Nancy Kress

New Yorker Nancy Kress didn't set out to be a writer. Nancy Kress photo

A voracious reader from her youth, Kress (born Nancy Anne Koningisor in 1948) first became an elementary teacher, teaching fourth grade until she married and became a mother.

While pregnant with her second son, Kress began to write. She published a short story and a novel before taking a job doing corporate writing and occasionally teaching while delegating her fiction writing to a part-time status.

In 1990, she once again returned to full-time writing and proceeded to produce several novels and short stories. These books have been translated into 11 languages. Her short fiction has won her three Nebulas and two Hugos and a whole host of nominations.

Combining her passion for teaching and writing, Kress continues to teach and writes a monthly column for Writer's Digest.

Bibliography

Sleepless
Others:
Beggars in Spain
The Prince of Morning Bells
Beggars and Choosers
The Golden Grove
Beggar's Ride
The White Pipes
The Price of Oranges
Probability
An Alien Light
Probability Moon
Brain Rose
Probability Sun
Oaths and Miracles
Probability Space
Dancing on Air
Maximum Light
Crossfire
Beaker's Dozen
Crossfire
Stinger
Crucible
The Aliens of Earth
Yanked
Non-Fiction
The Flowers of Aulit Prison
Beginnings, Middles, and Ends
Nothing Human
Dynamic Characters
Character, Emotion, and Viewpoint

--B. Redman