Will McIntosh

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American novelist (born 1962)

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::summary American novelist (born 1962) ::

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Field	Value
name	Will McIntosh
birth_name	William D. McIntosh
birth_date
birth_place	New York City, U.S.
occupation	Author, social psychologist
education	University of Georgia (PhD)
genre	Science fiction
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Will McIntosh (William D. McIntosh, born January 31, 1962 in New York City) is a science fiction and young adult author, a Hugo-Award-winner, and a winner or finalist for many other awards. Along with eleven novels, including Defender (novel)|Defenders, Love Minus Eighty, and Burning Midnight, he has published dozens of short stories in magazines such as* Asimov's Science Fiction*, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed Magazine, Clarkesworld, and Interzone. His stories are frequently reprinted in different "Year's Best" anthologies.

Life

McIntosh attended the University of Georgia, where he received a Ph.D. in social psychology in 1990. He was a professor at Georgia Southern, where he taught psychology classes. His research focused on topics such as internet dating and romantic relationships, "happiness and goals, collecting behavior, psychological aspects of film and television, and the relationship between psychology and Zen Buddhism." In 2012, McIntosh moved to the College of William and Mary to teach introductory psychology classes and focus on his writing.

Writing

McIntosh attended the Clarion Workshop in 2003, and the Taos Toolbox workshop in 2008. McIntosh's short story "Soft Apocalypse" was shortlisted for both the British Science Fiction Award and the British Fantasy Award. His story "Bridesicle" won both the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Short Story and the 2010 Asimov's Reader Poll, along with being a finalist for that year's Nebula Award, while his story "Over There" won the 2014 Asimov's Reader Poll, and was a finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award in 2014.

His short story "Followed" was adapted into a film by director James Kicklighter in 2011.

Translations of McIntosh's novels have been published in China, Russia, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Taiwan, and Hungary.

Bibliography

Novels

Love Minus Eighty Orbit Books, June 2013
Defenders Orbit Books, May 2014
Faller Tor Books, October 2016
Wild, June 2023

Young adult novels

Burning Midnight Delacorte Press, March 2016
Unbreakable Character Force, June 2017
The Future Will Be BS Free Delacorte Press, July 2018

Middle grade novels

Watchdog Delacorte Press, October 2017
The Classmate Future House Publishing, March 2022

Short fiction

;StoriesShort stories unless otherwise noted.

"Under the Boardwalk", Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue 19, 2005
"Soft Apocalypse", Interzone, Sept/Oct 2005Finalist for the 2005 British Science Fiction Award and the 2005 British Fantasy Award; Reprinted in Galaxies (France).
"Totems", Interzone, Jan/Feb 2005
"New Spectacles", Abyss & ApexReprinted in The Best of Abyss & Apex.
"Friction", Albedo One, Issue 30
"Best Friend", ChiZine, Jan-March 2006
"Followed", Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, June, 2006Reprinted in The Living Dead, John Joseph Adams, editor, 2008.
"The Last Cyberpunk", Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue 22, 2006
"The New Chinese Wives", Interzone, Sept/Oct 2006
"Perfect Violet", On Spec, Summer, 2007Reprinted in Science Fiction: Best of the Year 2008.
"Three Unlikely Futures", Postscripts, Autumn, 2007
"Dada Jihad", Interzone, Sept/Oct 2007
"One Paper Airplane Graffito Love Note", Strange Horizons, Oct. 2007
"Unlikely", Asimov's Science Fiction, Jan. 2008Reprinted in New Horizons #1, Isli (Russian), Sci Fi Magazin,(Romania), Galaxies, (France).
"The Fantasy Jumper", Black Static, Feb., 2008Reprinted in Science Fiction: Best of the Year 2009.
"Linkworlds", Strange Horizons, March 2008Reprinted in Unplugged: The Year's Best Online Fiction, 2009.
"Street Hero", Interzone, Mar/April 2008
"A Clown Escapes from Circus Town", Interzone, Mar/April 2009
"Midnight Blue", Asimov's Science Fiction, Sept. 2008Reprinted in Russian in Isli.
"None Had Sharp Teeth", Black Static, 2009
"Bridesicle", Asimov's Science Fiction, Jan. 2009Winner of the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Short Story; winner of the 2010 Asimov's Reader Poll; finalist for the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.
"Frankenstein, Frankenstein", Asimov's Science Fiction, Oct./Nov. 2010
"Defenders", Lightspeed Magazine, August 2011
"Possible Monsters", Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2012
"Over There", Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2013Finalist, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, 2014.
"Dry Bite", Lightspeed Magazine, Sept. 2013
"The Savannah Liars Tour", Lightspeed Magazine, Jan. 2016
"Lost: Mind", Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2016
"Soulmates.com", Asimov's Science Fiction, March/April 2017Reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2018.
"What Is Eve?", Lightspeed Magazine, April 2018
"Foot Ball", Future SF, Aug. 2019
"Nic and Viv's Compulsory Courtship", Asimov's Science Fiction, July/Aug. 2020
"Philly Killed His Car", Asimov's Science Fiction, July/Aug. 2021
"Mom Heart", Clarkesworld Magazine, November, 2021
"Dollbot Cicily", Asimov's Science Fiction, March/April 2022
"Work Minus Eighty", Asimov's Science Fiction, July/August 2022 ::data[format=table] | Title | |Year | |First published | |Reprinted/collected | |Notes | |---|---|---|---|---| | Over there | 2013 | | | | | Scout | 2014 | | | | | A thousand nights till morning | 2015 | | | Novella | ::

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References

[http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/psychology/facstaff.php Psychology Department Faculty Page] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-08-26 , Georgia Southern, accessed Dec. 3, 2010.)
[http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/psychology/facstaff.php Psychology Department Faculty Page], Georgia Southern, accessed Dec. 3, 2010. {{Webarchive. link. (2012-08-26)
[http://www.locusmag.com/News/2010/09/2010-hugo-awards-winners/ 2010 Hugo Award winners], Locus Magazine, Sept. 5, 2010, accessed Dec. 3, 2010.
[http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit90.html#3505 Locus Index to SF Awards, Entry for Will McIntosh], accessed Dec. 3, 2010.

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