Welcome to Jo Walton’s website.
Here you will find information on my books, some short stories (and links to others), recipes, two plays, a large pile of poetry, and a blog. Enjoy!
And now, some useful lists.
Agent
Cameron McClure of DMLA is now my agent for US and international book and theatrical sales.
Forthcoming Events
Forthcoming Conventions
- Scintillation 6 Montreal Quebec Canada June 2025
- Seattle Worldcon 13-17th August 2025
Novels
- The King’s Peace (2000)
- The King’s Name (2001)
- The Prize in the Game (2002)
- Tooth and Claw (2003)
- Farthing (2006)
- Ha’Penny (2007 )
- Half a Crown (2008)
- Lifelode (2009)
- Among Others (2011)
- My Real Children (2014)
- The Just City (2015)
- The Philosopher Kings (2015)
- Neccessity (2016)
- Lent (May 2019)
- Or What You Will (July 2020)
Poetry Collections
- Muses and Lurkers, Rune Press, 2001.
- Sibyls and Spaceships, NESFA Press, February 2009
- Rivers and Robots in The Helix and the Hard Road, Aqueduct Press 2013.
- Thought Against Tomorrow Is There a Green Iguana Press, 2020, giant ebook
Non-Fiction Collections
- What Makes This Book So Great (2014)
- An Informal History of the Hugos (2018)
- Trace Elements: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction and Fantasy With Ada Palmer, forthcoming 2025
Short Story Collection
- Starlings (Tachyon Press, January 2018)
Awards (Chronological order)
- Astounding Award (formerly John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer) 2002
- World Fantasy Award (Tooth and Claw 2004)
- Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award (Farthing 2007)
- Prometheus Award (Libertarian SF) (Ha’Penny 2008)
- Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award (Half a Crown 2009)
- Mythopoeic Award (Fantasy) (Lifelode, 2010)
- Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award (Among Others 2012)
- Nebula Award (Among Others, 2012)
- Hugo (Among Others 2012)
- Robert Holdstock Award (Fantasy published in the UK) (Among Others 2012)
- Copper Cylinder Award (Canadian) (Among Others 2012)
- Kurd Laßwitz Preis (Best S/FF translated into German) (Among Others/In einer anderen Welt, 2014)
- Prix des lecteurs 2020 de Critiques libres (Mes Vrais Enfants/My Real Children 2020)
- Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award (My Real Children 2015)
- RUSA Women’s Fiction (My Real Children 2015)
- Otherwise Award (formerly Tiptree Award for Feminist SF) (My Real Children 2015)
- Prix Libr’à nous (French booksellers) (Morwenna/Among Others, 2015)
- Locus Award Best Non-Fiction (What Makes This Book So Great, 2015)
- Alfie (What Makes This Book So Great, 2015)
- Skylark Award (for contributions to SF) 2017
- Prix Planete-SF (French bloggers. Mes Vrais Enfants/My Real Children 2017)
- Prix AcuSf de l’Uchronie (French alternate history Mes Vrais Enfants/My Real Children 2017)
- Aurora Award (Canadian SF. Poem. Nidhog, 2021)
- Mythopoeic Award (Fantasy in the spirit of the Inklings) Or What You Will 2022
- Canadian SF Hall of Fame, 2024
Award Nominations (Alphabetical order)
- Aurora Award (Canadian SF/F My Real Children 2015)
- Prix Elbalkin (French fantasy) Lifelode/Pierre de Vie 2019)
- Grand Prix de l’Immaginaire (French) Ou Que Vois Voudrez (Or What You Will) 2023
- Hugo: Best Related Work (An Informal History of the Hugos 2019)
- Ignotus (SF/Fantasy Translated into Spanish) (Among Others/Entre Extranos 2013, The Just City/La Ciudad Giusta 2022)
- Prix Imaginales (Fantasy translated into French) (Among Others/Morwenna 2015, Lifelode/Pierre-de-Vie 2020)
- John W. Campbell Memorial (Farthing 2007)
- Kurd Laßwitz Preis (Best S/FF translated into German) (Ha’Penny/Der Tag Der Lerche 2016, Half a Crown/Das Jahr des Falken 2017)
- Lambda (SF with gay/lesbian issues) (Ha’Penny 2008)
- Locus (Farthing 2007, Among Others 2012, Necessity 2017, Starlings 2019, An Informal History of the Hugos 2019)
- Nebula (Farthing 2007)
- Mythopoeic (Among Others 2012, Thessaly 2017, Lent 2020)
- Phantastik Preis (SF/F translated into German) (Among Others/In einer anderen Welt, 2014)
- Prometheus (Half a Crown 2009, The Just City 2016)
- Quill (Farthing 2007)
- Rhysling (SF poetry) (“Candlemass Poem” 2007, “Scorpio” 2017)
- Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice (Ha’Penny 2008)
- Seiun (SF/Fantasy translated into Japanese) (Farthing, Ha’Penny, Half a Crown 2011, Among Others 2015, My Real Children 2018)
- Sidewise (Alternate History) (Farthing 2007, Ha’Penny 2008, Half a Crown 2009, My Real Children 2015)
- Stonewall (Literature with GLBT) (My Real Children 2015)
- Sunburst (Canadian Literature of the Fantastic) (Half a Crown 2009, My Real Children 2015, Necessity 2017)
- Tiptree (Lifelode 2010)
- Utopiales Prix Europeen (Mes Vrais Enfants 2017)
- World Fantasy Award (Among Others 2012, My Real Children 2015)