Julia Rios

Julia Rios is an American writer, editor, podcaster, and narrator.

Julia Rios
Portrait photoshoot at Worldcon 75, Helsini, before the Hugo Awards
NationalityAmerican
Websitewww.juliarios.com

Biography

Born in the United States, Rios is partly of Mexican descent. She has won a number of awards for her work in Science Fiction and Fantasy and has even more nominations. She has hosted a number of podcasts including Outer Alliance and The Skiffy and Fanty Show. Rios has also been an editor for several of the genres biggest name magazines such as Strange Horizons, Uncanny Magazine and Fireside Magazine. She has also worked as a narrator for PodCastle and Pseudopod. Rios is a co-founders of Fuente Collective. In 2019 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America awarded her the Kevin O'Donnell Jr. award for her establishing of the SFWA mentoring initiative. Rios has a strong interest in diversity, especially in queer and Latinx communities.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Awards
  • 2019 SFWA Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. Service Award[8]
  • Hugo Awards
    • 2017 Uncanny Magazine[9]
    • 2018 Uncanny Magazine[10]
  • Aurealis Awards
    • 2017: Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2015 (JR & Alisa Krasnostein, eds.) (Twelfth Planet)[11]
    • 2015: Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories (Alisa Krasnostein & JR, eds.) (Twelfth Planet Press)[12]
  • Ditmar Awards
    • 2015: Kaleidoscope (Alisa Krasnostein & JR, eds.) (Twelfth Planet)[13]

Bibliography
  • Fireside Magazine
  • Fireside Quarterly
  • Year's Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction
  • Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2013 (2014) with Alisa Krasnostein
  • Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2014 (2016) with Alisa Krasnostein
  • Year's Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction 2015 (2016) with Alisa Krasnostein
  • In Other Words (2014) with Saira Ali
  • Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories (2014) with Alisa Krasnostein

References and sources
  1. "Understanding Your Inner Editor with Julia Rios". Clarion West.
  2. "Julia Rios". Latin American Literature Today.
  3. "Julia Rios — Work in Fireside". firesidefiction.com.
  4. "FuenteCo - Founders". FuenteCo.
  5. Rios, Julia. "Julia Rios, Author at Apex Magazine". Apex Magazine.
  6. "Julia Rios". Strange Horizons. 22 April 2013.
  7. "Kickstarting the Mexicanx Initiative Anthology, spotlighting Mexicanx creators who won scholarships to this year's Worldcon". Boing Boing. 7 August 2018.
  8. Fictions, © 2019 Science; America, Fantasy Writers of; SFWA®, Inc; Fiction, Nebula Awards® are registered trademarks of Science; America, Fantasy Writers of; SFWA, Inc Opinions expressed on this web site are not necessarily those of. "Julia Rios". The Nebula Awards®.
  9. "2017 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 31 December 2016.
  10. "2018 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 15 March 2018.
  11. "sfadb: Aurealis Awards 2017". www.sfadb.com.
  12. "sfadb: Aurealis Awards 2015". www.sfadb.com.
  13. "sfadb: Ditmar Awards 2015". www.sfadb.com.
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