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Nino Cipri

b. 1985

American science fiction writer, editor, and educator

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About Nino Cipri

Born 1985. Nino Cipri is an American science fiction writer, editor, teacher and adapter.

Nino Cipri is a science fiction writer, editor, and educator. Their works have been nominated for the Nebula, Hugo, Locus, World Fantasy, and Shirley Jackson Awards.

Personal life

Cipri identifies as queer and trans/nonbinary. A graduate of the 2014 Clarion Workshop, they earned an MFA in fiction from the University of Kansas in 2019. Cipri has previously worked as a stagehand, bookseller, bike mechanic at Divvy, food columnist for a Chicago culture website, and as a labor organizer. Their partner is writer Nibedita Sen. was a finalist for the 2015 James Tiptree Jr. Award and was reprinted in the Tachyon Publications anthology The New Voices of Science Fiction, edited by Hannu Rajaniemi and Jacob Weisman. Their short story "Opals and Clay" was a finalist for the 2016 Tiptree/Otherwise Award.

Their novella Finna was published in 2020 by Tor.com. It was followed by a sequel, Defekt, in 2021.

Inspirations Cipri says Kelly Link

Works Novellas

Collections

Selected short stories Year TitlePrintedRef2015""2016"Opals and Clay"2018"Ad Astra Per Aspera"

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Important facts

Born
2 August 1985
Birth century
20th century
Occupation
Science fiction writer, editor, teacher, adapter
Nationality
United States
Education
University of Kansas, Clarion West Writers Workshop
Awards
British Fantasy Award for Best Novella
Also known as
Nicole Cipri

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American science fiction writer, editor, and educator (1985- )

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Nino Cipri was born on 2 August 1985.

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Nino Cipri is a science fiction writer, editor, teacher and adapter.

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Nino Cipri is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Nino Cipri

· Wikidata: Q57434387

· DBpedia: Nino Cipri

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