Jim C. Hines (born April 15, 1974) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. His work is published by DAW Books, and some of his books have appeared on the Locus Bestseller list.
Life and work Hines was a volunteer crisis counselor in East Lansing and worked as the Male Outreach Coordinator for the MSU Safe Place. In 2008, he donated his archive to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Collection in the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University. He has been the author guest of honor at multiple conventions, and was the Toastmaster for the 2014 NASFiC (North American Science Fiction Convention). He's also served as Toastmaster for Icon (Iowa science fiction convention) since 2012. He currently lives near Lansing, Michigan, where he works part-time for state government.
He is the author of one non-fantasy novel, Goldfish Dreams, described on the author's website as a "mainstream rape-awareness novel."
Hines' works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series. He was a first-place winner of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Award in 1998 with his story "Blade of the Bunny".
In 2012, he won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer.2012 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved August 2, 2021
"Striking a Pose" In January 2012, Hines posted on his blog with the headline "Striking a Pose (Women and Fantasy Covers)", a discussion triggered by some of the poses in which female characters are drawn on the covers of books in his Princess Series. Hines attempted to mirror some of these anatomically incorrect poses on the covers of one of his own works and those of a variety of other fantasists. The resulting discussion continued, in such venues as Jezebel.com.North, Anna. "Male Fantasy Author Dabbles in the Dark Art of Fantasy Female Buttocks" jezebel.com January 26, 2012 Hines has participated in several panel discussions at science fiction conventions such as one at the feminist convention WisCon, where a group of women including a gymnast and a dancer attempted (with limited success) to recreate such poses; and in a posing competition (benefits to charity) with fellow Hugo-winner John Scalzi,Scalzi, John. "Dear Whateverians: Choose My Pose!" whatever.scalzi.com December 5, 2012 which has brought the discussion and others like it such as The Hawkeye Initiative to the attention of Boing Boing and other publications,Doctorow, Cory. "SF writers Jim C Hines and John Scalzi dress up as sexy female assassins to raise money for The Aicardi Syndrome Foundation". boingboing.net December 12, 2012 including political blogs like ThinkProgress.
Bibliography
The Goblin Quest Series Goblin Quest (2006) DAW () Goblin Hero (2007) DAW () Goblin War (2008) DAW () Goblin Tales (2011) Self-published
Princess Series The Stepsister Scheme (2009) DAW () The Mermaid's Madness (2009) DAW () Red Hood's Revenge (2010) DAW () The Snow Queen's Shadow (2011) DAW ()
Magic ex Libris Series Libriomancer (2012) DAW () Codex Born (2013) DAW () Unbound (2015) DAW () "Chupacabra's Song" (2015) Revisionary (2016) DAW () Imprinted: a Magic ex Libris Novelette (2018) Self-published ()
Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse Series Terminal Alliance (2017) DAW () Terminal Uprising (2019) DAW () Terminal Peace (2022) DAW ()
Stand-alone works
Goldfish Dreams (2003) Regal Crest Enterprises () Fable: Blood of Heroes (2015) Del Rey () Tamora Carter: Goblin Queen (2020) () Amelia Sand and the Silver Queens (2023) () Kitemaster (2025) Caezik SF&F () Slayers of Old (2025) DAW ()
Collections The Goblin Master's Grimoire (2013) ISFiC ()
Edited works Heroes in Training (with Martin H. Greenberg), DAW (2007) () Invisible (2014) Invisible 2 (2015) Invisible 3 (with Mary Anne Mohanraj) (2017)
References
External links
Jim C. Hines Homepage