Episode 625: Kelly Barnhill and the Mind of a Writer

cranehusband.jpegThis week Jonathan and Gary are joined by World Fantasy and Newbery Award winner Kelly Barnhill, whose When Women Were Dragons was one of last year’s outstanding fantasy novels. We talk about her just-published The Crane Husband, which powerfully combines aspects of the classic fairy tale, science fiction, horror, and coming-of-age tale. We touch upon mixing genres, writing while raising a family, making up disposable fairytales, how stories involve both the forebrain and the hindbrain, and reading Terry Pratchett.

Awards eligibility – 2022

2022 was a year when I edited two original anthologies, five novellas published by Tordocom, eight of Tor.com’s short stories, and acted as reviews editor for Locus for the 20th consecutive year.

As a podcaster, we managed a total of 50 episodes, including the Coode Street Advent Calendar, which was fun.

Fiction edited in 2022

Anthologies

Novellas

Novelette

  • After the Storm, James Bradley (Tomorrow’s Parties)
  • Of All the New Yorks in All the Worlds, Indrapramit Das (Tor.com)
  • Victory Citrus Is Sweet, Thoraiya Dyer (Tor.com)
  • When the Tide Rises, Sarah Gailey (Tomorrow’s Parties)
  • Once Upon a Future in the West, Daryl Gregory (Tomorrow’s Parties)
  • The Place of all the Souls, Margo Lanagan (Someone in Time)
  • The Chronologist, Ian R. MacLeod (Tor.com)
  • Burning Books for Pleasure and Profit, K.J. Parker (Tor.com)
  • Do You Hear the Fungi Sing?, Chen Quifan (Tomorrow’s Parties)
  • I Give You the Moon, Justina Robson (Tomorrow’s Parties)
  • Seven Vampires: A Judge Dee Mystery, Lavie Tidhar (Tor.com)
  • Judge Dee and the Mystery of the Missing Manuscript, Lavie Tidhar (Tor.com)
  • The Difference Between Love and Time, Catherynne M. Valente (Someone in Time)

Short story

  • D.I.Y, John Wiswell (Tor.com)
  • The Lichens, Nina Allan (Someone in Time)
  • The Past Life Reconstruction Service, Zen Cho (Tomorrow’s Parties)
  • Romance Historical, Rowan Coleman (Someone in Time)
  • Crisis Actors, Greg Egan (Someone in Time)
  • Drone Pirates of Silicon Valley, Meg Ellison (Tomorrow’s Parties)
  • The Golden Hour, Jeffrey Ford (Tomorrow’s Parties)
  • I Remember Satellites, Sarah Gailey (Someone in Time)
  • A Letter to Merlin, Theodora Goss (Someone in Time)
  • Roadside Attraction, Alix E. Harrow (Someone in Time)
  • The Ferryman, Saad Z. Hossain (Someone in Time)
  • Bergamot and Vetiver, Lavanya Lakshminarayan (Tomorrow’s Parties)
  • First Aid, Seanan McGuire (Someone in Time)
  • Unbashed, or: Jackson, Whose Cowardice Tore a Hole in the Chronoverse, Sam Miller (Someone in Time)
  • Choke, Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Someone in Time)
  • Legion, Malka Older (Tor.com)
  • Timed Obsolescence, Sameem Sadiqui (Tomorrow’s Parties)
  • Down and Out in Exile Park, Tade Thompson (Someone in Time)
  • Dead Poets, Carrie Vaughn Carrie Vaughn (Someone in Time)

Editor, Short-Form (Hugos)/Professional Achievement (WFA)

Best Fancast/Podcast

I hope you’ll consider supporting the talented people that I’ve worked with during the year.