Naomi Kritzer

Naomi Kritzer is an American speculative fiction writer and blogger. Her 2015 short story "Cat Pictures Please" was a Locus Award and Hugo Award winner and was nominated for a Nebula Award. Her novel Catfishing on CatNet won the 2020 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book.

Biography Kritzer has lived in London and Nepal. She attended Wingra School (an independent school) in Madison, Wisconsin (1978–1986); Highgate Wood Secondary School in Haringey, England (1986–1987); Madison West High School (1987–1991); and Carleton College of Northfield, Minnesota (1991–1995). As of 2020, she lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and blogs on local elections.

Career Since 1999 Kritzer has published a number of short stories and several novels, including two trilogies for Bantam Books, and her Seastead series of short stories for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Her 2015 short story "Cat Pictures Please" published in Clarkesworld Magazine was a Locus Award and Hugo Award winner and was nominated for a Nebula Award.

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