Ekaterina Sedia is a Russia

Russia

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n-born fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 author who is currently living in the United States

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. Her most recent work is The Alchemy of Stone, a steampunk

Steampunk

Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and speculative fiction that came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s. Steampunk involves a setting where steam power is still widely used—usually Victorian era Britain or "Wild West"-era United...

 novel that explores sexism

Sexism

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 and class bigotry. Alchemy received a star review from Publishers Weekly

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and was made the LA Times's 2008 Summer Reading List. Her other books include The Secret History of Moscow and According to Crow; she will be releasing a new novel, The House of Discarded Dreams in November 2010.

In addition to writing, Sedia was the editor of the World Fantasy Award

World Fantasy Award

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-winning Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy

Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy

Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy is a 2008 speculative fiction anthology edited by Ekaterina Sedia.-Background:Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy was first published in 2008 by Senses Five Press in trade paperback format. It won the 2009 World Fantasy Award for best anthology....

(April 2008, Senses Five Press), which included stories by Catherynne M. Valente

Catherynne M. Valente

Catherynne M. Valente , is a Tiptree–, Andre Norton–, and Mythopoeic Award–winning novelist, poet, and literary critic. Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine, the World Fantasy Award–winning anthologies Salon Fantastique and Paper Cities, along with numerous Year's Best volumes...

, Mark Teppo, Catriona Sparks

Catriona Sparks

Catriona Sparks is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher.As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Sparks has produced ten anthologies of speculative fiction...

, and Barth Anderson. She also edited Jigsaw Nation (April 2006, Wilder Publications) with Edward J. McFadden III.

Novels

• According to Crow (May 2005, Five Star) ISBN 1594143080
• The Secret History of Moscow (November 2007, Prime Books
  Prime Books
  Edited by two-time Hugo-nominee and 2006 World Fantasy-winner Sean Wallace, Prime Books is an award-winning independent publishing house, specializing in a mix of literary/commercial anthologies, collections, novels, and two magazines: Fantasy Magazine and Lightspeed Magazine. Some of its...
  
  ) ISBN 0809572230
• The Alchemy of Stone
  The Alchemy of Stone
  The Alchemy of Stone is the third novel by Ekaterina Sedia. It is an urban fantasy/steampunk novel dealing with an automaton's involvement in a proletarian revolution in the fictional city of Ayona.-Plot synopsis:...
  
  (July 2008, Prime Books) ISBN 0809572842
  • 2008 James Tiptree, Jr. Award
    James Tiptree, Jr. Award
    The James Tiptree, Jr. Award is an annual literary prize for works of science fiction or fantasy that expand or explore one's understanding of gender. It was initiated in February of 1991 by science fiction authors Pat Murphy and Karen Joy Fowler, subsequent to a discussion at WisCon.- Background...
    
     Honor List, Locus
    Locus (magazine)
    Locus, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field", is published monthly in Oakland, California. It reports on the science fiction and fantasy publishing field, including comprehensive listings of all new books published in the genre. It is considered the news organ and trade...
    
     Recommended Reading List
• The House of Discarded Dreams (November 2010, Prime Books) ISBN 1607012286
• Heart of Iron (July 2011, Prime Books) ISBN 9781607012573

Short fiction

• "Alphabet Angels" (with David Bartell) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact
  Analog Science Fiction and Fact
  Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine. As of 2011, it is the longest running continuously published magazine of that genre...
  
  (March 2005)
• "Smiling Vermin" (with David Bartell) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact (May 2005)
• "Kamikaze Bugs" (with David Bartell) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact (Jan/Feb 2006)
• "Daniel Dreams" in Fortean Bureau
  Fortean Bureau
  The Fortean Bureau was an online magazine published from Laramie, Wyoming, between 2002–06 and edited by Jeremy and Sarah Tolbert. It was published monthly from July 2002 to December 2004, then quarterly in 2005, with the final issue published in April 2006. There was a total of 33 issues.The...
  
  #29 (March 2005)
• "Spiders&Saints" in Bare Bone 7 (April 2005, Raw Dog Screaming Press)
• "Frederick Finds God" (flash) in Fusing Horizons (Sept 2004)
• "Making Ivy" in Poe's Progeny (May 2005)
• "Just Chutney" in Aeon Magazine #3 (May 2005)
• "Every Eight and Eleven" in The Elastic Book of Numbers (Feb 2005, Elastic Press
  Elastic Press
  Elastic Press was a British small press specialising in single-author short story collections. It was run by Andrew Hook between November 2002 and November 2008 and was based in Norwich. In 2005 and 2009 Elastic received British Fantasy Awards for Best Small Press. They also won the BFS Best...
  
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• "Animals That Belong to the Emperor" in Between Kisses (Feb 2005)
• "Memories of The Fog" in Potter's Field (May 2005, Sam's Dot Publishing)
• "Still Life in the Mirror" in Panic (August 2005, Sam's Dot Publishing)
• "Tapestry in Black and White" in Dream the Dark Majestic (August 2005, Ragemachine)
• "Huni's Love of Clay" in Travel a Time Historic (September 2005, Ragemachine)
• "Walrus Skin" in The Walri Project (forthcoming)
• "Heart of the Scarab" in Lenox Avenue #6 (May/June 2005)
• "Yakov and the Crows" in Book of Dark Wisdom #10 (December 2006)
• "The Mermaid Collector" in Book of Dark Wisdom (forthcoming)
• "Hector Meets the King" in New Writings in the Fantastic (Fall 2007, Pendragon Press
  Pendragon press
  There are three unrelated publishers with the name Pendragon Press. One is a British small press based in Maesteg in Wales and specialising in science fiction, fantasy, horror and weird fiction. It is run by Christopher Teague. In 2005 the press was nominated for a British Fantasy Award for best...
  
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• "Torsion" in Nemonymous
  Nemonymous
  Nemonymous was a short fiction publication that labeled itself a "megazanthus" . It was published in the United Kingdom and edited by British writer D.F...
  
  7 (2007)
• "Kikimora" in Jabberwocky #1 (July 2005, Prime Books)
• "God's Chosen" in Oceans of the Mind #XVIII (2005)
• "Fistula" in Liquid Laughter Volume 1: Medicine Show (November 2006)
• "Hydraulic" in Spicy Slipstream Stories (forthcoming, Wheatland Press
  Wheatland Press
  Wheatland Press is an independent book publisher, specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and horror short story and poetry collections. It was founded in 2002 by Deborah Layne...
  
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• "Sagekites' Land" in Strange Pleasures #6 anthology (forthcoming, Prime Books)
• "Manuel and the Magic Fox" in Fantasy Magazine #3 (2006, Prime Books)
• "A Thousand Cuts" in Other Than #1 (forthcoming)
• "Munashe and the Spirits" GrendelSong # 1 (September 2006)
• "Cherrystone and Shards of Ice" HP Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror (forthcoming)
• "A Play for a Boy and Sockpuppets" in The New Book of Masks (February 2007, Raw Dog Screaming Press)
• "Simargl and the Rowan Tree" in Mythic # 2 (September 2006)
• "The Clockmaker's Daughter" in Horrors Beyond II: Stories of Strange Creations (Dec 2007, Elder Signs Press
  Elder Signs Press
  Elder Signs Press, Inc is a Michigan-based book publisher distributed through the Independent Publishers Group. It specializes in horror, science fiction, and fantasy titles.-History:...
  
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• "Redemption of Nepheli" in Jim Baen's Universe (April 2007)
• "Ebb and Flow" in Japanese Dreams a (2008, Prime Books)
• "Zombie Lenin" in Fantasy Sampler (Spring 2007, Prime Books)
• "Out of Her Element" in Magic in the Mirrorstone (2008, Mirrorstone Books)
• "Seas of the World" in Sybil's Garage #4 (May 2007)
• "Virus Changes Skin" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact (October 2007)
• "The Taste of Wheat" in Clarkesworld Magazine
  Clarkesworld Magazine
  Clarkesworld Magazine is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. The first issue was published October 1, 2006 and it has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Sarah Monette, Catherynne Valente, Elizabeth Bear, Caitlin R...
  
  #11 (August 2007)
• "The Rats That Didn't Sing" in Cats With Wings #3 (January 2008)
• "The Disemboweler" in Lone Star Stories (February 2008)
• "By the Liter" in Subterranean Magazine (Spring 2008)
• "A Short Encyclopedia of Lunar Seas" in The Endicott Studio Journal of Mythic Arts (August 2008)
• "Two of Cups" in Behind the Wainscot # 15 (August 2008)
• "Herding Vegetable Sheep" in Clarkesworld Magazine
  Clarkesworld Magazine
  Clarkesworld Magazine is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. The first issue was published October 1, 2006 and it has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Sarah Monette, Catherynne Valente, Elizabeth Bear, Caitlin R...
  
  #30 (March 2009)

Poetry

• "The Sandman's Sestina" in Dream the Dark Majestic (August 2005, Ragemachine)
• "The Inquisitor's Villanelle" in Goblin Fruit #1 (April 2006)
• "Mermaid" in Goblin Fruit (Spring 2007)

Nonfiction

• "Making Neologisms Work in Speculative Literature" in Reflection's Edge (Feb 2005)

External links

• Official website
• Review by Faren Miller at Locus Magazine
• Interview, by Genevieve Valentine at Fantasy Magazine
  Fantasy Magazine
  Fantasy Magazine is a U.S.-based online fantasy and science fiction magazine. It was launched as a print edition at the 2005 World Fantasy Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. It continued in this format for six more issues, but in mid-October 2007, it moved online, with daily content, and spun off...
  
  
• Guardian article on women in fantasy
• Interview, by Bill Ectric