Gene Wolfe was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, to which he converted after marrying a Catholic. He was a prolific short story writer and a novelist, and has won many awards in the field. The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award is given by SFWA for ‘lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy.’ Wolfe joins the Grand Master ranks alongside such legends as Connie Willis, Michael Moorcock, Anne McCaffrey, Robert Silverberg, Ursula K. Le Guin, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury and Joe Haldeman. The award will be presented at the 48th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend in San Jose, CA, May 16-19, 2013. While attending Texas A&M University Wolfe published his first speculative fiction in The Commentator, a student literary journal. Wolfe dropped out during his junior year, and was drafted to fight in the Korean War. After returning to the United States he earned a degree from the University of Houston and became an industrial engineer. He edited the journal Plant Engineering for many years before retiring to write full-time, but his most famous professional engineering achievement is a contribution to the machine used to make Pringles potato crisps. He lived in Barrington, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. A frequent Hugo nominee without a win, Wolfe has nevertheless picked up several Nebula and Locus Awards, among others, including the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and the 2012 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. He is also a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. http://us.macmillan.com/author/genewolfe
Series
Books
Women of the Night
1994
There Are Doors
1988
Starwater Strains
New Science Fiction Stories
2000
Empires of Foliage and Flower
A Tale from the Book of the Wonders of Urth and Sky
1987
Gene Wolfe's Book of Days
1981
The Devil in a Forest
1976
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
1972
Letters Home
1991
Return to the Whorl
2001
Frontiers 1
Tomorrow's Alternatives
1973
The Shadow of the Torturer
1980
Nightside the Long Sun
1993
Soldier of Sidon
2006
Silhouettes
1990
A Borrowed Man
2015
Epiphany of the Long Sun
1996
An Evil Guest
2008
The Best of Gene Wolfe
A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction
2009
Season of Wonder
2012
The Citadel of the Autarch
1983
Dormanna
2012
Pandora By Holly Hollander
1990
Shadow & Claw
1994
Litany of the Long Sun
1994
The Sorcerer's House
2010
Memorare
2007
Rags & Bones
New Twists on Timeless Tales
2013
Endangered Species
Short Stories
1989
Operation Ares
1970
The New Atlantis
1975
The Book of the New Sun
1983
The Book of the Short Sun
On Blue's Waters/In Green's Jungles/Return to the Whorl
2001
The Claw of the Conciliator
1981
The Sword of the Lictor
1982
Survival Game
1976
The Castle of the Otter
1982
Bibliomen
1984
Lake of the Long Sun
1994
Castleview
1990
The Sword & Sorcery Anthology
2012
The Complete Book of the New Sun
2017
The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories
1980
Interlibrary Loan
2020
Storeys from the Old Hotel
1988
Christmas Inn
2005
Soldier of Arete
1989
The Drabble Project
1988
The Wizard Knight
Comprising The Knight and The Wizard
2005
On Blue's Waters
1999
Caldé of the Long Sun
1994
Strange Travelers
New Selected Stories
2000
Free Live Free
1984
Pirate Freedom
2007
In Green's Jungles
2000
The Knight
2004
The Urth of the New Sun
1987
Ghosts by Gaslight
2011
The Dead Man and Other Horror Stories
2023
Soldier of the Mist
1986
The Secret History of Science Fiction
2009
Castle of Days
1992
Exodus from the Long Sun
1996
Plan(e)t Engineering
1984
The Wolfe at the Door
2023
Sword & Citadel
1994
Innocents Aboard
New Fantasy Stories
2004
Home Fires
2011
The Land Across
2013
Strange Birds
2006
Peace
1975
The Wizard
2004
