Elizabeth Bear

Elizabeth Bear
Bear in 2017
Born	Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (1971-09-22) September 22, 1971 (age 53) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist
Alma mater	University of Connecticut
Genre	Speculative fiction
Notable works	Hammered Shoggoths in Bloom
Notable awards	2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer 2006 Locus Award for Best First Novel 2008 Hugo Award for Best Short Story 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette
Spouse	Scott Lynch ​ (m. 2016)​
Website
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Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (born September 22, 1971) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear. She won the 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Short Story for "Tideline", and the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette for "Shoggoths in Bloom".^[1] She is one of a small number of writers who have gone on to win multiple Hugo Awards for fiction after winning the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (the others include C. J. Cherryh, Orson Scott Card, Spider Robinson, Ted Chiang and Mary Robinette Kowal).