Fran Wilde

Fran Wilde

Fran Wilde was born in 1972, Fran Wilde has written at least 54 books. Their most popular book is Updraft with 96 saves with an average rating of 3.37⭐.

Author Bio

Two-time Nebula Award-winner Fran Wilde has (so far) published eight novels, a poetry collection, and over 70 short stories for adults, teens, and kids. Her stories have been finalists for six Nebula Awards, a World Fantasy Award, four Hugo Awards, four Locus Awards, and a Lodestar. They include her Nebula- and Compton Crook-winning debut novel Updraft, and her Nebula-winning, Best of NPR 2019, debut Middle Grade novel Riverland. Her short stories appear in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Tor.com, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Shimmer, Nature, Uncanny Magazine, and multiple years' best anthologies.

The Managing Editor for The Sunday Morning Transport, Fran teaches or has taught for schools including Vermont College of Fine Arts’ WFCMYA MFA and St. Mary’s College of Maryland. She writes nonfiction for publications including The Washington Post, The New York Times, NPR, and Tor.com. You can find her on Instagram, Bluesky, and at franwilde.net.

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Updraft
Updraft
  • Fran Wilde
3.3751 reads
His Hideous Heart
His Hideous Heart
    3.9513 reads
    The Jewel and Her Lapidary
    The Jewel and Her Lapidary
    • Fran Wilde
    3.4216 reads
    From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi
    From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi
      3.5810 reads
      Cloudbound
      Cloudbound
      • Fran Wilde
      3.259 reads
      Riverland
      Riverland
      • Fran Wilde
      3.52 reads
      Resist: Tales from a Future Worth Fighting Against
      Resist: Tales from a Future Worth Fighting Against
      • Hugh Howey
      • Charlie Jane Anders
      • Saladin Ahmed
      • Leigh Alexander
      • Violet Allen
      • Jason Arnopp
      • Elizabeth Bear
      • Desirina Boskovich
      • C. Robert Cargill
      • Delilah S. Dawson
      • Kieron Gillen
      • Kevin Hearne
      • Laura Hudson
      • Jake Kerr
      • Sarah Kuhn
      • Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
      • An Owomoyela
      • Samuel Peralta
      • Beth Revis
      • Madeleine Roux
      • John Scalzi
      • David Wellington
      • Troy L. Wiggins
      • Fran Wilde
      • Chet Williamson
      • Daniel H. Wilson
      • Charles Yu
      3.753 reads
      The Best of Uncanny
      The Best of Uncanny
      • Ken Liu (Translator)
      3.85 reads
      Ninth Step Station: The Complete Season 1
      Ninth Step Station: The Complete Season 1
      • Malka Older
      • Fran Wilde
      • Jacqueline Koyanagi
      • Curtis C. Chen
      00 reads
      Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2020 Edition
      Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2020 Edition
      • Charlie Jane Anders
      • G.V. Anderson
      • Gregory Norman Bossert
      • Jeremy Packert Burke
      • Katharine Duckett
      • Carolyn Ives Gilman
      • Stephen Graham Jones
      • Justin C. Key
      • Naomi Kritzer
      • Rich Larson
      • Yoon Ha Lee
      • S. Qiouyi Lu
      • Usman T. Malik
      • Melissa Marr
      • Maureen F. McHugh
      • Tamsyn Muir
      • Sarah Pinsker
      • C.L. Polk
      • Matthew Pridham
      • Zin E. Rocklyn
      • Rachel Swirsky
      • K.M. Szpara
      • Lavie Tidhar
      • Carrie Vaughn
      • Fran Wilde
      • Claire Wrenwood
      • M. Rickert
      • Brian Evenson
      • Maria Dahvana Headley
      01 read
      The Fire Opal Mechanism
      The Fire Opal Mechanism
      • Fran Wilde
      22 reads
      Horizon
      Horizon
      • Fran Wilde
      3.674 reads
      The Book of Gems
      The Book of Gems
      • Fran Wilde
      03 reads
      The Reinvented Heart
      The Reinvented Heart
        00 reads
        The Year's Best Science Fiction, Vol. 1: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2020
        The Year's Best Science Fiction, Vol. 1: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2020
        • Charlie Jane Anders
        • Tobias S. Buckell
        • Indrapramit Das
        • Saleem Haddad
        • Suzanne Palmer
        • Karin Tidbeck
        • Ted Chiang
        • Rich Larson
        • Han Song
        • S. L. Huang
        • Fran Wilde
        • Anil Menon
        • Alice Sola Kim
        • Peter Watts
        • Suyi Davies Okungbowa
        • Tegan Moore
        • Elizabeth Bear
        • N. K. Jemisin
        • Ken Liu
        • Alec Nevala-Lee
        • Vandana Singh
        • E. Lily Yu
        • Sofía Rhei
        • Greg Egan
        • Chinelo Onwualu
        • Fonda Lee
        • Caroline M. Yoachim
        • Malka Older
        43 reads
        Uncanny Magazine Issue 40: May/June 2021
        Uncanny Magazine Issue 40: May/June 2021
        • Fran Wilde
        • José Pablo Iriarte
        • Rachel Swirsky
        • Eugenia Triantafyllou
        • Emma Törzs
        • Shveta Thakrar
        • Sheree Renée Thomas
        • Abu Bakr Sadiq
        44 reads
        Uncanny Magazine Issue 26: January/February 2019
        Uncanny Magazine Issue 26: January/February 2019
          3.334 reads
          Uncanny Magazine Issue 18: September/October 2017
          Uncanny Magazine Issue 18: September/October 2017
          • N. K. Jemisin
          • C.S.E. Cooney
          • Catherynne M. Valente
          • Vina Jie-Min Prasad
          • Delia Sherman
          • Malinda Lo
          • Sophie Aldred
          • Fran Wilde
          43 reads
          After The Fall
          After The Fall
          • Tiffany Trent
          • Jack Graham
          • Fran Wilde
          • Georgina Kamsika
          • Andrew Penn Romine
          • Steve Mohan
          • Ken Liu
          • Wes Schneider
          • Karin Lowachee
          • Madeline Ashby
          • Nathaniel Dean
          • Davidson Cole
          • Rob Boyle
          • Kim May
          32 reads
          The Ship of Stolen Words
          The Ship of Stolen Words
          • Fran Wilde
          00 reads
          Uncanny Magazine Issue 24 September/October 2018: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction!
          Uncanny Magazine Issue 24 September/October 2018: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction!
            31 read
            Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 137, February 2018
            Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 137, February 2018
            • Elizabeth Hanlon (Translator)
            00 reads
            Machina
            Machina
            • Fran Wilde
            • Malka Older
            • Curtis C. Chen
            • Martha Wells
            31 read
            The Death of All Things
            The Death of All Things
            • Faith Hunter
            • Aliette de Bodard
            • Juliet E. McKenna
            • Stephen Blackmoore
            • Jason M. Hough
            • Jim C. Hines
            • Fran Wilde
            • Christie Golden
            01 read
            A Philosophy of Thieves
            A Philosophy of Thieves
            • Fran Wilde
            00 reads
            Cover 5

            Rebuilding Tomorrow

            Rebuilding Tomorrow
              41 read
              Do Not Go Quietly: An Anthology of Victory in Defiance
              Do Not Go Quietly: An Anthology of Victory in Defiance
              • Annie Neugebauer
              • Brooke Bolander
              • Maurice Broaddus
              • Nayad Monroe
              • Dee Warrick
              • Jeremy Paden
              • Rachael K. Jones
              • John Hornor Jacobs
              • Jo Miles
              • Mary Soon Lee
              • Cassandra Khaw
              • Shanna Germain
              • Rich Larson
              • Lucy A. Snyder
              • Russell Nichols
              • Sarah Pinsker
              • Meg Elison
              • Christina Sng
              • Sheree Renée Thomas
              • Fran Wilde
              • Marie Vibbert
              • Joshua Gage
              • Karin Loawachee
              • Veronica Brush
              • Eugenia Triantafyllou
              • Alethea Kontis
              • Merc Wolfmoor
              • E. Catherine Tobler
              • Bianca Lynne Spriggs
              31 read
              An Explorer's Cartography of Already Settled Lands
              An Explorer's Cartography of Already Settled Lands
              • Fran Wilde
              42 reads
              Asimov's Science Fiction January/February 2021
              Asimov's Science Fiction January/February 2021
              • Sheila Williams
              • Ray Nayler
              • Robert Reed
              • Nick Wolven
              • Suzanne Palmer
              • Kristine Kathryn Rusch
              • Ted Kosmatka
              • Fran Wilde
              • Robert H. Cloake
              • Robert R. Chase
              • Sean Williams Swanwick
              • Naomi Kanakia
              42 reads
              Thirteen: Stories of Transformation
              Thirteen: Stories of Transformation
                00 reads
                Ad Astra: The 50th Anniversary SFWA Cookbook
                Ad Astra: The 50th Anniversary SFWA Cookbook
                • Elizabeth Bear
                • Octavia E. Butler
                • William Gibson
                • Charlaine Harris
                • John Scalzi
                • Eric J. Guignard
                • Carrie Vaughn
                • Connie Willis
                01 read
                Cover 2

                Uncanny Magazine Issue 3

                Uncanny Magazine Issue 3: March/April 2015
                  00 reads
                  Cover 3

                  The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror

                  The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume One
                    31 read
                    Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 113, February 2016
                    Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 113, February 2016
                    • Chris Urie
                    • Fran Wilde
                    • Dan Koboldt
                    00 reads
                    Clock Star Rose Spine
                    Clock Star Rose Spine
                    • Fran Wilde
                    00 reads
                    Impossible Futures: An Anthology
                    Impossible Futures: An Anthology
                    • Allen M. Steele
                    • Rev. DiCerto
                    • Sara Smith
                    • Justus Perry
                    • Jack McDevitt
                    • Shariann Lewitt
                    • Paul Di Filippo
                    • Fran Wilde
                    • Edward M. Lerner
                    • Jeff Hecht
                    • Debra Doyle
                    • James D. Macdonald
                    • Duncan Eagelson
                    • Mike Resnick
                    • James K. Morrow
                    00 reads
                    Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 143, August 2018
                    Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 143, August 2018
                      00 reads
                      Uncanny Magazine Issue 52
                      Uncanny Magazine Issue 52
                      • Aliette de Bodard
                      • Kylie Lee Baker
                      • Lindsey Godfrey Eccles
                      • Ewen Ma
                      • Theodora Ward
                      • K.S. Walker
                      • Chimedum Ohaegbu
                      • Fran Wilde
                      00 reads
                      Tor.com Short Fiction March-April 2020
                      Tor.com Short Fiction March-April 2020
                      • Fran Wilde
                      • Zin E. Rocklyn
                      • Mark Lawrence
                      • Alex Sherman
                      • Naomi Kritzer
                      • Ian Rogers
                      • Melissa Marr
                      • S. Qiouyi Lu
                      00 reads
                      Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 121, October 2016
                      Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 121, October 2016
                      • John Chu (Translator)
                      00 reads
                      Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2015
                      Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2015
                        41 read
                        Trust, But Verify
                        Trust, But Verify
                        • Lindsay Smith
                        • Cassandra Rose Clarke
                        • Ian Tregillis
                        • Max Gladstone
                        • Fran Wilde
                        00 reads
                        Asimov's Science Fiction July/August 2021
                        Asimov's Science Fiction July/August 2021
                        • Sheila Williams
                        • Megan Lindholm
                        • L.X. Beckett
                        • Will McIntosh
                        • Rudy Rucker
                        • Bruce Sterling
                        • Kristine Kathryn Rusch
                        • Michael Swanwick
                        • Fran Wilde
                        • Jay O'Connell
                        • Gregory Norman Bossert
                        • Gregory Feely
                        • Taimur Ahmad
                        41 read
                        Bishop Takes Queen
                        Bishop Takes Queen
                        • Cassandra Rose Clarke
                        • Fran Wilde
                        • Lindsay Smith
                        • Ian Tregillis
                        • Max Gladstone
                        00 reads
                        Talisman
                        Talisman
                        • Fran Wilde
                        • Ian Tregillis
                        • Max Gladstone
                        • Cassandra Rose Clarke
                        • Lindsay Smith
                        00 reads
                        Uncanny Magazine Issue 34: May/June 2020
                        Uncanny Magazine Issue 34: May/June 2020
                        • Jennifer Marie Brissett
                        • Arkady Martine
                        • Emma Törzs
                        • Meg Elison
                        • A.T. Greenblatt
                        • Suzanne Walker
                        • Fran Wilde
                        • Sonya Taaffe
                        • Ali Trotta
                        • Valerie Valdes
                        • T.K. Lê
                        • Roshani Chokshi
                        • Kelly Lagor
                        • Ada Palmer
                        • Khairani Barokka
                        00 reads
                        Old Game, New Players
                        Old Game, New Players
                        • Ian Tregillis
                        • Cassandra Rose Clarke
                        • Fran Wilde
                        • Lindsay Smith
                        • Max Gladstone
                        00 reads
                        Complicating Factors
                        Complicating Factors
                        • Max Gladstone
                        • Fran Wilde
                        • Ian Tregillis
                        • Cassandra Rose Clarke
                        • Lindsay Smith
                        00 reads
                        Cover 6

                        Tor.com Publishing's 2017 Hugo Finalist Bundle

                        Tor.com Publishing's 2017 Hugo Finalist Bundle
                        • Nina Allan
                        • Kij Johnson
                        • Seanan McGuire
                        • Victor LaValle
                        • Carrie Vaughn
                        • Fran Wilde
                        • Kai Ashante Wilson
                        • Alyssa Wong
                        • N. K. Jemisin
                        00 reads
                        We All Fall Down
                        We All Fall Down
                        • Ian Tregillis
                        • Cassandra Rose Clarke
                        • Fran Wilde
                        • Max Gladstone
                        • Lindsay Smith
                        00 reads
                        Zügzwang
                        Zügzwang
                        • Lindsay Smith
                        • Max Gladstone
                        • Fran Wilde
                        • Cassandra Rose Clarke
                        • Ian Tregillis
                        00 reads
                        Absent Friends
                        Absent Friends
                        • Max Gladstone
                        • Lindsay Smith
                        • Ian Tregillis
                        • Fran Wilde
                        • Cassandra Rose Clarke
                        00 reads
                        Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 143
                        Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 143
                        • Ken Liu (Translator)
                        00 reads
                        What's Gone, What's Left Behind
                        What's Gone, What's Left Behind
                        • Max Gladstone
                        • Cassandra Rose Clarke
                        • Ian Tregillis
                        • Lindsay Smith
                        • Fran Wilde
                        00 reads
                        Uncanny Magazine Issue 20
                        Uncanny Magazine Issue 20
                        • S.B. Divya
                        • Arkady Martine
                        • Marissa Lingen
                        • Sunny Moraine
                        • Vivian Shaw
                        • R.K. Kalaw
                        • Vandana Singh
                        • Fran Wilde
                        • Elizabeth Bear
                        00 reads