Cadwell Turnbull
Turnbull at the 2023 Texas Book Festival
Born	(1987-08-12) August 12, 1987 (age 36) Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
Occupation	Novelist short-story writer
Education	NC State University (MFA, MA) La Roche University (BA)
Genre	speculative fiction science fiction fantasy
Website
cadwellturnbull.com

Cadwell Turnbull is an American science fiction and fantasy writer from the U.S. Virgin Islands. ^{[1] [2]} He is the author of award-winning short stories and novels, including The Lesson (2019) and No Gods, No Monsters (2021).

Biography

Turnbull was born on August 12, 1987 in Maryland however moved with his parents when he was a month old ^[3] and raised in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. He moved to Pittsburgh to attend La Roche University, ^{[3] [4]} where he received a BA in Professional Writing. ^[5] He attended North Carolina State University for graduate school, ^[6] where he studied under John Kessel and Wilton Barnhardt. ^[3] He received an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) and an MA in English (Linguistics). ^[7] He is a graduate of the 2016 Clarion West Writers Workshop. ^[8]

Works

Turnbull's short stories have appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Lightspeed Magazine, and Nightmare Magazine. Two of his short stories have been read by LeVar Burton on the LeVar Burton Reads podcast. ^{[9] [10]} His short story "Loneliness Is in Your Blood" was selected for The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 anthology, ^[11] and his short story "Jump" was selected for The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 anthology. ^[12]

His debut novel, The Lesson, was nominated for multiple awards and won the Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for speculative fiction in the "debut" category. ^{[13] [14]} His second novel, No Gods, No Monsters, was listed as one of the best books of 2021 by The New York Times, ^[15] NPR, ^[16] Audible, ^[17] the New York Public Library, ^[18] Kirkus, ^[19] Library Journal, ^[20] and Tor.com. ^[21]

Many of his stories take place (at least partially) in his native U.S. Virgin Islands. His writing often addresses sociopolitical topics like colonialism and post-colonialism, ^{[22] [23]} marginalized communities, ^{[24] [25]} climate change, ^{[26] [27]} police violence, ^{[28] [29]} and collective ownership. ^[27] He credits Ursula Le Guin as influential to his writing ^[30] along with Octavia Butler, Ted Chiang, N. K. Jemisin, Alice Munro, and George Orwell. ^[31]

Bibliography

Novels

• The Lesson. (2019). Blackstone Publishing. ISBN  978-1538584644.

Convergence Saga

• No Gods, No Monsters. (2021). Blackstone Publishing. ISBN  978-1982603724.
• We Are the Crisis. (November 2023). Blackstone Publishing. ISBN  978-1982603755

Short fiction

• " Loneliness Is in Your Blood". (2017). Nightmare Magazine.
• " A Third of the Stars of Heaven". (2017). Lightspeed Magazine.
• “ Other Worlds and This One”. (2017). Lightspeed Magazine.
  • Reprinted (2018) in Asimov’s Science Fiction
• “When the Rains Come Back.” (2017). Lightspeed Magazine.
  • -- (2019). Featured on We Will Remember Freedom podcast. ^[32]
• " They Built a Wall". (2018). Grassroots Economic Organizing.
• " Jump". (2019). Lightspeed Magazine.
  • -- (2019). Featured on LeVar Burton Reads podcast. ^[9]
• " Monsters Come Howling in their Season". (2019). The Verge.
• " All the Hidden Places". (2019). Nightmare Magazine.
• "The Letters Triptych". (2020). In The Dystopia Triptych: Ignorance is Strength, Vol 1. Broach Reach Publishing and Adamant Press. ISBN  979-8677287572.
• "Mediation." (2020). In Entanglements: Tomorrow's Lovers, Families, and Friends. MIT Press. ISBN  978-0262539258.
• " Shock of Birth". (2021). Lightspeed Magazine.
  • -- (2021). Featured on LeVar Burton Reads podcast. ^[10]
• "Killmonger Rising". (2021). In Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda. Titan Books. ISBN  978-1789095685.
• " Notes on the Forum of the Simulacra." (2023). In Many Worlds, or The Simulacra. Radix Media. ISBN  978-1737718437

Edited works

• Many Worlds, or The Simulacra. (2023). Radix Media. ISBN  978-1737718437

Awards

References

External links

• Official website
• Sorg, Arley (October 2021). "Breaking Out of the Box: A Conversation with Cadwell Turnbull". Clarkesworld: Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine. No. 181.