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| picture=Alyxandra Margaret (A. M.) Dellamonica at FanExpo 2013 (cropped).jpg | | picture=Alyxandra Margaret (A. M.) Dellamonica at FanExpo 2013 (cropped).jpg | ||
| caption=Dellamonica at FanExpo 2013 in Toronto. | | caption=Dellamonica at FanExpo 2013 in Toronto. | ||
| date_birth=February 25, 1968 | | date_birth=February 25, 1968 | ||
| place_birth=Calgary, Alberta, Canada | | place_birth=Calgary, Alberta, Canada | ||
| nationality=Canadian | | nationality=Canadian | ||
| pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AlyxDellamonica|title=@AlyxDellamonica Twitter profile|access-date=August 8, 2021 | | pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AlyxDellamonica|title=@AlyxDellamonica Twitter profile|access-date=August 8, 2021}}</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 | | gender=[[genderqueer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/alyxdellamonica/|title=@alyxdellamonica Instagram profile|quote=Queer & genderqueer Slytherin.|access-date=August 8, 2021}}</ref>, [[bigender]]<ref name="alyx_Pres">{{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.) }}</ref> | ||
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'''A.M. Dellamonica''' or '''Alyx Dellamonica''' is a | '''A.M. Dellamonica''' or '''Alyx Dellamonica''' is a 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. | ||
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. | 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''. | 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''. | ||
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==Nominations and awards== | ==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] | 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]</ref> and was on the 2005 Nebula Ballot.<ref>[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>[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 | 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>[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]</ref> | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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*"[http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-sweet-spot/ The Sweet Spot]," "The Sweet Spot," at Lightspeed (2012) | *"[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://www.tor.com/2012/11/07/wild-things/ Wild Things]," on Tor.com (2012) | ||
*"[ | *"[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) | *"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) | *"Bottleneck," ''The Sum of Us:'' THE SUM OF US, edited by Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law, from Laksa Media Group (2017) |