Gardner Dozois | |
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![]() Dozois at Clarion West Writers Workshop, Seattle, 1998 | |
Born | Gardner Raymond Dozois[1] July 23, 1947 Salem, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | May 27, 2018 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 70)
Occupation | Editor, writer |
Period | 1970–2018[1] |
Genre | Science fiction magazines, anthologies, short fiction |
Notable works | Asimov's Science Fiction |
Spouse | Susan Casper (m. c. 1970 – 2017, her death) |
Gardner Raymond Dozois ( /doʊˈzwɑː/ doh-ZWAH; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of The Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine (1986–2004), garnering multiple Hugo and Locus Awards for those works almost every year. He also won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story twice.[2] He was inducted to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on June 25, 2011.[3]