Editing Liz Williams

{{Short description|English science fiction writer}}
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'''Liz Williams''' (born 1965) is a British [[science fiction]] writer, historian and occultist.  ''The Ghost Sister,'' her first novel, was published in 2001. Both this novel and her next, ''Empire of Bones'' (2002) were nominated for the [[Philip K. Dick Award]].<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/mondhile/ Liz Williams' website]</ref>  She is also the author of the Inspector Chen series.

Williams is the daughter of a [[stage magician]] and a [[Gothic novelist]].<ref>{{Cite book|editor=David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer|title=Year's Best Fantasy 6|publisher=Tachyon Publications|year=2006|ISBN=1-892391-37-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/yearsbestfantasy00bruc}}</ref> She holds a PhD in Philosophy of Science from [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] (for which her supervisor was [[Peter Lipton]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160108222950/http://mevennen.livejournal.com/519386.html Peter Lipton] (entry on Liz Williams's Livejournal)</ref>). She has had short stories published in ''[[Asimov's]]'', [[Interzone (magazine)|''Interzone'']], ''[[The Third Alternative]] ''and ''[[Visionary Tongue]]''. From the mid-nineties until 2000, she lived and worked in [[Kazakhstan]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070802002800/http://www.arkady.btinternet.co.uk/biog.htm Liz Williams' website<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Her experiences there are reflected in her 2003 novel ''Nine Layers of Sky''.  This novel brings into the modern era the [[Bogatyr]] [[Ilya Muromets]] and Manas the hero of the [[Epic of Manas]]. Her novels have been published in the US and the UK, while her third novel ''The Poison Master'' (2003) has been translated into [[Dutch language|Dutch]].

Williams practices [[Druidry (modern)|modern Druidry]] and co-owns a pagan and esoteric store in [[Glastonbury]]. In 2020, she published a [[popular history]] book about [[modern paganism in the United Kingdom]], ''Miracles of Our Own Making''.<ref>{{cite journal |last=White |first=Ethan Doyle |year=2021 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/263/article/783374 |title=''Miracles of Our Own Making: A History of Paganism''. By Liz Williams. Reaktion Books, 2020. 352 pages. £15.95 cloth; ebook available |journal=[[Nova Religio]] |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=157-158 |access-date=9 July 2024 |via=[[Project Muse]] }}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
{{Incomplete list |date=January 2024}}

===Novels===
*''The Ghost Sister'' (June 2001) - Philip K. Dick Award nominee
*''Empire of Bones'' (March 2002) - Philip K. Dick Award nominee
*''The Poison Master'' (January 2003)
*''Nine Layers of Sky'' (August 2003)
*''Worldsoul'' (June 2012)

;Banner of Souls
*''Banner of Souls'' (September 2004) - Shortlisted for the 20th Arthur C. Clarke Award, Philip K. Dick Award nominee
*''Winterstrike'' (September 2008)
*''Phosphorus'' (February 2018)

;The Fallow Sisters
*''Comet Weather'' (2020)
*''Blackthorn Winter'' (January 2021)
*''Embertide'' (October 2023)
*''Salt on the Midnight Fire'' (June 2024)

;Darkland
*''Darkland'' (February 2006)
*''Bloodmind'' (February 2007)

;Detective Inspector Chen
*''Snake Agent'' (September 2005) - Published in French as ''La traite des âmes'' (2014)
*''The Demon and the City'' (August 2006)
*''Precious Dragon'' (June 2007)
*''The Shadow Pavilion'' (August 2009)
*''The Iron Khan'' (December 2010)
*''Morningstar'' (January 2015, self-published)

=== Short fiction ===
;Collections
*''The Banquet of the Lords of Night and Other Stories'' (2004)
*''A Glass of Shadow'' (2011)
*''Vodyanoy/Loosestrife'' (2015)
*''The Light Warden'' (2015)
;Stories<ref group=lower-alpha>Short stories unless otherwise noted.</ref>
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|Tycho and the Stargazer
|2003
|''Asimov's Science Fiction'' Vol 27, No 12
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|Out of Scarlight
|2013
|''[[Old Mars]]'' (anthology)<ref group=lower-alpha name="SF Signal Mars 2013">{{cite web|last=DeNardo|first=John|date=February 14, 2013|title=TOC: ''Old Mars'' Edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois|url=http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/02/toc-old-mars-edited-by-george-r-r-martin-and-gardner-dozois-2/|work=[[SF Signal]]|accessdate=September 26, 2014|archive-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224133311/http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/02/toc-old-mars-edited-by-george-r-r-martin-and-gardner-dozois-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref group=lower-alpha name="Tor Mars 2013">{{cite web|last=Bedford|first=Robert H.|date=October 8, 2013|title=Mars as We Thought it Could Be: ''Old Mars'', edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois|url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/10/book-review-old-mars-george-rr-martin-gardner-dozois|website=Tor.com|accessdate=September 26, 2014}}</ref>
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|The marriage of the sea
|2015
|{{cite journal<!--citation bot bypass--> |author=Williams, Liz |date=April–May 2015 |title=The marriage of the sea |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=39 |issue=4-5 |pages=79–82}}
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===Nonfiction===
*''Miracles of Our Own Making'' (2020)
*''Modern Handfasting'' (2021)
;Diary of a Witchcraft Shop  (with Trevor Jones)
*''Diary of a Witchcraft Shop'' (2011)
*''Diary of a Witchcraft Shop 2'' (2013)
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130503125442/http://mevennen.livejournal.com/ Liz Williams's LiveJournal]
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*[http://www.nightshadebooks.com/ Night Shade Books] publisher of the Detective Inspector Chen series and ''The Banquet of the Lords of Night and Other Stories''
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140812163350/http://www.sffchronicles.co.uk/forum/11555-chronicles-interview-with-sf-fantasy-writer-liz-williams.html 2006 interview at SFF Chronicles (UK)]

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