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Ursula Vernon (born May 28, 1977) is an American freelance writer, artist and illustrator. She has won numerous awards for her work in various mediums, including the Hugo Award for her graphic novel Digger, the Nebula Award for her short story "Jackalope Wives", and Mythopoeic Awards for adult and children's literature. Vernon's books for children include Hamster Princess and Dragonbreath. Under the name T. Kingfisher, she is also the author of books for older audiences. She writes short fiction under both names.

Ursula Vernon
Ursula Vernon accepting the Hugo Award for Best Novelette at Worldcon in Helsinki 2017.
Born	Ursula Vernon (1977-05-28) May 28, 1977 (age 45) Japan[1]
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, artist, webcomics
Pseudonym(s)	T. Kingfisher
Notable works	Digger, Dragonbreath series
Awards	Ursa Major Award; Hugo Award; Nebula Award; Mythopoeic Award; WSFA Small Press Award
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Career

Ursula Vernon grew up in Oregon and Arizona and studied anthropology at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she first took art classes.[2] She first became known for her webcomics and as a freelance artist, particularly for her works containing anthropomorphic animals. She then moved into writing and illustrating a number of children's books, her first being published in 2008,[3] and then books for adults under the pseudonym T. Kingfisher.[4][5] She decided to start using the pseudonym in order to avoid confusion amongst parents who were only familiar with her as a children's book author,[6] and chose it because she loves kingfishers (and as an homage to Ursula K. LeGuin, who once joked that the initials "U.K." could stand for "Ulysses Kingfisher).[7] She has published short fiction under both names, and has won a number of awards for them including the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. Vernon regularly attends conventions to exhibit and sell her work and has been a guest of honor at Midwest FurFest 2004 and 2009, and the Artist Guest of Honor at Further Confusion 2010. Vernon was the Author Guest of Honor for Mythcon 45[8] and a Guest of Honor at Eurofurence 20, both in August 2014. In 2017, she was the Author Guest of Honor at Arisia '17. Vernon podcasts with her husband, Kevin Sonney.[9]

Works

Books for younger audiences

Ursula Vernon is the author and illustrator of the Dragonbreath and Hamster Princess children's book series, published by Dial Books:

Dragonbreath series

No.	Book	Year	ISBN
1	Dragonbreath	2009	0-8037-3363-1
2	Dragonbreath: Attack of the Ninja Frogs	2010	0-8037-3365-8
3	Dragonbreath: Curse of the Were-Weiner	2010	0-8037-3469-7
4	Dragonbreath: Lair of the Bat Monster	2011	0-8037-3525-1
5	Dragonbreath: No Such Thing as Ghosts	2011	0-8037-3527-8
6	Dragonbreath: Revenge of the Horned Bunnies	2012	0-8037-3677-0
7	Dragonbreath: When Fairies Go Bad	2012	0-8037-3678-9
8	Dragonbreath: Nightmare of the Iguana	2013	0-8037-3846-3
9	Dragonbreath: The Case of the Toxic Mutants	2013	0-8037-3847-1
10	Dragonbreath: Knight-napped!	2015	0-8037-3849-8
11	Dragonbreath: The Frozen Menace	2016	0-8037-3986-9

Hamster Princess series

No.	Book	Date	ISBN
1	Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible	August 18, 2015	0-8037-3983-4
2	Hamster Princess: Of Mice and Magic	March 15, 2016	0-8037-3984-2
3	Hamster Princess: Ratpunzel	October 18, 2016	0-8037-3985-0
4	Hamster Princess: Giant Trouble	May 9, 2017	0-3991-8652-2
5	Hamster Princess: Whiskerella	January 23, 2018	0-3991-8655-7
6	Hamster Princess: Little Red Rodent Hood	September 25, 2018	0-3991-8658-1

Other children's books

• Nurk: The Strange Surprising Adventures Of A (Somewhat) Brave Shrew (ISBN 0-15-206375-7) was published by Harcourt in 2008[3] and released as an audiobook in 2009.[10] It was Vernon's first published children's book.[11]
• Castle Hangnail (ISBN 978-0-803741-29-4) (April 21, 2015) Dial Books

Books for older audiences

The following books were written as Ursula Vernon and published by Sofawolf Press.

Book	Date	ISBN
It Made Sense at the Time: Selected Sketches	November 18, 2004	978-0-971267-06-0
Black Dogs Part 1: The House of Diamond	March 1, 2007	978-0-976921-24-0
Black Dogs Part 2: The Mountain of Iron	January 1, 2011	978-1-936689-03-3

Temple of the White Rat books

The following books were written under the name T. Kingfisher and take place in what Vernon calls "the Temple of the White Rat world."[12][13]

#	Book	Date	Publisher	ISBN	Ref
Clocktaur War #1	Clockwork Boys	November 21, 2017	Red Wombat Tea Company	ISBN 978-1614504061	[14]
Clocktaur War #2	The Wonder Engine	February 27, 2018	Red Wombat Tea Company	ISBN 978-1614504177	[15]
N/A	Swordheart	November 27, 2018	Argyll Productions	ISBN 978-1614504634	[16]
The Saint of Steel #1	Paladin's Grace	February 11, 2020	Red Wombat Studio	ISBN 978-1614505211	[17]
The Saint of Steel #2	Paladin's Strength	February 28, 2021	Red Wombat Studio	ISBN 978-1614505303	[18]
The Saint of Steel #3	Paladin's Hope	October 9, 2021	Red Wombat Studio	ISBN 978-1614505518	[19]

Other books for older audiences

The following books were also written under the name T. Kingfisher.

Book	Type	Date	Publisher	ISBN	ISBN Note	Ref
Nine Goblins	Novel	October 27, 2013	Red Wombat Tea Company	ISBN 978-1310505768	(ebook)	[20]
The Seventh Bride	Novel	November 11, 2014	Red Wombat Tea Company	ISBN 978-1503949751	(47North paperback)	[21]
Bryony & Roses	Novel	May 18, 2015	Red Wombat Tea Company	ISBN 978-1614503996	(Argyll paperback, Nov 2017)	[22]
The Raven & The Reindeer	Novel	February 7, 2016	Red Wombat Tea Company	ISBN 978-1614503897	(Argyll paperback)	[23]
Summer in Orcus (web series)	Novel	September 2016	Red Wombat Tea Company	ISBN 978-1936689606	(Sofawolf hardcover)	[24]
The Halcyon Fairy Book	Collection	January 19, 2017	NESFA Press	ISBN 978-1610373265		[25]
Minor Mage	Chapbook	July 29, 2019	Argyll Productions	ISBN 978-1614505006		[26]
The Twisted Ones	Novel	October 1, 2019	Simon & Schuster	ISBN 978-1534429574		[27]
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking	Novel	July 21, 2020	Argyll Productions	ISBN 978-1614505242		[28]
The Hollow Places	Novel	October 6, 2020	Simon & Schuster	ISBN 978-1534451124		[29]
Nettle & Bone	Novel	April 26, 2022	Tor Books	ISBN 978-1250244048		[30]
What Moves The Dead	Novel	July 12, 2022	Tor Nightfire	ISBN 978-1250830753		[31]

Webcomics

Vernon is the author of the Eisner Award-nominated and Hugo Award-winning webcomic Digger.[32] A fantasy story featuring an anthropomorphic wombat,[2][33] it is also available in six paperback books published between 2005 and 2011: Vol. 1 (ISBN 0-9769212-2-7), Vol. 2 (ISBN 0-9769212-6-X), Vol. 3 (ISBN 0-9791496-3-0), Vol. 4 (ISBN 0-9819883-3-4), Vol. 5 (ISBN 0-9819883-9-3), Vol. 6 (ISBN 1-9366890-6-5) and as Digger: The Complete Omnibus Edition (ISBN 1-936689-32-4) published in 2013. She is also the writer and illustrator of the webcomic Irrational Fears and the short stories Little Creature and Little Creature and the Redcap.

Illustrations and art

Before becoming a published children's book author Vernon was primarily a freelance artist and illustrator and she still regularly produces new works of art. Her work includes the creation of digital art as well as the use of more traditional mediums such as watercolour and acrylics, with much of her more recent work being mixed media. Most of her art work is available as prints and Vernon has also taken commercial commissions such as book covers and game art.

The game Black Sheep designed by Reiner Knizia and published by Fantasy Flight Games uses art by Vernon on its playing cards.[34] Her art work titled The Biting Pear of Salamanca became an internet meme in the form of the LOL WUT pear[35] and has been made into a resin figurine due to its popularity.[36] She has also designed labels for a series of tea and soap products.[37][38]^{[citation needed]}

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Year	Work	Result	Ref.
British Fantasy Award	Horror Novel	2020	The Twisted Ones	Nominated	[39]
		2021	The Hollow Places	Nominated	[39]
Dragon Award	Horror Novel	2020	The Twisted Ones	Won	[40]
		2021	The Hollow Places	Won	[41]
	YA / Middle Grade Novel	2021	A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking	Won	[41]
Hugo Award	Graphic Story	2012	Digger	Won	[42]
	Novelette	2017	"The Tomato Thief"	Won	[43]
	Short Story	2018	"Sun, Moon, Dust"	Nominated	[44]
		2019	“The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society”	Nominated	[39]
		2021	“Metal Like Blood in the Dark”	Won	[45]
	Series	2022	The World of the White Rat	Nominated	[39][46]
Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	2017	The Wonder Engine	Nominated	[39]
		2022	Paladin’s Strength	Nominated	[47]
	Horror Novel	2020	The Twisted Ones	Nominated	[39]
		2021	The Hollow Places	Nominated	[39]
	Short Story	2021	"Fisher-Bird"	Nominated	[39]
	Young Adult Book	2021	A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking	Won	[48]
Lodestar Award	Young Adult Book	2018	Summer in Orcus	Nominated	[39]
		2020	Minor Mage	Nominated	[39]
		2021	A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking	Won	[45]
Mythopoeic Award	Adult Literature	2012	Digger	Won	[49]
	Children's Literature	2017	Castle Hangnail	Won	[50]
		2021	A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking	Won	[51]
Nebula Award	Andre Norton Award[lower-alpha 1]	2021	A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking	Won	[54]
	Short Story	2015	"Jackalope Wives"	Won	[55]
World Fantasy Award	Short Fiction	2015	"Jackalope Wives"	Nominated	[56]

Vernon has also received the following accolades:

• Her cover for Best in Show won the 2003 Ursa Major Award for Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration.[57]
• For her work on Digger, Vernon was nominated for the 2006 Eisner Awards in the category Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition,[58] and won the 2005 Web Cartoonists' Choice Award for Outstanding Black and White Art. Digger has also been nominated in the Outstanding Anthropomorphic Comic category.[59][60]
• "Jackalope Wives" (2014), "The Tomato Thief" (2016) and "Metal Like Blood in the Dark" (2020) won the WSFA Small Press Award.[61][62][63]

See also

Notes

References

External links

Personal websites

• Official website
• RedWombatStudio.com, Art website
• Bark Like a Fish, Damnit!, Public Livejournal blog. (Last updated 2017)
• Digger webcomic

Socials

• Ursula Vernon on Twitter
• Ursula Vernon at Goodreads
• UrsulaV Ursula Vernon's deviantART page.

Catalogs

• Ursula Vernon at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Ursula Vernon at Library of Congress Authorities
• Ursula Vernon at Fantastic Fiction
• Free Speculative Fiction Online, accessed Mar 4, 2022

Publishers

• Ursula Vernon at Penguin Random
• Ursula Vernon at Argyll
• Ursula Vernon on Uncanny Mag
• Ursula Vernon on Audible

На других языках

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[de] Ursula Vernon

Ursula Vernon (* 28. Mai 1977) ist eine US-amerikanische Schriftstellerin und Illustratorin. Sie publiziert Kinderbücher und Graphic Novels sowie Fantasy. Für mehrere ihrer Werke erhielt sie Auszeichnungen. Literatur für ein etwas älteres Publikum veröffentlicht sie auch unter dem Pseudonym T. Kingfisher.

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