Catherynne Valente is an incredible and prolific author, whose collection of forty poetry, fantasy and science fiction novels have dominated the world of fiction to make her not only a New York Times Bestseller, but also a USA Today Bestselling Author. She is the winner of the Andre Norton, Tiptree, Sturgeon, Prix Imaginales, Eugie Foster Memorial, Mythopoeic, Rhysling, Lambda, Locus, Romantic Times’ Critics Choice and Hugo awards and has been a finalist for many others including the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards.
Beginning her writing career in 2004 with her first novel, Valente continues to produce incredible book after book, and in 2010 made history, with her book The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making becoming the first ever self-published book to win a major literary award, winning the Andre Norton Award For YA Literature before it even saw print in 2011. Her short stories and books have been translated and printed in twenty seven different countries, and not only did her 2011 adult novel, titled Deathless, sell film rights to the incredible Russian film maker Aleksander Rodnyansky, but in 2018, with her hilarious sci fi hit Space Opera that was likened to Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett and David Bowie, she again sold film rights to the movie giants Universal together with the minds behind La La Land- meanwhile, the audiobook for the novel won the Earphones Award and the book itself was a Hugo finalist for Best Novel.
Her latest book was released in 2018, a short fiction collection titled The Future Is Blue- it came as no surprise to fans across the world when it was instantly shortlisted for the prestigious Locus Award.