Karl Schroeder () (born September 4, 1962) is a Canadian science fiction author and futurist. His novels present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality, and interstellar travel, and are deeply philosophical. More recently he also focuses on near-future topics. Several of his short stories feature the character Gennady Malianov.
Biography
Schroeder was born in a Mennonite family in Brandon, Manitoba. In 1986 he moved to Toronto, where he now lives with his wife Janice Beitel and daughter. After publishing a dozen short stories, Schroeder published his first novel, Ventus, in 2000. A prequel to Ventus, Lady of Mazes, was published in 2005. He has published seven more novels and is co-author (with Cory Doctorow) of the self-help book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction. Schroeder currently writes, consults in the area of futures studies.
In October, 2011, Karl Schroeder was awarded a Master of Design degree in Strategic Foresight and Innovation from OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Awards
- 1982. Pierian Spring Best Story award for The Great Worm.
- 1989. Context '89 fiction contest winner for The Cold Convergence.
- 1993. Prix Aurora Award for Best Short Work in English for The Toy Mill.
- 2001. New York Times Notable book for Ventus.
- 2003. Prix Aurora Award for best Canadian SF novel for Permanence.
- 2006/2007: Sun of Suns: Kirkus Best Book of 2006, 2007 Aurora finalist, 2007 nomination for the John W. Campbell Memorial award
- 2012. Audie Award for best Original Work for METAtropolis: Cascadia, a shared-world audiobook anthology in which Schroeder's contribution was the short story Deodand.
- Lockstep was the 2015 winner of the Aurora Award for Best Young Adult Novel.
Selected bibliography
Stand-alone
- The Claus Effect (with David Nickle). (Tesseract Books, 1997)
- Permanence (Tor Books, 2002.)
- Crisis in Zefra (Directorate of Land Strategic Concepts, National Defence Canada; 2005.)
- Lockstep (Tor Books, 2014.)
- Jubilee , 2014
- The Million , 2018
- Stealing Worlds , 2019
Ventus
- Ventus (Tor Books, 2000)
- Lady of Mazes (prequel to Ventus) (Tor Books, 2005)
Virga
- Sun of Suns (Tor Books, 2006.)
- Queen of Candesce (Tor Books, 2007.)
- Pirate Sun (Tor Books, 2008.)
- The Sunless Countries (Tor Books, 2009.)
- Ashes of Candesce (Tor Books, 2012.)
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