Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Robert Charles Wilson, born in 1953, has been a full-time professional writer since 1986. He has published 14 novels, numerous short stories, and several non-fiction pieces and book reviews. He lives in Concord, Ontario, with his wife Sharry, a professional proofreader. He can be reached at mcwilson@robertcharleswilson.com
Novels
A Hidden Place, Bantam, 1986 (reissued by Tor Books, 2005)
Memory Wire, Bantam, 1987
Gypsies, Bantam, 1989
The Divide, Bantam, 1990
A Bridge of Years, Bantam, 1991
The Harvest, Bantam, 1992
Mysterium, Bantam, 1994
Darwinia, Tor, 1998
Bios, Tor, 1999
The Chronoliths, Tor, 2001
Blind Lake, Tor Books, 2003
Spin, Tor Books, 2005
Axis, Tor Books, 2007
Julian Comstock: A Story of the 22nd Century, Tor Books, 2009
Short Story Collection
The Perseids and Other Stories, Tor Books, 2000
Chapbook
Julian: A Christmas Story, PS Publishing, England, 2006
As Editor
Tesseracts Ten: A Celebration of New Canadian Speculative Fiction, Edge Press, 2006 (with Edo von Belkom)
Nonfiction
Introduction to Identity Theft (Fitzhenry and Whiteside, forthcoming) by Robert J. Sawyer; book reviews published in the Globe and Mail and The Literary Review of Canada; “Human Contingency and Finding What You Want at the Bookstore” (an address to the Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy, June 2, 2005); “The Night Wind and the Morning Star,” in The War of the Worlds: Fresh Perspectives on the H.G. Wells Classic (BenBella Books, 2005)
Literary Honors and Awards
Three-time winner of the Aurora Award for Canadian imaginative fiction, for the novels Darwinia and Blind Lake and the short story “The Perseids” (collected in The Perseids and Other Stories)
Winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (a juried award presented by the University of Kansas) for his novel The Chronoliths
Winner of the Philip K. Dick Award for the novel Mysterium
Winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (2007) for his short story “The Cartesian Theater”
Winner of the 2006 Hugo Award for his novel Spin
Shortlisted for many other awards including the Nebula Award (presented by the Science Fiction Writers of America), the World Fantasy Award, and the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic
Several of his novels have appeared on the annual Notable Books list of the New York Times
His most recent novella, Julian: A Christmas Story, was one of five finalists in its short-fiction category for the 2007 Hugo Award
Translated Works
Robert Charles Wilson’s novels and stories have been published in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Hungarian, and other foreign editions. His work in translation has received the Geffen Award (Israel), the Kurd Lasswitz Prize (Germany), the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire (France), the Seiun Award (Japan), and the Czech Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Award.
Invited Talks and Readings
Robert Charles Wilson has spoken by invitation at numerous events and venues, including the Winnipeg Writers Festival and Portland, Oregon’s Wordstock, and has addressed university classes studying his work at Trent University, York University, and The University of Toronto.