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Becky Chambers Biography & Facts
Becky Chambers (born May 3, 1985) is an American science fiction writer. She is the author of the Hugo Award-winning Wayfarers series as well as novellas including To Be Taught, if Fortunate and the Monk & Robot series, which begins with the Hugo Award-winning A Psalm for the Wild-Built. She is known for her imaginative world-building and character-driven stories. Early life, family and education Chambers was born in 1985 in Southern California and grew up in Torrance. Chambers' family included several people with an interest in various NASA space exploration efforts. Her parents are an astrobiology educator and a satellite engineer. She became fascinated with space and its exploration at an early age. During her youth, after she first encountered a person who believed that such programs were unwise and that their funding would be better applied to solving Earth's problems, she began studying in detail humans’ efforts to explore the cosmos, concluding that these efforts were commendable, although the present methods of funding could be improved. This deep analysis provided much inspiration for her writing.She moved to San Francisco to study theater arts at the University of San Francisco. Career Chambers worked in theater management and as a freelance writer before self-publishing her first novel, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, in 2014, after successfully raising funds on Kickstarter. The novel received critical acclaim and a Kitschies nomination, becoming the first self-published novel to do so. This prompted Hodder & Stoughton and Harper Voyager to pick up and republish the novel. The novel was the first book in the Wayfarer series, which includes three sequels: A Closed and Common Orbit, in 2016; Record of a Spaceborn Few, in 2018; and The Galaxy, and the Ground Within, in 2021. The series won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Series. She has announced that the Wayfarers series has concluded; however, a fifth Wayfarers book is listed in assorted online bookstores with a 2024 publication date.She published a novella, To Be Taught, if Fortunate, in August 2019, with a story that was not connected to the Wayfarers books. In July 2018 it was announced that she signed a two-book deal with Tor Books. The first book, A Psalm for the Wild-Built, was published in May 2021. The story introduced Dex, a travelling tea monk, and Mosscap, a sentient robot. The second book, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, was published in July 2022 and continued the story of Dex and Mosscap. Style and themes Her Wayfarers series novels take place in a fictional universe, governed by the Galactic Commons to which humans are relative newcomers. She has been lauded for the strong world-building in the series, including multiple unique alien races. Reviewers have cited her complex and likeable characters who drive the story. Her work has been alternately criticized and praised for the deliberate, character-driven pacing and lack of the propulsive plots typical of other space opera novels. Personal life Chambers has lived in Iceland and Scotland before returning to California, where she currently resides with her wife, Berglaug Asmundardottir, in Humboldt County. Awards Bibliography Novels The Vela, co-written with Yoon Ha Lee, SL Huang, and Rivers Solomon (2019)Wayfarers series The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (2014) A Closed and Common Orbit (2016) Record of a Spaceborn Few (2018) The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (2021)Novellas To Be Taught, if Fortunate (2019)Monk & Robot series A Psalm for the Wild-Built (2021) A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (2022)Short stories "Chrysalis," Jurassic London’s Stocking Stuffer, 2014 "The Deckhand, The Nova Blade, and the Thrice-Sung Texts," Cosmic Powers: The Saga Anthology of Far-Away Galaxies, 2017 "Last Contact", 2001: An Odyssey In Words, 2018 "A Good Heretic" (a Wayfarers story), Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers, 2019 “The Tomb Ship”, Lost Worlds & Mythological Kingdoms, 2022References External links Official website. Discover the Becky Chambers popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Becky Chambers books.
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The Moonday Letters
Emmi ItärantaAn effortlessly rich and lyrical mystery wrapped in a love story that bends space, time, myth and science, perfect for fans of Octavia Butler and Emily St. John Mandel.Sol has disa...
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The Rig
Roger LevyOn a desert planet, two boys meet, sparking a friendship that will change human society forever. On the windswept world of Bleak, a string of murders lead a writer to a story with ...
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Stars and Bones
Gareth L. PowellShortlisted for the BSFA Award, a stunningly inventive actionpacked sciencefiction epic adventure for fans of Becky Chambers and Ann Leckie from the multi BSFA awardwinner, Gareth ...
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The Thousand Earths
Stephen BaxterIn 2145AD John Hackett's adventure is just beginning.In Year 30, Mela's story is coming to a close.Hackett, in his trusty ship the Perseus, is not just a space traveller beginning...
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A Fractured Infinity
Nathan TavaresA thrilling race across the multiverse to save the infinite Earths – and the love of your life – from total destruction for fans of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, The Tim...
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From Divergent Suns
Sam PetersThe thrilling conclusion to the brilliant trilogy set on a distant world among the stars.A MISSING NUCLEAR WARHEAD. AN INTERSTELLAR CONSPIRACY. A DOOMSDAY CULT.In a remote city, a ...
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Wolves
Simon IngsA chilling literary dystopia for those who love Iain Banks and JG Ballard.Conrad is desperate for an escape after a devastating accident changes his way of life. When his childhood...
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Koko Uncaged
Kieran SheaThe third and final instalment in the fastpaced kickass Koko trilogy described by Booklist as "[A] futuristic wild ride... Great fun". Surviving job loss, an unsettled vendetta, a ...
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Occupy Me
Tricia SullivanTricia Sullivan returns to the genre with a pageturning, surreal highconcept science fiction that will define the conversation within the genre for years to come.Pearl is an angel....
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The Undetectables
Courtney SmythBe gay, solve crime, take napsA witty and quirky fantasy murder mystery in a folkloric world of witches, faeires, vampires, trolls and ghosts, for fans of Magic for Liars by Sarah ...
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Ten Low
Stark HolbornFirefly meets Dune in a breakneck race to escape across an alien moon thriving with aliens and criminals. Ten Low is eking out a living at the universe’s edge. An exmedic, exc...
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Sweet Dreams
Tricia SullivanTricia Sullivan returns to the genre with a pageturning, surreal highconcept science fiction that will define the conversation within the genre for years to come. Charlie is a drea...
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Everything You Ever Wanted
Luiza SaumaRead along with Florence Welch this February and March as part of the Between Two Books book club'Wry, beautiful, surprising and deeply moving' Rachel Seiffert, Guardian'Captures s...