Having grown up as a science fiction fan in St. Louis, Missouri, Leckie's attempts in her youth to get her science fiction works published were unsuccessful. One of her few publications from that time was an unattributed bodice-ripper in True Confessions.[3]
After giving birth to her children in 1996 and 2000, boredom as a stay-at-home mother motivated her to sketch a first draft of what would become Ancillary Justice for National Novel Writing Month 2002. In 2005, Leckie attended the Clarion West Writers Workshop, where she studied under Octavia Butler. After that, she wrote Ancillary Justice over a period of six years; it was picked up by the publisher Orbit in 2012 and published the following year.[3][9]
Leckie has published numerous short stories, in outlets including Subterranean Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Realms of Fantasy. Her short stories have been selected for inclusion in year's best collections, such as The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, edited by Rich Horton.[10]
The sequel, Ancillary Sword, was published in October 2014, and the conclusion, Ancillary Mercy, was published in October 2015. "Night's Slow Poison"[14] (2014) and "She Commands Me and I Obey"[15] (2014) are short stories set in the same universe.
Other novelsedit
In 2015, Orbit Books purchased two additional novels from Leckie. The first, Provenance (published on 3 October 2017), is set in the Imperial Radch universe.[16] The second was to have been an unrelated science fiction novel.[17] In April 2018, Orbit announced that Leckie's first fantasy novel, The Raven Tower, would be published in early 2019.[18] Another standalone novel set in the Imperial Radch universe entitled Translation State was published on June 6th, 2023.
Bibliographyedit
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2016)
"Hesperia and Glory". (2006). Subterranean Magazine 4.[20] (Reprinted in Science Fiction: The Best of the Year 2007 Edition, edited by Rich Horton)
"Footprints". (2007). Postcards from Hell: The First Thirteen.
"The Snake's Wife". (2007). Helix #6. (Reprinted on Transcriptase[21])
"Needle and Thread" - co-authored by Rachel Swirsky. (2008). Lone Star Stories #29.[22]
"The Nalendar". (2008). Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #36. (Reprinted in Uncanny Magazine #2, January 2015[23] and as audio on PodCastle #52, May 2009[24])
"Clickweed". (July 2008). A Field Guide to Surreal Botany.
"Marsh Gods". (7 July 2008). Strange Horizons.
"The God of Au". Helix #8. (Reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009, edited by Rich Horton)
"The Endangered Camp". (2009). Clockwork Phoenix 2. (Reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2010, edited by Rich Horton)
"The Sad History of the Tearless Onion" (12 June 2009). PodCastle Miniature #33.[25]
"The Unknown God". (February 2010). Realms of Fantasy.
"Beloved of the Sun". (21 October 2010). Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
"Maiden, Mother, Crone". (December 2010). Realms of Fantasy. (Reprinted in Lightspeed, January 2015 and as audio on PodCastle #500, 11 December 2017[26])
"The Endangered Camp".[27] (12 March 2012). Clockwork Phoenix 2. (Reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2010 and Forever Magazine, March 2015)
"Saving Bacon". (39 July 2014). PodCastle #322.[28]
"Another Word for World". (2015). Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Stories Inspired by Microsoft.
"The Justified". (2019). The Mythic Dream.
Set in the Ancillary universe
"Night's Slow Poison". (2012) Electric Velocipede, reprinted (2014). Tor.[14]
"She Commands Me and I Obey". (2014). Strange Horizons.[15]
2015: Finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel[37]
Ancillary Mercy (2015)
2016: won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[38]
2015: Nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel[39]
2016: Finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel[40]
2016: Nominated for the Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[41]
Imperial Radch trilogy (2013–2015)
2017: Patrick Marcel [fr]wonGrand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Translator (Jacques Chambon Translation Prize) for Les Chroniques du Radch, tomes 1 à 3[42] (France)
2017: Nominated for Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel[42] (France)
2017: Nominated for the Seiun Award for Best Translated Novel[43]
^ abcdeWicentowski, Danny (25 June 2014). "Is Ann Leckie the Next Big Thing in Science Fiction?". Riverfront Times. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
^"2014 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
^"The winner of the 2014 #HugoAward for Best Novel is Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie #Loncon3 #Worldcon". Twitter. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
^"2013 Nebula Awards Winners". Locus. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^"The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1988 Arthur C. Clarke Award". Locus. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^"Announcing the 2013 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Award Winners". Tor.com. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ abLeckie, Ann (2019). The Raven Tower. Orbit Books. Front matter. ISBN 9780316388696. LCCN 2018040311. Simultaneously published in Great Britain and in the U.S. by Orbit in 2019¶ First Edition: February 2019
^"Bibliography". annleckie.com. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
^"2012 Election Results". SFWA.org. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
^ ab"Night's Slow Poison". Tor.com. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
^ abLeckie, Ann. "She Commands Me and I Obey part 1 of 2". Strange Horizons Fiction. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
^"Cover Reveal: Provenance By Ann Leckie". BookRiot. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
^"Orbit Books Announces Two New Ann Leckie Novels!". Tor.com. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
^ ab"Orbit Books Announces Ann Leckie's First Fantasy Novel The Raven Tower". Tor.com. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^"Acquisition Announcement: TRANSLATION STATE by Ann Leckie", Priyanka Krishnan, Orbit, October 21, 2022
^"Lauréats 2016". Prix Bob Morane. France. p. 163.
^"2016年 第47回星雲賞" [2016 The 47th Seiun Awards]. sf-fan.gr.jp (in Japanese). FSFFGJ. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
^"2013 Philip K. Dick Nominees Announced". Locus Magazine Online. January 2014.
^"2014 Campbell and Sturgeon Award Winners". Locus Magazine Online. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^"2014 Compton Crook Award Finalists". Locus Magazine Online. March 2014.
^Scott, Donna (6 April 2015). "The BSFA Awards 2014 Winners Announced". BSFA. UK. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2015.