Editing A.M. Dellamonica

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| picture=Alyxandra Margaret (A. M.) Dellamonica at FanExpo 2013 (cropped).jpg
| caption=Dellamonica at FanExpo 2013 in Toronto.
| date_birth=February 25, 1968 <ref name="Locus 2019 interview">{{cite web|url=https://locusmag.com/2019/11/l-x-beckett-hopetopia/|title=L.X. Beckett: Hopetopia|website=Locus Magazine|date=November 25, 2019|accessdate=August 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326215454/https://locusmag.com/2019/11/l-x-beckett-hopetopia/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
| place_birth=Calgary, Alberta, Canada
| nationality=Canadian
| pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AlyxDellamonica|title=@AlyxDellamonica Twitter profile|access-date=August 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225191544/https://twitter.com/alyxdellamonica|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
| gender=[[genderqueer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/alyxdellamonica/|title=@alyxdellamonica Instagram profile|quote=Queer & genderqueer Slytherin.|access-date=August 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905030531/https://www.instagram.com/alyxdellamonica/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>, [[bigender]]<ref name="alyx_PressKit">{{Cite web |title=Press Kit – A.M. Dellamonica |author= |work=alyxdellamonica.com |date= |access-date=8 August 2021 |url= https://alyxdellamonica.com/press-kit/ |quote=Dellamonica tells people they are bigendered, bisexual and bisectional. (The latter means they sing both alto and soprano.) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528013326/https://alyxdellamonica.com/press-kit/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="tweet2016">{{cite tweet |user=AlyxDellamonica|number=743281061069787136|date=June 15, 2016|title=Bigendered, bisectional, bisexual. The middle means I sing alto and soprano. I write SF/F/H. Legally married to @kellyoyo #QueerSelfLove}}</ref>
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'''A.M. Dellamonica''' or '''Alyx Dellamonica''' is a [[bisexual]]<ref name="alyx_PressKit" /><ref name="tweet2016" /> Canadian science fiction writer who has published over forty short stories in the field since the 1980s. Dellamonica writes in a number of subgenres including science fiction, fantasy, and alternate history. Their stories have been selected for "Year's Best" science fiction anthologies in 2002 and 2007. Dellamonica also publishes some work under the pseudonym '''L.X. Beckett'''.<ref name="Locus 2019 interview" />

They attended Clarion West Writers Workshop in 1995<ref name="Locus 2019 interview" /> and they are a student in the UBC Opt-Res Creative Writing MFA program.

Dellamonica teaches creative writing online at the UCLA Extension Writer's Program and in person at UTSC. They also review science fiction novels and write articles about publishing for science fiction related websites like Clarkesworld and for ''tor.com''.

Their first novel, ''Indigo Springs'', was published by Tor Books in November 2009. Their fourth novel, ''A Daughter of No Nation'', was published in December 2015. Dellamonica's most recent novel is their fifth, ''The Nature of a Pirate.''

==Nominations and awards==
Dellamonica's Joan of Arc alternate history story "A Key to the Illuminated Heretic" was nominated for the 2005 Sidewise Award for Alternate History<ref>[http://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/complete.html#2005 2005 Sidewise Awards Finalists] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230612190005/http://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/complete.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> and was on the 2005 Nebula Ballot.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071013204038/http://www.sfwa.org/news/2007/06nebprelim.htm 2006 Preliminary Nebula Award Ballot] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013204038/http://www.sfwa.org/news/2007/06nebprelim.htm |date=October 13, 2007 }}</ref> In 2005, they received the Canada Council for the Arts' Grant for Emerging Artists<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100928151009/http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/recipients/#Canada Council for the Arts Searchable Grants Listing] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928151009/http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/recipients/#Canada |date=September 28, 2010 }}</ref>
and in 2015 they received the Ontario Arts Council Grant for Writers' Works in Progress. Dellamonica's first novel, ''Indigo Springs'', was awarded the 2010 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101108095737/http://www.sunburstaward.org/content/2010-sunburst-winners#2010 Sunburst Award Winners] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108095737/http://www.sunburstaward.org/content/2010-sunburst-winners#2010 |date=November 8, 2010 }}</ref> In 2016, their fourth novel ''A Daughter of No Nation'' won the Prix Aurora Award for Best Novel.<ref>[http://www.locusmag.com/News/2016/08/2016-aurora-awards-winners/ 2016 Aurora Award Winners] [https://web.archive.org/web/20201215112711/http://www.locusmag.com/News/2016/08/2016-aurora-awards-winners/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

==Bibliography==

===Novels===
====Indigo Springs====
#''Indigo Springs'', 2009
#''Blue Magic'', 2012

====The Hidden Sea Tales====
#''Child of a Hidden Sea'', 2014
#''A Daughter of No Nation'', 2015
#''The Nature of a Pirate'', 2016

===Short fiction===
*"Lucre's Egg," in ''Crank! Magazine'' (1994)
*"Jailbreak," in ''Terminal Fright Magazine'' (1996)
*"Homage," in ''Crank! Magazine'' (1996)
*"Crusader," in ''Tomorrow Speculative Fiction Magazine'' (1996)
*"Love Equals Four, Plus Six," in ''Realms of Fantasy Magazine'' (1996)
*"Furlough," in ''Pirate Writings Magazine'' (1996)
*"Prodigal," in ''Audio Versions'' (1998)
*"The Man with No Motive," in ''Writer's Block Magazine'' (1997)
*"The One Act," in ''Realms of Fantasy Magazine'' (1997)
*"Novice," in anthology ''365 Scary Stories'' (1998)
*"The Dark Hour," in anthology ''Tesseracts 8'' (1999)
*"Nevada," in webzine ''SCIFI.COM'' (2001)
*"The Girl Who Ate Garbage," co-written with Jessica Reisman in webzine ''SCIFI.COM'' (2001)
*"Three Times over the Falls," in webzine ''SCIFI.COM'' (2002)
*"Living the Quiet Life," in webzine ''Oceans of the Mind'' (2003)
*"A Slow Day at the Gallery," in ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'' (2002)
*"Living the Quiet Life," in webzine ''Oceans of the Mind'' (2003)
*"The Riverboy," in anthology ''Land/Space'' (2003)
*"Cooking Creole," in anthology ''Mojo: Conjure Stories'' (2003)
*"The Children of Port Allain," in ''On Spec Magazine'' (2003)
*"Faces of Gemini," in anthology ''Girls Who Bite Back: Mutants, Slayers, Witches and Freaks'' (2004)
*"Origin of Species," in anthology ''The Many Faces of Van Helsing'' (2004)
*"The Dream Eaters," in anthology ''The Faery Reel'' (2004)
*"Ruby, in the Storm," in webzine ''SCIFI.COM'' (2004)
*"The Spear Carrier," in webzine ''SCIFI.COM'' (2005)
*"[https://www.greatjonesstreet.press/a-key-to-the-illuminated-heretic-by-a-m-dellamonica/ A Key to the Illuminated Heretic]," in Harry Turtledove's anthology ''Alternate Generals III'' (2005), reprinted in Great Jones Street (2017)
*"The Town on Blighted Sea," at Strange Horizons (2007)
*"Time of the Snake," in anthology ''Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge'' (2007)
*"What Song the Sirens Sang," in newspaper 'Xtra West' (2007)
*"Five Good Things about Meghan Sheedy," at Strange Horizons (2008)
*"The Sorrow Fair," at ''Helix Speculative Fiction'' (2008)
*"[https://www.tor.com/2010/07/28/the-cage/ The Cage]," on Tor.com (2010)
*"[http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-sweet-spot/ The Sweet Spot],"  "The Sweet Spot," at Lightspeed (2012)
*"[https://www.tor.com/2012/11/07/wild-things/ Wild Things]," on Tor.com (2012)
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20150409103601/http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/06/the-color-of-paradox-am-dellamonica The Color of Paradox]", on Tor.com (2014)
*"Tribes," in ''Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Bound and Unbound'', edited by Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law, Laksa Media Group (2016)
*"Bottleneck," ''The Sum of Us:'' THE SUM OF US, edited by Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law, from Laksa Media Group (2017)


====Stormwrack prequel stories====
These stories are prequels to the ''Hidden Sea Tales''.
#"[http://www.tor.com/2012/02/15/among-the-silvering-herd Among the Silvering Herd]," on Tor.com (2012)
#"[http://www.tor.com/2014/03/05/the-ugly-woman-of-castello-di-putti-a-m-dellamonica The Ugly Woman of Castello di Putti]," on Tor.com (2014)
#"[http://www.tor.com/2016/01/06/the-glass-galago-a-m-dellamonica The Glass Galago]," on Tor.com (2016)
#"[https://www.tor.com/2017/02/22/losing-heart-among-the-tall/ Losing Heart Among the Tall]," on Tor.com (2017)
#"[http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-boy-who-would-not-be-enchanted The Boy Who Would Not Be Enchanted]," Beneath Ceaseless Skies, (2016)

==Links==
*[https://alyxdellamonica.com/ Website]
*[https://twitter.com/AlyxDellamonica Twitter]
*[https://www.instagram.com/alyxdellamonica/ Instagram]

==References==
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