Ann Leckie Wins Hugo
American author Ann Leckie’s debut novel, Ancillary Justice, (Hachette/Orbit; trade pbk original; Recorded Books), the first in a planned space opera trilogy called Imperial Reich, won the Hugo Award at a ceremony held in London last night.
A review in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette said that the book “puts a new spin on old tales, forces us to face quandaries we’d never even imagine in our day-to-day lives, and shows us life from fresh, impossible perspectives,” and that “her unique narrator may be the novel’s most notable innovation.” Read a sample from OverDrive here.
The book has already won the Nebula Best Novel award, the Arthur C Clarke award, as well as tying for the British Science Fiction Association Best Novel award.
The next book in the trilogy, Ancillary Sword, is coming in October (Hachette/Orbit, original trade pbk).
The author lives in St. Louis, Missouri.