Fran Wilde was born in 1972, Fran Wilde has written at least 46 books. Their most popular book is Updraft with 89 saves with an average rating of 3.36⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres Fantasy, Fiction, and Science fiction.
Adventurous, dark, and tense are their most common moods.
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.
2019 • 46 Readers • 480 pages • 3.8
#3 of 3 in Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View
2023 • 24 Readers • 573 pages • 3.2
2019 • 11 Readers • 342 pages • 3.5
2018 • 11 Readers • 386 pages • 3.8
#1.1 in Ninth Step Station
2019 • 8 Readers • 371 pages
#8 of 10 in Some of the Best from Tor.com
2021 • 7 Readers • 684 pages
#1 of 12 in The Year's Best Science Fiction
2020 • 5 Readers • 608 pages • 4
2022 • 4 Readers • 274 pages
#40 of 17 in Uncanny Magazine
2021 • 4 Readers • 159 pages • 4
#26 of 17 in Uncanny Magazine
2019 • 4 Readers • 162 pages • 3.3
#24 of 17 in Uncanny Magazine
2018 • 4 Readers • 374 pages • 3
#18 of 17 in Uncanny Magazine
2017 • 4 Readers • 168 pages • 4
#137 of 16 in Clarkesworld Magazine
2018 • 3 Readers • 164 pages
2021 • 3 Readers • 384 pages
#2.1-2.13 in The Witch Who Came In From The Cold
2017 • 3 Readers • 451 pages • 3.5
#11.5 of 13 in Jane Yellowrock
2017 • 3 Readers • 248 pages
2019 • 2 Readers • 354 pages • 3
2015 • 2 Readers • 372 pages
#152 of 1 in Beneath Ceaseless Skies
2014 • 2 Readers • 27 pages
2015 • 2 Readers
2015 • 2 Readers
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror
2020 • 2 Readers • 3
2020 • 2 Readers • 406 pages • 4
2020 • 2 Readers • 16 pages • 4
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
2021 • 1 Reader • 208 pages • 4
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
2021 • 1 Reader • 208 pages • 4
2013 • 1 Reader • 238 pages
#113 of 16 in Clarkesworld Magazine
2016 • 1 Reader • 156 pages
2021 • 1 Reader • 96 pages
#34 of 17 in Uncanny Magazine
2020 • 1 Reader • 143 pages
2017 • 1 Reader
#52 of 17 in Uncanny Magazine
2023 • 1 Reader • 223 pages
Tor.com Short Fiction
2020 • 1 Reader
#121 of 16 in Clarkesworld Magazine
2016 • 1 Reader • 148 pages
2015 • 1 Reader • 196 pages • 4
2020 • 1 Reader • 3
#143 of 16 in Clarkesworld Magazine
2018 • 135 pages
#2.8 in The Witch Who Came In From The Cold
2017 • 50 pages
#20 of 17 in Uncanny Magazine
2018 • 166 pages