Alaya Dawn Johnson (born 1982)[1] (/əˈlaɪə/)[2] is an American writer of speculative fiction.
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Born | 1982 (age 39–40) Washington DC |
Occupation | Writer |
Education | Columbia University (BA) |
Period | 2007–present |
Genre | Science fiction, fantasy, Solarpunk |
Notable works | The Summer Prince The Spirit Binders' |
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alayadawnjohnson |
Apart from short fiction, Johnson has published two urban fantasy novels about "vampire suffragette" Zephyr Hollis set in an alternate 1920s New York City,[3] and two novels set on islands resembling pre-modern Polynesia where people have learned to bind elemental powers to their commands.[4][5]
Her 2013 debut in the young adult fiction sector, the standalone novel The Summer Prince, is set on a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk Brazilian arcology ruled by a nanotech-empowered matriarchy.[6][7] Love Is the Drug, her 2014 stand-alone young adult novel, is set in Washington, D.C. and follows a prep-school student whose memory loss may be connected to a burgeoning global influenza pandemic.[8][9]
In February 2021 Johnson was the literary guest of honor and keynote speaker at the 39th annual Life, the Universe, & Everything professional science fiction and fantasy arts symposium.[10]
Johnson was born in Washington, D.C.[1] She graduated from Columbia University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Languages and Cultures.[11][12] Johnson lived in New York City [11] until 2014, when she moved to Mexico City. [13]
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Year | Title | First published | Reprinted/collected |
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2005 | "Shard of Glass" | —— (Feb 14, 2005). "Shard of Glass (Part 1)". Strange Horizons. —— (Feb 21, 2005). "Shard of Glass (Part 2)". Strange Horizons. |
Year's Best Fantasy 6 pp. 58–77 |
"Third Day Lights" | —— (Sep–Oct 2005). "Third Day Lights". Interzone (200). | Year's Best SF 11 pp. 281–308 | |
2006 | "Among Their Bright Eyes" | —— (Winter 2006). "Among Their Bright Eyes". Fantasy (5). | —— (2007). "Among Their..." Pseudopod. |
2008 | "Down the Well" | —— (Aug 4, 2008). "Down the Well". Strange Horizons. | |
2009 | "Far and Deep" | —— (Mar–Apr 2009). "Far and Deep". Interzone (221). | |
"The Yeast of Eire" | —— (Sep 7, 2009). "The Yeast of Eire (Part 1)". Strange Horizons. —— (Sep 14, 2009). "The Yeast of Eire (Part 2)". Strange Horizons. |
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"A Song to Greet the Sun" | —— (Oct 2009). "A Song to Greet the Sun". Fantasy (31). | ||
"The Score" | —— (2009). "The Score". Interfictions 2. Small Beer Press: 46–73. | —— (2013). "The Score". Nightmare. | |
2010 | "Love Will Tear Us Apart" | —— (2010). "Love Will Tear Us Apart". Zombies vs. Unicorns. Margaret K. McElderry Books: 21–48. | |
2011 | "Their Changing Bodies" | —— (Summer 2011). "Their Changing Bodies". Subterranean Online. Subterranean Press: 7. | |
"A Prince of Thirteen Days" | —— (2011). "A Prince of Thirteen Days". Welcome to Bordertown. Random House: 190–219. | ||
2013 | "They Shall Salt the Earth with Seeds of Glass" | —— (Jan 2013). "They Shall Salt the Earth with Seeds of Glass". Asimov's. 37 (1): 10–26. | —— (2021). "They Shall..." Uncanny. |
2014 | "A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i" | —— (Jul–Aug 2014). "A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i". F&SF. 127 (1&2): 231–255. | |
2017 | "A Hundred Thousand Threads" | —— (2017). "A Hundred Thousand Threads". Three Sides of a Heart. HarperTeen: 333–369. | |
2020 | "The Rules of the Land" | —— (2020). "The Rules of the Land". A Phoenix First Must Burn. Viking Books: 67–84. | |
"Reconstruction" | —— (2020). "Reconstruction". Reconstruction. Small Beer Press. | ||
"The Mirages" | —— (Nov–Dec 2020). "The Mirages". Asimov's. 44 (11&12): 36–44. | ||
2022 | "The Memory Librarian" (with Janelle Monáe) | —— (2022). "The Memory Librarian". The Memory Librarian. HarperVoyager. | |
Nebula Award for Best Novelette | |
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