Karin Lowachee

Karin Lowachee is a Canadian author of speculative fiction. She is best known for her Warchild series, including Warchild (2002), Burndive (2003), and Cagebird (2005).

Karin Lowachee
Occupation	Novelist
Language	English
Citizenship	Canada
Genre	Science fiction and fantasy
Notable works	Warchild Burndive Cagebird
Website
karinlowachee.com

Awards and honours

In 2016, Locus included "A Good Home" on their list of recommended reading for the year.^[1]

Year	Title	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2001	Warchild	Warner Aspect First Novel Contest	Debut Novel	Won	[2]
2002		Aurora Award	Long-Form Work in English	Finalist	[3]
		Philip K. Dick Award	—	Finalist
2003	Burndive	Aurora Award	Long-Form Work in English	Finalist	[3]
2004	"The Forgotten Ones"	Aurora Award	Short-Form Work in English	Finalist	[3]
2005	Cagebird	Aurora Award	Long-Form Work in English	Won	[3]
		Philip K. Dick Award	—	Finalist
2006		Gaylactic Spectrum Awards	Novel	Won	[4]
	"This Ink Feels Like Sorrow"	Aurora Award	Short-Form Work in English	Finalist	[3]
2018	"Meridian”	Sunburst Award	Short Story	Finalist	[5]
2022	"Nomad”	Seiun Award	Translated Short Story	Finalist	[6]
2023	"A Sun Will Always Sing”	Canopus Award	Published Short-Form Fiction	Finalist	[7]

Selected publications

Novels

• —— (2010). The Gaslight Dogs. ISBN 9780451463142.

Warchild series

• —— (2002). Warchild. Grand Central. ISBN 9780446610773.
• —— (2003). Burndive. Grand Central. ISBN 9780446613187.
• —— (2005). Cagebird. ISBN 9780446615082.
• —— (2020). Omake: Stories from the Warchild Universe (ebook ed.). ASIN B08M12QRVY.
• —— (2023). Under the Silence: A Warchild Mosaic Novella (Kindle ed.). ASIN B0CQBDSL7M.

Short stories

• "Culture Shock", On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of Speculative Writing (1994)
• "The Forgotten Ones", So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy (2004), edited by Uppinder Mehan & Nalo Hopkinson
• "This Ink Feels Like Sorrow", Mythspring: From the Lyrics & Legends of Canada (2006), edited by Genevieve Kierans & Julie E. Czerneda
• "Nomad", Armored (2012), edited by John Joseph Adams
• "The Bleach", When the Villain Comes Home (2012), edited by Gabrielle Harbowy & Ed Greenwood
• "Enemy States", War Stories: New Military Science Fiction (2014), edited by Jaym Gates and Andrew Liptak

See also

• List of Canadian writers