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Isabel J. Kim

Isabel J. Kim is an American speculative fiction writer. For her short stories she has won the annual Shirley Jackson Award[1] and been nominated for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer.[2] Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine, Lightspeed, Apex Magazine, Strange Horizons, Fantasy Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Cast of Wonders, and khōréō.

Isabel J. Kim
Occupation
  • Writer
  • lawyer
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania Law School
GenreSpeculative fiction
Notable awardsShirley Jackson Award (2021)

Her work has been collected in The Year's Best Fantasy Volume 2[3] and The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023.[4]

In April of 2024, Universal International Studios acquired the rights to her planned debut novel Sublimation.[5] The novel is part of a three-book deal.

Background and career edit

Kim attended the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in Creative Writing and Fine Arts.[6] Kim attended law school at the University of Pennsylvania and now works as a lawyer in New York.

Kim started publishing speculative fiction in 2021 and won the Shirley Jackson Award for "You'll Understand When You're a Mom Someday", her second published story.[1] She won the Clarkesworld reader poll in the Best Short Story category for "Calf Cleaving in the Benthic Black" in 2022.[7]

She was nominated for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer in 2023[2] in her second year of eligibility for the award. Her work has appeared on the Locus Recommended Reading List for 2021,[8] 2022,[9] and 2023.[10]

She co-hosts the internet culture podcast Wow If True with journalist Amanda Silberling.[11]

Bibliography edit

Short fiction edit

  • "Homecoming is Just Another Word for the Sublimation of the Self", Clarkesworld (March 2021)
  • "You'll Understand When You're a Mom Someday" khōréō (October 2021)
  • "AP Practical Literary Theory Suggests This Is a Quest", Cast of Wonders (November 2021)
  • "Clay", Beneath Ceaseless Skies (January 2022)
  • "The Massage Lady at Munjeong Road Bathhouse", Clarkesworld (February 2022)
  • "Plausible Realities, Improbable Dreams", Lightspeed (February 2022)
  • "Christopher Mills, Return to Sender", Fantasy Magazine (February 2022)
  • "You, Me, Her, You, Her, I", Strange Horizons (June 2022)
  • "Termination Stories for the Cyberpunk Dystopia Protagonist", Clarkesworld, July 2022
  • "Calf Cleaving in the Benthic Black", Clarkesworld, November 2022
  • "The Big Glass Box and the Boys Inside", Apex Magazine (January 2023)
  • "The Narrative Implications of Your Untimely Death", Lightspeed (January 2023)
  • "Zeta-Epsilon", Clarkesworld (March 2023)
  • "Day Ten Thousand", Clarkesworld (June 2023)
  • "The Labyrinth Loop", Assemble Artifacts (June 2023)
  • "You Will Not Live to See M/M Horrors Beyond Your Comprehension", Lightspeed (August 2023)
  • "Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole", Clarkesworld (February 2024)[12]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2021 Shirley Jackson Award Winners – The Shirley Jackson Awards". Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  2. ^ a b "2023 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 2023-07-06. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  3. ^ admin (2022-12-15). "Content of The Year's Best Fantasy, Vol. 2, edited by Paula Guran". Paula Guran. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  4. ^ "Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 ToC Released - File 770". 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  5. ^ White, Peter (2024-04-11). "Sci-Fi Novel 'Sublimation' Lands At Universal International Studios For TV Adaptation". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  6. ^ Uncharted (2022-08-16). "The Spare Moments: An Interview with Isabel J. Kim". Uncharted. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  7. ^ "Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy". Clarkesworld Magazine. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  8. ^ locusmag (2022-02-01). "2021 Locus Recommended Reading List". Locus Online. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  9. ^ locusmag (2023-02-01). "2022 Recommended Reading List". Locus Online. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  10. ^ locusmag (2024-02-01). "2023 Recommended Reading List". Locus Online. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  11. ^ "Wow If True". Wow If True. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  12. ^ Kim, Isabel J. (February 2024). "Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole". Clarkesworld Magazine. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
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