Sam J. Miller

Sam J. Miller (born February 7, 1979) is a science fiction, fantasy and horror short fiction author. His stories have appeared in publications such as Clarkesworld, Asimov's Science Fiction, and Lightspeed, along with over fifteen "year's best" story collections. A finalist for multiple Nebula Awards along with the World Fantasy and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awards, he won the 2013 Shirley Jackson Award for his short story "57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides" and the 2019 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Blackfish City.

Sam J. Miller
Born (1979-02-07) February 7, 1979[1]
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
GenreScience fiction, fantasy
Years active2008-present
Website
www.samjmiller.com

Life

Sam J. Miller grew up in Hudson, New York, where his family ran a butcher shop.[2] With his husband, he currently lives in New York City, where he works as a community organizer for a homeless organization.[3][4]

Writing

Miller studied writing as part at the 2012 Clarion Workshop under authors Holly Black, Cassandra Clare[5] and Ted Chiang.[6]

Miller began regularly publishing his short stories in 2013 with "57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides" in Nightmare Magazine. The story later won the 2013 Shirley Jackson Award for best short fiction.[7] His other stories have been published in magazines such as Clarkesworld, Asimov's Science Fiction, Apex Magazine, and Lightspeed. His stories have been reprinted in over fifteen "year's best" story collections and have been a finalist for multiple Nebula Awards along with the World Fantasy and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awards.

Miller states that he writes "speculative fiction because that's how the world looks to me. Life is magic. Human society is horror. The world is science fiction."[8] While Miller deals with politics in his work as a community organizer, he says that "arguing a political point is a pretty good way to kill a story. But I do think it's possible to explore in fiction the issues that are important to us. That's the writing that excites me the most."[9]

Miller's prose has been called "evocative,"[10] "disturbing"[11] and "grim stuff, but compelling."[12]

Miller's young adult novel The Art of Starving was released by HarperCollins in July 2017.[13] The novel is about a gay, bullied teenage boy who believes that extreme hunger awakens supernatural abilities and is rooted in Miller's own experience with an adolescent eating disorder.[14] It was a finalist for the World Science Fiction Society award for Best Young Adult novel and won the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy in 2018.[15]

His first novel for adults, Blackfish City, was released in April 2018 by Ecco Press.[16][17]

Awards and nominations

Bibliography
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Novels
  • The Art of Starving (HarperCollins, 2017)[27]
  • Blackfish City (Ecco Press, 2018)
  • Destroy All Monsters (HarperTeen, 2019)
  • The Blade Between (Ecco Press, 2020)

Short fiction
Stories[28]
Title Year First published Reprinted/collected Notes
57 reasons for the Slate Quarry suicides 2013 Nightmare Magazine (December 2013) 2013 Shirley Jackson Award for Short Fiction
We are the Cloud 2014 Lightspeed, August 2014 Novelette
When your child strays from God 2015 Clarkesworld (July 2015)
The heat of us : notes toward an oral history 2015 Clarkesworld (July 2015)
Things with beards 2016 Clarkesworld (June 2016)
The future of hunger in the age of programmable matter 2017 Miller, Sam J. (October 18, 2017). "The future of hunger in the age of programmable matter". Tor.com.
Calved 2019 The New Voices of Science Fiction
The Nation of the Sick 2020 Entanglements: Tomorrow’s Lovers, Families, and Friends (Twelve Tomorrows). Editor, Sheila Williams (Penguin House, Kindle)

References
  1. Miller, Sam J. [@sentencebender] (February 7, 2019). "I'm forty today, which is blowing my mind & warping the fabric of time and space..." (Tweet). Retrieved March 3, 2019 – via Twitter.
  2. "Shimmer #20 Interview: Sam J. Miller" Shimmer Magazine, Issue 20, accessed March 5, 2017.
  3. "Spotlight on: Sam J. Miller, Writer" Locus Magazine, August 12, 2016.
  4. "Shimmer #20 Interview: Sam J. Miller" Shimmer Magazine, Issue 20, accessed March 5, 2017.
  5. "Spotlight on: Sam J. Miller, Writer" Locus Magazine, August 12, 2016.
  6. "Interview: Ted Chiang" by Adam Israel, Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop, February 7, 2012, accessed march 9, 2017.
  7. "2013 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners" Locus Magazine, July 13, 2014.
  8. "Spotlight on: Sam J. Miller, Writer" Locus Magazine, August 12, 2016.
  9. "Author Spotlight: Sam J. Miller" by Erika Holt, Nightmare Magazine, Issue 15, December 2013.
  10. "Lois Tilton reviews Short fiction, early September" by Lois Tilton, Locus Magazine, Sept. 10, 2014.
  11. "Review of Queering SFF: Wilde Stories 2014, Edited by Steve Berman" by Lee Mandelo, Tor.com, July 22, 2014
  12. Gardnerspace: A Short Fiction Column" by Gardner Dozois, Locus Magazine, November 2015, page 13.
  13. "The Art of Starving by Sam. J. Miller," HarperCollins website, accessed March 5, 2017.
  14. "#MHYALit: Better Is Not a Place" by Sam J. Miller, School Library Journal, March 2, 2017.
  15. "Here are the winners of the 2018 Nebula Awards". The Verge. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  16. "Fiction Book Review: Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller. Ecco, $22.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-268482-0". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  17. Mason, Everdeen (2018-04-05). "Review | Best science fiction and fantasy books out this month". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  18. "2013 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners" Locus Magazine, July 13, 2014.
  19. "2014 Nebula Awards Winners" Locus Magazine, June 6, 2015.
  20. "2015 Campbell and Sturgeon Awards Finalists" Locus Magazine, May 11, 2015.
  21. "2015 Nebula Awards Ballot" Locus Magazine, February 21, 2016.
  22. Award summary for Sam J. Miller, ISFDB, accessed March 5, 2017.
  23. "This year's Nebula Award nominees are incredibly diverse — read some online" by Andrew Liptak, The Verge, February 20, 2016.
  24. "Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction News and Events". Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  25. The Art of Starving, at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved August 3, 2018
  26. 2018 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved August 11, 2020
  27. Winner, Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018.
  28. Short stories unless otherwise noted.
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