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Alix E. Harrow (born November 9, 1989) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Her short fiction work "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies" has been nominated for the Nebula Award, World Fantasy Award, and Locus Award, and in 2019 won a Hugo Award. Her debut novel, The Ten Thousand Doors of January (2019), was widely acclaimed by mainstream critics, lauded by general audiences during voting at Goodreads Choice Awards and Locus Awards, and nominated for multiple first novel literary awards and speculative fiction awards. She has also published under the name Alix Heintzman.

Life and career

Alix E. Harrow was born on November 9, 1989, in the United States and grew up in Kentucky. She enrolled at Berea College at age sixteen, where she completed a bachelor's degree in history in three years. She then went on to earn a master's degree in history from the University of Vermont. Before working as a full-time writer, Harrow was an academic historian who taught as an adjunct professor of African and African American history at Eastern Kentucky University.

Her first novel, The Ten Thousand Doors of January (2019), was received with critical acclaim and nominated for multiple awards, including the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, and World Fantasy Award for best novel. A second novel, The Once and Future Witches (2020), won a British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award). A more recent novella, A Spindle Splintered (2021), was nominated for a Hugo Award for best novella.

Harrow has also written short fiction for Shimmer Magazine, Strange Horizons, Tor.com, and Apex Magazine. This has produced a Hugo Award–winning 2018 short story called "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies" (published by Apex).

Harrow lives in Virginia.

Awards

Bibliography

Novels

• —— (2019). The Ten Thousand Doors of January. Redhook. ISBN 9780316421997.
• —— (2020). The Once and Future Witches. Redhook. ISBN 9780316422048.
• —— (2023). Starling House. Tor Books. ISBN 9781250765369.

Fractured Fables series

Novellas

• —— (2021). A Spindle Splintered. Tordotcom. ISBN 9781250765352.
• —— (2022). A Mirror Mended. Tordotcom. ISBN 9781250766649.

Short fiction

• "A Whisper in the Weld" (2014)
• "The Animal Women" (2015)
• "Dustbaby" (2015)
• "The Autobiography of a Traitor and a Half-Savage" (2016)
• "Patience and Not-Forsaken" (2016)
• "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies" (2018)
• "Do Not Look Back, My Lion" (2019)
• "The Sycamore and the Sybil" (2020)
• "Mr. Death" (2021)
• "The Long Way Up" (2022)

References

1. ^ locusmag (2021-01-18). "Alix E. Harrow: Questions of Power". Locus Online. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
2. "Alix Harrow '09 Makes Literary History". Give to Berea. 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
3. Cunningham, Joel (2019-09-06). "In Which Alix E. Harrow Is Interviewed by Her Husband About The Ten Thousand Doors of January". The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
4. "Interview With an Author: Alix E. Harrow". Los Angeles Public Library. 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
5. Rocket, Stubby the (2019-09-13). "Highlights from Alix E. Harrow's r/Books AMA". Tor.com. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
6. "Interview with Alix E. Harrow". Apex Magazine. 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
7. Harrow, Alix E. (2015-07-29). "Galapagos Regained by James Morrow". Strange Horizons. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
8. "About Me – Alix Heintzman". Alix Heintzman – Instructional Design Portfolio. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
9. ^ "2020 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
10. ^ "Nebula Awards Nominees and Winners: Best Novel Nebula Awards". The Nebula Awards. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
11. ^ "World Fantasy Awards 2020, World Fantasy Convention". World Fantasy Convention. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
12. ^ "British Fantasy Awards 2021: winners announced | The British Fantasy Society". www.britishfantasysociety.org. Archived from the original on 2022-06-19. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
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14. ^ "British Fantasy Award Winners". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
15. "Return to the Multiverse of Fairy Tales: Revealing a Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow". Tor.com. September 8, 2021.
16. ^ "Alix E. Harrow Awards". SFADB. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
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18. "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Fantasy!". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
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20. "AudioFile, Discover the World of Audiobooks". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
21. "Martine Wins Compton Crook Award". Locus Online. 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
22. "2020 IAFA Crawford Award and Shortlist Announced". International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
23. "Martine Wins Compton Crook Award". Locus Online. 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
24. "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Fantasy!". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
25. "2021 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists". Locus Online. 2021-05-01. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
26. "2023 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Award. 2023-07-06. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
27. "2023 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. 2023-06-25. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
28. "2023 Southern Book Prize Finalists". Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance.
29. "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Fantasy!". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
30. "2024 Audie Awards Winners". Homepage. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
31. "2024 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. 2024-06-23. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
32. "2024 Reading List: Year's best in genre fiction for adult Readers". RUSA Update. 2024-01-20. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
33. "Southern Book Prize Finalists". Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance.
34. "Library of Virginia Annual Peoples Choice Awards". Library of Virginia. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
35. Armstrong, Vanessa (2024-10-24). "Here Are the 2024 World Fantasy Award Winners". Reactor. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
36. "Review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow". Tor.com. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
37. "Review: The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow". Tor.com. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
38. "Review: Starling House by Alix E. Harrow". Tor.com. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
39. "Review: A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow". Tor.com. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
40. "Review: A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow". Tor.com. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
41. "The Long Way Up, by Alix E. Harrow - The Deadlands". January 31, 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Alix E. Harrow on Instagram
• Alix E. Harrow at the Science Fiction Awards Database
• Alix E. Harrow at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

• 1989 births
• 21st-century American women writers
• American fantasy writers
• Living people
• Novelists from Kentucky
• University of Vermont alumni
• 21st-century American novelists
• 21st-century American short story writers
• American women novelists
• American women short story writers
• Hugo Award–winning writers