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Author | Seanan McGuire |
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Cover artist | Rovina Cai |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | Tor.com |
Published | 2016-Present |
No. of books | 9 |
Website |
seananmcguire |
Wayward Children is a series of fantasy novellas by American author Seanan McGuire. It takes place at a boarding school for children who have journeyed to magical lands and been forcibly returned to the real world. The volumes alternate between being set at the school versus showing the lives of the children while they were in their alternate worlds.
In 2022, the series won the Hugo Award for Best Series.
Locus has regularly included the Wayward Children books in their year-end list of the best novellas of the year, including Every Heart a Doorway (2016), [1] Down Among the Sticks and Bones (2017), [2] Come Tumbling Down (2020), [3] and Lost in the Moment and Found (2023). [4]
Year | Work | Award | Result | Ref |
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2016 | Every Heart a Doorway | Nebula Award for Best Novella | Won | [5] [6] |
Tiptree Award | Honor | [7] | ||
2017 | Alex Awards | Won | [8] | |
British Fantasy Award for Best Novella | Nominated | [9] | ||
Hugo Award for Best Novella | Won | [10] [11] | ||
Locus Award for Best Novella | Won | [12] | ||
World Fantasy Award for Novella | Nominated | [13] | ||
2018 | Down Among the Sticks and Bones | Alex Awards | Won | [14] [15] |
Hugo Award for Best Novella | Nominated | [16] [17] | ||
Locus Award for Best Novella | Nominated | [18] | ||
RUSA Award for Fantasy | Won | [19] | ||
Every Heart a Doorway | Geffen Award for Best Translated Fantasy Book | Nominated | [20] | |
2019 | Beneath the Sugar Sky | BooktubeSFF Award for Short Work | Nominated | [21] |
Hugo Award for Best Novella | Nominated | [22] [23] | ||
World Fantasy Award for Novella | Nominated | [24] [25] | ||
2020 | In an Absent Dream | Hugo Award for Best Novella | Nominated | [26] [27] |
World Fantasy Award for Novella | Nominated | [28] | ||
2021 | Come Tumbling Down | Hugo Award for Best Novella | Nominated | [29] [30] |
Locus Award for Best Novella | Nominated | [31] | ||
2022 | Across the Green Grass Fields | Hugo Award for Best Novella | Nominated | [32] [33] [34] |
Wayward Children | Hugo Award for Best Series | Won | [32] [33] | |
2023 | “In Mercy, Rain" | Locus Award for Best Novelette | Nominated | [35] |
Where the Drowned Girls Go | Hugo Award for Best Novella | Won | [36] [37] |
In July 2021, Paramount Pictures acquired the film rights to the Wayward Children series. [38]
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Author | Seanan McGuire |
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Cover artist | Rovina Cai |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | Tor.com |
Published | 2016-Present |
No. of books | 9 |
Website |
seananmcguire |
Wayward Children is a series of fantasy novellas by American author Seanan McGuire. It takes place at a boarding school for children who have journeyed to magical lands and been forcibly returned to the real world. The volumes alternate between being set at the school versus showing the lives of the children while they were in their alternate worlds.
In 2022, the series won the Hugo Award for Best Series.
Locus has regularly included the Wayward Children books in their year-end list of the best novellas of the year, including Every Heart a Doorway (2016), [1] Down Among the Sticks and Bones (2017), [2] Come Tumbling Down (2020), [3] and Lost in the Moment and Found (2023). [4]
Year | Work | Award | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Every Heart a Doorway | Nebula Award for Best Novella | Won | [5] [6] |
Tiptree Award | Honor | [7] | ||
2017 | Alex Awards | Won | [8] | |
British Fantasy Award for Best Novella | Nominated | [9] | ||
Hugo Award for Best Novella | Won | [10] [11] | ||
Locus Award for Best Novella | Won | [12] | ||
World Fantasy Award for Novella | Nominated | [13] | ||
2018 | Down Among the Sticks and Bones | Alex Awards | Won | [14] [15] |
Hugo Award for Best Novella | Nominated | [16] [17] | ||
Locus Award for Best Novella | Nominated | [18] | ||
RUSA Award for Fantasy | Won | [19] | ||
Every Heart a Doorway | Geffen Award for Best Translated Fantasy Book | Nominated | [20] | |
2019 | Beneath the Sugar Sky | BooktubeSFF Award for Short Work | Nominated | [21] |
Hugo Award for Best Novella | Nominated | [22] [23] | ||
World Fantasy Award for Novella | Nominated | [24] [25] | ||
2020 | In an Absent Dream | Hugo Award for Best Novella | Nominated | [26] [27] |
World Fantasy Award for Novella | Nominated | [28] | ||
2021 | Come Tumbling Down | Hugo Award for Best Novella | Nominated | [29] [30] |
Locus Award for Best Novella | Nominated | [31] | ||
2022 | Across the Green Grass Fields | Hugo Award for Best Novella | Nominated | [32] [33] [34] |
Wayward Children | Hugo Award for Best Series | Won | [32] [33] | |
2023 | “In Mercy, Rain" | Locus Award for Best Novelette | Nominated | [35] |
Where the Drowned Girls Go | Hugo Award for Best Novella | Won | [36] [37] |
In July 2021, Paramount Pictures acquired the film rights to the Wayward Children series. [38]