Cadwell Turnbull is an American science fiction and fantasy writer from the U.S. Virgin Islands.[1][2] He is the author of award-winning short stories and novels, including The Lesson (2019) and No Gods, No Monsters (2021).
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Biography
editTurnbull was born on August 12, 1987 in Maryland, but moved with his parents when he was a month old[3] and was raised in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. He moved to Pittsburgh to attend La Roche University,[3][4] where he received a BA in Professional Writing.[5] He attended North Carolina State University for graduate school,[6] where he studied under John Kessel and Wilton Barnhardt.[3] He received an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) and an MA in English (Linguistics).[7] He is a graduate of the 2016 Clarion West Writers Workshop.[8]
Works
editTurnbull's short stories have appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Lightspeed Magazine, and Nightmare Magazine. Two of his short stories have been read by LeVar Burton on the LeVar Burton Reads podcast.[9][10] His short story "Loneliness Is in Your Blood" was selected for The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 anthology,[11] and his short story "Jump" was selected for The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 anthology.[12]
His debut novel, The Lesson, was nominated for multiple awards and won the Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for speculative fiction in the "debut" category.[13][14] His second novel, No Gods, No Monsters, was listed as one of the best books of 2021 by The New York Times,[15] NPR,[16] Audible,[17] the New York Public Library,[18] Kirkus Reviews,[19] Library Journal,[20] and Tor.com.[21] His third novel, We Are the Crisis, was listed as one of the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2023 and one of the Best Fiction Books of 2023 by Kirkus Reviews.[22][23]
Many of his stories take place (at least partially) in his native U.S. Virgin Islands. His writing often addresses sociopolitical topics like colonialism and post-colonialism,[24][25] marginalized communities,[26][27] climate change,[28][29] police violence,[30][31] and collective ownership.[29] He credits Ursula Le Guin as influential to his writing[32] along with Octavia Butler, Ted Chiang, N. K. Jemisin, Alice Munro, and George Orwell.[33]
Bibliography
editNovels
edit- The Lesson. (2019). Blackstone Publishing. ISBN 978-1538584644.
Convergence Saga
edit- No Gods, No Monsters. (2021). Blackstone Publishing. ISBN 978-1982603724.
- We Are the Crisis. (2023). Blackstone Publishing. ISBN 978-1982603755
Short fiction
edit- "Loneliness Is in Your Blood". (2017). Nightmare Magazine.
- "A Third of the Stars of Heaven". (2017). Lightspeed Magazine.
- “Other Worlds and This One”. (2018). Lightspeed Magazine.
- Originally printed (2017) in Asimov’s Science Fiction
- “When the Rains Come Back.” (2017). Lightspeed Magazine.
- -- (2019). Featured on We Will Remember Freedom podcast.[34]
- "They Built a Wall". (2018). Grassroots Economic Organizing.
- "Jump". (2019). Lightspeed Magazine.
- -- (2019). Featured on LeVar Burton Reads podcast.[9]
- "Monsters Come Howling in their Season". (2019). The Verge.
- "All the Hidden Places". (2019). Nightmare Magazine.
- "The Letters Triptych". (2020). In The Dystopia Triptych: Ignorance is Strength, Vol 1. Broach Reach Publishing and Adamant Press. ISBN 979-8677287572.
- "Mediation." (2020). In Entanglements: Tomorrow's Lovers, Families, and Friends. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0262539258.
- "Shock of Birth". (2021). Lightspeed Magazine.
- -- (2021). Featured on LeVar Burton Reads podcast.[10]
- -- (2023). In Many Worlds, or The Simulacra. Radix Media. ISBN 978-1737718437
- "Killmonger Rising". (2021). In Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda. Titan Books. ISBN 978-1789095685.
- “Break the Skin If You Have To”, with Emma Osborne and Jess Essey (2022). Nightmare Magazine.
- “There, She Didn’t Need Air to Fill Her Lungs” Lost Worlds & Mythological Kingdoms. Grim Oak Press. ISBN 978-1944145798
- "Notes on the Forum of the Simulacra." (2023). In Many Worlds, or The Simulacra. Radix Media. ISBN 978-1737718437
- “Wandering Devil”. (2023). Out There Screaming: An Anthology of Black Horror. Penguin Random House.
- “A Tech Mage Comes to Visit”. (2023). Sunday Morning Transport.
Edited works
edit- Many Worlds, or The Simulacra, with Josh Eure (2023). Radix Media. ISBN 978-1737718437
Awards
edit| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
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| 2019 | Society of Voice Arts and Sciences (SOVAS) | Fiction, Best Voiceover | The Lesson | Nominee | [35] |
| 2020 | AAMBC Literary Award | Sci Fi/Fantasy Writer of the Year | The Lesson | Nominee | [36] |
| Audie Award | Science Fiction | The Lesson | Nominee | [37][38] | |
| Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award | Debut Speculative Fiction | The Lesson | Winner | [13][14] | |
| VCU Cabell First Novelist Award | The Lesson | Shortlist | [39] | ||
| 2021 | Massachusetts Book Award | Fiction | The Lesson | Longlist | [40] |
| 2022 | Shirley Jackson Award | Novel | No Gods, No Monsters | Nominee | [41][42] |
| Locus Awards | Fantasy Novel | No Gods, No Monsters | Nominee | [43] | |
| Lambda Literary Award | LGBTQ Speculative Fiction | No Gods, No Monsters | Winner | [44][45] |
References
edit- ^ Sorg, Arley (October 2021). "Breaking Out of the Box: A Conversation with Cadwell Turnbull". Clarkesworld Magazine. No. 181. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ "Local Authors to be Featured at V.I. Literary Festival, April 10–13". St. Thomas Source. 2019-03-29.
- ^ a b c "Cadwell Turnbull: The Trauma of an Alien Invasion". Locus Magazine Online. September 16, 2019. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ "Congratulations Distinguished Alumni of 2020 | La Roche University". www.laroche.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ "Best-Selling Author to Visit La Roche University". La Roche University News. 2019-08-29. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
- ^ "Wolfpack Writers: Cadwell Turnbull". College of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2021-09-13. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ "Storyteller Cadwell Turnbull Captures Readers with Debut Novel". College of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ McNeil, Kevin (January 2017). "Author Spotlight: Cadwell Turnbull". Nightmare Magazine. No. 52. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ a b "LeVar Burton Reads: "Jump" by Cadwell Turnbull". Stitcher.
- ^ a b "LeVar Burton Reads: "Shock of Birth" by Cadwell Turnbull on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ Adams, John Joseph; Jemisin, N. K. (2018). The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-1-328-83456-0.
- ^ Horton, Rich (2019). The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 Edition. Prime. ISBN 978-1-60701-531-4.
- ^ a b "2020 Neukom Awards Honors Complex Stories in Complex Times". Neukom Institute for Computational Science. Oct 8, 2020. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- ^ a b Liptak, Andrew (2020-10-08). "Cadwell Turnbull and Ted Chiang Win 2020 Neukom Institute Award". Tor.com. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ El-Mohtar, Amal (Dec 8, 2021). "The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2021". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ "Best Books 2021: Books We Love". NPR. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "The Best of 2021". Audible. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Best Books for Adults 2021 | The New York Public Library". www.nypl.org. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2021". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ Webb, Anja. "Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2021". Library Journal. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Tor.com Reviewers' Choice: The Best Books of 2021". Tor.com. 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2023". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ "Best of 2023". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ Wagner, Wendy (2019-06-27). "Interview: Cadwell Turnbull". Lightspeed Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ "Colonialism As Alien Invasion: Cadwell Turnbull's The Lesson". therumpus.net. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ "Katharine Coldiron Reviews The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull". Locus Online. 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ "Gary K. Wolfe Reviews No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull". Locus Online. 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ "'Buffy' Should Have Been Set in the Virgin Islands". Wired. 2019-11-16. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ a b Liptak, Andrew (2019-01-23). "Cadwell Turnbull on the implications of a collectively owned AI system". The Verge. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ Scheier |, Liz. ""A World Beneath This One": PW Talks with Cadwell Turnbull". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ Eddy, Cheryl (2020-10-20). "Police Violence Sparks a Werewolf Rebellion in This Excerpt from Cadwell Turnbull's No Gods, No Monsters". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ Nelson, Juliann (July 18, 2019). ""Write the World You Want": A PEN Ten Interview with Cadwell Turnbull". PEN America. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ M., Daryl. "Interview With an Author: Cadwell Turnbull". Los Angeles Public Library. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ "We Will Remember Freedom: Episode 1 - When the Rains Come Back, by Cadwell Turnbull on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ "2019 Nominees". Society of Voice Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ Newhouse, Tamika (2020-02-19). "AAMBC Literary Awards 2020 nominees are revealed". The AAMBC Journal. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ "2020 Audie Awards Winners". Locus Online. Mar 3, 2020. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ "2020 Audie Awards Finalists Named". PublishersWeekly.com. Feb 3, 2020. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, @FirstNovelVCU (Apr 20, 2020). "ANNOUNCEMENT: The "TOP 10 Shortlist" for the 2020 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award!". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ "Mass Book Awards". Massachusetts Center for the Book. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ "2021 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees". Shirley Jackson Awards. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ "2021 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees". Locus Magazine Online. Sep 30, 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ "2022 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Magazine Online. Jun 25, 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ "2022 Winners". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ "Lambda Literary's LGBTQ+ award winners for 2022". NBC News. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
External links
edit- Official website
- Sorg, Arley (October 2021). "Breaking Out of the Box: A Conversation with Cadwell Turnbull". Clarkesworld: Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine. No. 181.