Jennifer Marie Brissett

Fiction Writer

NYC
US
Website: 
www.jennbrissett.com
Twitter/X: 
@jennbrissett

Author's Bio

Jennifer Marie Brissett is a speculative fiction author who once owned an indie bookstore in Brooklyn.

Education: 
Stonecoast MFA, University of Southern Maine MFA
Literary agent: 
Kirby Kim, Janklow & Nesbit Associates

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Terraform: Watch/Worlds/Burn (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022)
,
Sunspot Jungle: The Ever-Expanding Universe of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Rosarium Publishing, 2019)
,
Welcome to Dystopia: 45 Visions Of What Lies Ahead (OR Books, 2017)
,
People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction - Lightspeed Magazine Special Issue (CreateSpace, 2016)
,
APB: Artists Against Police Brutality (Rosarium Publishing, 2015)
,
Warrior Wisewoman 2 (Norilana Books, 2009)
Books:
Destroyer of Light (Tor Books, 2021)
,
Elysium, Or the World After (Aqueduct Press, 2014)
Prizes won: 

Winner of the 2015 Philip K. Dick Special Citation
Finalist for the 2018 Italia Award for Best SF Novel
Finalist for the 2014 James Tiptree Jr. Award
Finalist for the 2015 Locus Award for Best First Novel
Finalist for the 2013 storySouth Million Writers Award

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Born in: 
London, England,
United Kingdom
Raised in: 
Cambridge, MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: Dec 31, 2022