5]
Light and Shadow	2014	War Stories: New Military Science Fiction (anthology, August 2014)^[6]
The Way Home	2015	Operation Arcana (anthology, March 2015)^[7]
Region Five	2017	Infinite Stars (anthology, October 2017)^[8]

Awards

• Locus Award for Best First Novel for The Bohr Maker, 1996.^[9]
• Nebula Award for Best Novella for Goddesses, 2000.^[9]

References

1. "Linda Nagata: Moving Forward". Locus Magazine. November 2000. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
2. Loomis, Ilima (2011-06-26). "The magic of fantasy". The Maui News. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
3. Nagata, Linda. "About Me". Personal Blog. Hahvi.net. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
4. "Publication: Goddesses & Other Stories". ISFDB. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
5. Alexander, Niall (12 June 2014). "Step into the Stars: Reach for Infinity, ed. Jonathan Strahan". Tor.com. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
6. Gates, Jaym (2014). "War Stories: New Military Science Fiction, eds. Jaym Gates and Andrew Liptak". apexbookcompany.com. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
7. Adams, John Joseph (16 February 2015). "Operation Arcana, ed. John Joseph Adams". johnjosephadams.com. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
8. "Infinite Stars".
9. . The LOCUS Index to SF Awards. Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2013-06-10.

External links

• Official website
• Linda Nagata at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Interview by Wayne Gerard Trotman, Red Moon Chronicle, August 2011
• Linda Nagata interview at Locus magazine, November 2014