Nieves Delgado

Nieves Delgado (born 5 August 1968) is a Spanish science fiction writer, winner of the Ignotus Award for her short story "Casas Rojas". She has written two novellas, a multitude of short stories, and several articles. She is the editor of the anthology Visiones 2018. In addition to writing, she works as a physics teacher in secondary education.

Biography Nieves Delgado was born in Ferrol on 5 August 1968. She studied physics at the University of Santiago de Compostela, later specializing in Astrophysics at the University of La Laguna, Tenerife.

Her knowledge of science together with her passion for the genres of science fiction and horror have made her work revolve around technology and artificial intelligence, almost always with a clear component of philosophical reflection. She began publishing in 2012 ("La condena"), and soon received her first Ignotus Award nomination for her story "Dariya" (2014). The following year, she was nominated again for her short story "Casas Rojas", and this time she won in the Best Story category.

In 2016 she presented her collection of short stories Dieciocho engranajes. Relatos de futuro (Adaliz Ediciones, 2016), and in 2017 her first novella, 36 (Editorial Cerbero, March 2017). Her latest novel is UNO (Editorial Cerbero, January 2018).

Works Novellas

Short story collections

Anthologies

Short stories

Articles

Awards 2014: Finalist for the Ignotus Award for Best Story, for "Dariya" 2015: Ignotus Award for Best Story, for "Casas Rojas" 2018: Finalist for the Guillermo de Baskerville Award for 36 2018: Finalist for the Ignotus Award for Best Novella, for 36, and Best Article, for "La segunda división de la literatura"