Editing Tobias Buckell (section)

==Biography==
Buckell was born in 1979 in [[Grenada]] in the [[Caribbean Sea|Caribbean]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Vivian |first=D A. |date=2022 |title=The Complexity of Community: Ecology, Science Fiction, and the Future of Literature-A Conversation with Tobias Buckell |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/c1012f2d699d34912c9426d8b0d1e49d/1?cbl=43885 |journal=Journal of West Indian Literature |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=168–187}}</ref> where he was raised on a boat. In 1999, he attended [[Clarion Workshop]]. Not long after that, he made his first sale, "Fish Merchant", to [[Scott Edelman]] at ''Science Fiction Age''. The story appeared in the March, 2000 issue. About the time of the sale, his story "In Orbite Medievali" won a quarterly contest for the [[Writers and Illustrators of the Future|Writers of the Future]]. Since then his stories have appeared in a variety of places, including the magazines ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact|Analog]]'' and ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'', and the anthologies ''New Voices in Science Fiction'', ''Men Writing Science Fiction As Women'', and ''[[So Long Been Dreaming]]''. Buckell has both [[dyslexia|ADHD and dyslexia]].<ref>[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/10/holding-out-for-a-sequel-in-praise-of-vernor-vinge Holding Out For A Sequel: In Praise of Vernor Vinge], by Tobias Buckell, at [[Tor.com]]; published October 10, 2011; retrieved April 12, 2012</ref>

His first novel, ''[[Crystal Rain]]'', was published in February 2006 by [[Tor Books]]. His second novel, ''[[Ragamuffin (novel)|Ragamuffin]]'' was published in 2007,<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Mercury News]]|first=Clay|last=Kallam|title=An intriguingly dark look at the future|date=2007-08-05|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/books/ci_6550320?nclick_check=1}}</ref> and was nominated for the [[Nebula Award for Best Novel|Nebula Award]] for that year. ''[[Sly Mongoose]]'', his third novel, was published in August 2008. His first short story collection, ''Tides from the New Worlds'', was published as a signed limited edition hardcover by Wyrm Publishing in April 2009.

On June 16, 2008, Buckell was announced as the author for the sixth novel in the [[Halo (series)|Halo]] book series titled ''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'', named after military procedures made to prevent the Covenant from obtaining crucial information, such as the location of Earth. The novel was published in November 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://us.macmillan.com/halothecoleprotocol | title = Halo: The Cole Protocol | publisher = Macmillan | accessdate = 2008-11-28 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081204113314/http://us.macmillan.com/halothecoleprotocol | archivedate = 2008-12-04 }}</ref> In December, the novel debuted at #4 on the New York Times Best Seller list for paperback trade fiction.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/books/bestseller/bestpapertradefiction.html | title = The New York Times | accessdate = 2008-12-14 | date=2008-12-14}}</ref> He also wrote the collaborative short story collection ''[[Halo: Evolutions|Halo Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' along with [[Karen Traviss]], [[Eric Nylund]] and many other authors, which was released in November 2009.

His latest novel, ''The Stranger in the Citadel,'' was released on Audible Originals in May 2021.

He currently lives in [[Bluffton, Ohio]], where he works as an instructor at the [[Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing|Stonecoast MFA]] in the Creative Writing program.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}