Nina Allan
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Nina Allan (born 27 May 1966) is a British writer of speculative fiction. She has published five collections of short stories, multiple novella-sized works, and five novels. Her stories have appeared in the magazines Interzone, Black Static and Crimewave and have been nominated for or won a number of awards, including the Grand prix de l'Imaginaire and the BSFA Award.
Nina Allan | |
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Born | (1966-05-27) 27 May 1966 (age 57) Whitechapel, London, England |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Exeter Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
Genre | Speculative fiction |
Notable works | The Silver Wind The Harlequin |
Notable awards | Aeon Award (2007) BSFA Best Short Fiction (2013) Grand Prix de L'Imaginaire (2014) Novella Award (2015) |
Partner | Christopher Priest |
Website | |
The Spider's House |
Allan was born in Whitechapel, in the East End of London, and grew up in the Midlands and in West Sussex. She studied Russian language and literature at the University of Reading and the University of Exeter, and then did an MLitt at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
After leaving Oxford she worked as a buyer for an independent chain of record stores based in Exeter, and then as a bookseller in London.[1] Her first published story appeared in the British Fantasy Society journal Dark Horizons in 2002. She lived in the Taw Valley area of North Devon but now lives on Isle of Bute.
Her column "Nina Allan's Time Pieces" appears in Interzone.