Gwyneth Jones (born 14 February 1952) is an English science fiction and fantasy writer and critic, and a young adult/children's writer under the pen name Ann Halam.

Biography and writing career Jones was born in Manchester, England. Education at a convent school was followed by an undergraduate degree in European history of ideas at the University of Sussex. She has written for younger readers since 1980 under the pseudonym Ann Halam and, under that name, has published more than twenty novels. In 1984 Divine Endurance, a science fiction novel for adults, was published under her own name and in which she created the term gynoid. She continues to write using these two names for the respective audiences.

Jones' works are mostly science fiction and near future high fantasy with strong themes of gender and feminism. She is the winner of two World Fantasy Awards, BSFA short story award, Children of the Night Award from the Dracula Society, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Philip K. Dick Award and co-winner of the James Tiptree Jr. Award. She also won the 2008 Pilgrim Award for lifetime achievement in Science Fiction criticism. She is generally well-reviewed critically and, as a feminist science fiction writer, is often compared to Ursula K. Le Guin, though the two authors are very much distinct in both content and style of work.

Jones lives in Brighton, England, with her husband and son.

Bibliography

Novels NamePublishedISBNNotesWater in the AirLondon: Macmillan, 1977as Gwyneth A JonesThe Influence of IronwoodLondon: Macmillan, 1978as Gwyneth A JonesThe ExchangeLondon: Macmillan, 1979as Gwyneth A JonesDear HillLondon: Macmillan, 1980as Gwyneth A JonesDivine EnduranceLondon: George Allen & Unwin, 1984Escape PlansLondon: Allen & Unwin, 1986Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1987KairosLondon: Unwin Hyman, 1988Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1989The Hidden OnesLondon: The Women's Press, 1988 (paper)Flower DustLondon: Headline, 1993White QueenLondon: Gollancz, 1991Book 1 of The Aleutian Trilogy;James Tiptree, Jr. Award Winner (tie), 1991; Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1992North WindLondon: Gollancz, 1994Book 2 of The Aleutian Trilogy;BSFA nominee, 1994;Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1995Phoenix CafeLondon: Gollancz, 1997Book 3 of The Aleutian TrilogyBold as LoveLondon: Gollancz, 2001Book 1 in the Bold As Love Cycle;Arthur C. Clarke Award winner, 2002;BSFA nominee, 2001;British Fantasy Award nominee, 2002Castles Made of SandLondon: Gollancz, 2002Book 2 in the Bold As Love Cycle;British Science Fiction Award nominee, 2002Midnight LampLondon: Gollancz, 2003Book 3 in the Bold As Love Cycle;British Science Fiction Award nominee, 2003;Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2004Band of GypsysLondon: Gollancz, 2005Book 4 in the Bold as Love CycleRainbow BridgeLondon: Gollancz, 2006 (paper)Book 5 in the Bold As Love CycleLifeSeattle, WA: Aqueduct Press, 2004 (paper)Philip K. Dick Award winner, 2005; James Tiptree, Jr. Award shortlist, 2004;Spirit: or The Princess of Bois DormantJones has published a webpage giving the background to Spirit, and which also includes several linked short stories: Spirit London: Gollancz, 2008Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2010The Grasshopper's ChildLondon: Self-published, 2014 (ebook)ISBN Book 6 in the Bold As Love Cycle

Fiction collections Identifying the Object. Austin: Swan Press, 1993 (paper). No ISBN Seven Tales and a Fable. Cambridge: Edgewood Press, 1995 (paper). Grazing the Long Acre. Hornsea: PS Publishing, 2009. The Buonarotti Quartet. Seattle: Aqueduct Press, 2009 (paper). The Universe of Things. Seattle: Aqueduct Press, 2011 (trade paper).

Short stories "Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland" (1996) in Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex (anthology) and (2007) in Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology (anthology) "Saving Tiamaat" (2007) in The New Space Opera (anthology) "The Ki-anna" (2010) in Engineering Infinity (anthology) "A Planet Called Desire" (2015) in Old Venus (anthology)

Non-fiction Deconstructing the Starships: Science, Fiction and Reality. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1999. Imagination / Space. Seattle, WA: Aqueduct Press, 2009 (paper). Joanna Russ. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2019.

As Ann Halam Ally, Ally, Aster. London: Allen & Unwin, 1981. The Alder Tree. London: Allen & Unwin, 1981. King Death's Garden. London: Orchard Books, 1986. The Inland trilogy The Daymaker. London: Orchard Books, 1987. Transformations. London: Orchard Books, 1988. The Skybreaker. London: Orchard Books, 1990. Dinosaur Junction. London: Orchard Books, 1992. The Haunting of Jessica Raven. London: Orion, 1994. The Fear Man. London: Orion, 1995. The Powerhouse. London: Orion, 1997. Crying in the Dark. London: Dolphin, 1998 (paper). The N.I.M.R.O.D. Conspiracy. London: Dolphin, 1999 (paper). Don't Open Your Eyes. London: Dolphin, 1999 (paper). The Shadow on the Stairs. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2000 (paper). Dr. Franklin's Island. London: Orion/Dolphin, 2001. Taylor Five. London: Dolphin, 2002 (paper). Finders Keepers. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2004 (paper). Siberia. London: Orion, 2005. (shortlist, Booktrust Teenage Prize) Snakehead. London: Orion, 2007.

References

External links Gwyneth's personal blog since 2009

1997 interview at Spike Magazine Interview Independent Online