Julie Elizabeth Czerneda (; born 1955) is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. She has written many novels, including four Aurora Award for Best Novel winners (In the Company of Others, A Turn of Light, A Play of Shadow, and The Gossamer Mage), and a number of short stories; she has also edited several anthologies.
Czerneda is a biologist by education and has been active in writing and editing non-fiction. She has edited and authored a number of educational books about career guidance and the teaching of science. In 2022, Czerneda was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame (CSFFA).
Biography Julie Elizabeth Starink was born in Exeter, Ontario on April 11, 1955, to Everett Norman and Joy Margaret () Starink. She received a Bachelor of Science in biology at the University of Waterloo, after which she conducted graduate researched on "fish and the evolution of reproductive communication systems" at the University of Saskatchewan and attended Queen's University at Kingston. While studying at the University of Waterloo, Starink met Roger Czerneda; the two married on July 24, 1976. They have two children.
After working at the University of Waterloo, Czerneda focused on her writing career.
As of 2022, Czerneda lived near Ottawa.
Awards and honours In 2007, Czerneda received the Alumni of Honour Award from the University of Waterloo. +Awards for Czerneda's workYearWorkAwardResult1998Locus Award for First NovelFinalist2000Beholder's EyeAurora Award for Best NovelFinalist2001Changing VisionAurora Award for Best NovelFinalist Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Science Fiction NovelFinalist Aurora Award for Best Short FictionFinalist 2002In the Company of OthersAurora Award for Best NovelWinner Philip K. Dick AwardShortlist Aurora Award for Best Short FictionWinner 2003Explorer: Tales from the Wonder ZoneAurora Award for Best Related WorkFinalist Aurora Award for Best Short FictionFinalist Stardust: Tales from the Wonder ZoneAurora Award for Best Related WorkFinalist Tales from the Wonder Zone Golden Duck Award for Best Science and Technology EducationWinner To Trade the StarsAurora Award for Best NovelFinalist 2004Hidden in SightAurora Award for Best NovelFinalist Space, Inc.Aurora Award for Best Related WorkWinner 2005Odyssey: Tales From the Wonder ZoneAurora Award for Best Related WorkFinalist ReVisionsAurora Award for Best Related WorkFinalist SurvivalAurora Award for Best NovelFinalist 2006Fantastic CompanionsAurora Award for Best Related WorkFinalist MigrationAurora Award for Best NovelFinalist Aurora Award for Best Short FictionFinalist 2007MythspringAurora Award for Best Related WorkFinalist RegenerationAurora Award for Best NovelFinalist 2008Polaris: A Celebration of Polar ScienceAurora Award for Best Related WorkFinalist Under Cover of DarknessAurora Award for Best Related WorkWinner 2010Ages of WonderAurora Award for Best Related WorkFinalist 2012Tesseracts FifteenAurora Award for Best Related WorkFinalist 2014Aurora Award for Best NovelWinner 2015Aurora Award for Best NovelWinner 2018To Guard Against the DarkAurora Award for Best NovelFinalist 2019Aurora Award for Best Short FictionFinalist 2020Aurora Award for Best NovelWinner 2022Aurora Award for Best Novelette/NovellaFinalist 2026A Shift of TimeAurora Award for Best NovelFinalist
Publications
As author
Standalone books In the Company of Others (2001) – The Gossamer Mage (2019) – To Each This World (November 2022, DAW) –
Novellas No Place Like Home (2016)
The Clan Chronicles This continuity was formerly called the Trade Pact Universe.
Trade Pact trilogy A Thousand Words for Stranger (1997) – Ties of Power (1999) – To Trade the Stars (2002) –
Stratification trilogy Prequel to the Trade Pact trilogy: Reap the Wild Wind (2007) – Riders of the Storm (2008) – Rift in the Sky (2009) –
Reunification trilogy This Gulf of Time and Stars (2015) – The Gate to Futures Past (2016) – To Guard Against the Dark (2017) –
Species Imperative Trilogy of biology, politics and survival in a multi-species, interstellar future. Survival (2004) – Migration (2005) – Regeneration (2006) –
Esen With the publication of Search Image, the Web Shifters trilogy is listed as part of the Esen continuity, which features the adventures of the shape-shifter Esen-alit-Quar. A Carisian, a species which plays a significant role in the Clan Chronicles, also appears in Search Image, although there are no common plot points.
Web Shifters Beholder's Eye (1998) – Changing Vision (2000) – Hidden in Sight (2003) –
Web Shifter's Library Search Image (2018) – Mirage (2020) – Spectrum (2022) –
Night's Edge A Turn of Light (2013) – A Play of Shadow (2014) – In 2014 Czerneda announced that DAW Books had bought the next three books in the series. A Change of Place (2024) - A Shift of Time (2025) - (Was originally announced as A Fall of Darkness.) A Twist of Magic (announced)
Collection Imaginings: 25th Anniversary Collection (2022)
Contributor "Prism" (Web Shifters) in DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction Anthology, edited by Elizabeth R. Wollheim and Sheila E. Gilbert (2002) ReVisions, edited by Julie E. Czerneda and Isaac Szpindel (2004) – Sirius the Dog Star edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Alexander Potter (2004) – , "Brothers Bound" (prequel to the Stratification trilogy in the Clan Chronicles) "She's Such a Nasty Morsel" (Web Shifters) in Women of War edited by Alexander Potter and Tanya Huff (2005) – "A Touch of Blue" (Web Shifters) in Heroes in Training, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Jim C. Hines (2007) – "The Passenger" in Lightspeed Science Fiction and Fantasy magazine, February 2011 "The Franchise" in Space Stations edited by Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers (sequel to In the Company of Others) –
Career guidance Great careers for people interested in living things (1993) – Great careers for people who like to work with their hands (1994) – Great careers for people interested in communications technology (1996) by Julie E. Czerneda and Victoria Vincent Great careers for people fascinated by government and the law (1996) by Anne Marie Males; contributing authors, Julie Czerneda and Victoria Vincent
As editor Space, Inc. (2003) – ReVisions with Isaac Szpindel (2004) – Tesseracts 15: A Case of Quite Curious Tales with Susan MacGregor (2004) – Fantastic Companions (2005) – Mythspring: From the Lyrics and Legends of Canada (2006) with Genevieve Kierans – Under Cover of Darkness with Jana Paniccia (2007) – Misspelled (2008) – Ages of Wonder with Rob St. Martin (2009) – Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales (2011) with Susan MacGregor – Nebula Awards Showcase 2017 (2017) – The Clan Chronicles: Tales from Plexis (2018), anthology –
Science education through science fiction stories in the classroom No Limits: Developing Scientific Literacy Using Science Fiction (1998), non-fiction – Packing Fraction & Other Tales of Science & Imagination (1998) –
Tales from the Wonder Zone Stardust (2001) Explorer (2002) Orbiter (2002) Odyssey (2004) Polaris: A Celebration of Polar Science (2007) . Winner of the Canadian Science Writers' Award (Youth Book, 2007)
Realms of Wonder Summoned to Destiny (2004) Fantastic Companions (2005)
See also List of University of Waterloo people
References
External links
Official Site, run by the author
In Other Worlds, a fan site Julie E. Czerneda on Fantastic Fiction list of Canadian SF writers Fantafiction a brief bio and bibliography Susan O'Fearna' Bookshelf a listing of publications (including short stories) Julie E. Czerneda on LibraryThing