Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Born (1981-04-25) 25 April 1981 (age 43)
Baja California, Mexico
OccupationAuthor
Period2006–present
GenreSpeculative fiction
Notable works
Notable awards
Website
www.silviamoreno-garcia.com
colorful graphic book cover using 1920s art deco motifs
Cover of Moreno-Garcia's 2019 novel Gods of Jade & Shadow

Silvia Moreno-Garcia (born 25 April 1981) is a Mexican and Canadian novelist, short story writer, editor, and publisher.

Early life and education

Moreno-Garcia was born 25 April 1981, and raised in Mexico.[1] Both her parents worked for radio stations.[2] She moved to Canada in 2004.[3] Moreno-Garcia completed a master's degree in science and technology studies from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver in 2016.[citation needed] Moreno-Garcia lives in Vancouver.[3]

Career

Moreno-Garcia began her career publishing in various fiction magazines and books, including Exile Quarterly. She was a finalist for the 2011 Manchester Fiction Prize.[4] Her first short story collection, This Strange Way of Dying, was published in September 2013 by Exile Editions. Her second collection, Love and Other Potions, came out in 2014 from Innsmouth Free Press.[5] Her debut novel, Signal to Noise, was published in 2015 by Solaris Books.[6]

She serves as publisher of Innsmouth Free Press, an imprint devoted to weird fiction.[7] With Paula R. Stiles, she co-edited the books Historical Lovecraft (2011), Future Lovecraft (2012), Sword and Mythos (2014), and She Walks in Shadows (2015).[8][9][10][11] With Orrin Grey, she co-edited Fungi (2013), a collection of "fungal fiction".[12] With Lavie Tidhar, she edits The Jewish Mexican Literary Review.[13] In 2016, she won a World Fantasy Award—Anthology for She Walks in Shadows.

As of October 2019, Moreno-Garcia is a book columnist for The Washington Post.[14]

In February 2020, her book Gods of Jade and Shadow was announced finalist for the 2019 Nebula Award for Best Novel.[15]

Moreno-Garcia's novel Mexican Gothic was published in 2021 to acclaim and received multiple awards and nomination.[16] Mexican Gothic was selected for the 2023 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by Tasnim Geedi.[17] Moreno-Garcia's 2022 novel The Daughter of Doctor Moreau was also announced as a 2023 nominee for the Hugo Award for Best Novel. Moreno-Garcia's novel Silver Nitrate was published in 2023.[18][19][20][21][22]

Moreno-Garcia's 10th novel, The Seventh Veil of Salome, was published in August 2024.[23] Kirkus Reviews called the book a "rousing success", noting the 1950s historical drama's strong Golden-Age inspired dialogue and suspense.[24]

The New York Times reviewer Lauren LeBlanc wrote of Moreno-Garcia's writing,

"Books that skew more cinematic than conventionally literary are often dismissed as formulaic, but in Moreno-Garcia’s skillful hands, you’ll find the satisfaction of richly drawn characters, saturated settings and deftly constructed plot twists. Inhaling her backlist has been the unexpected delight of my summer. No matter the genre — gothic, horror, noir — she’ll embody its essence with a verve all her own."[25]

Awards

Year Awarded Nominee Award Result Ref
2014 This Strange Way of Dying Sunburst Award—Adult Shortlisted [26][27][28][29]
2016 She Walks in Shadows World Fantasy Award—Anthology Won [26][30][31][32][33]
Signal to Noise Aurora Award—Novel Shortlisted [26][34][35]
British Fantasy Award—Fantasy Novel Shortlisted [26][36][37][38][39]
Copper Cylinder Adult Award Won [26][40][41][42]
Locus Award for Best First Novel Nominated (3rd) [26][43][44][45]
Sunburst Award—Adult Shortlisted [26][46][47][48][49]
2017 Certain Dark Things Locus Award for Best Horror Novel Nominated (4th) [26][50][51][52]
2020 Gods of Jade and Shadow Aurora Award—Novel Shortlisted [26][53][54][55][56]
Dragon Awards—Fantasy Novel Shortlisted [26][57][58][59][60]
Ignyte Awards—Adult Novel Won [26][61][62][63][64]
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Nominated (3rd) [26][65][66][67]
Nebula Award for Best Novel (2019) Shortlisted [26][68][69][70]
Sunburst Award—Adult Won [26][71][72][73]
2021 Mexican Gothic Aurora Award—Novel Won [26][74][75][76]
Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel (2020) Shortlisted [26][77][78][79][80]
British Fantasy Award—Horror Novel (August Derleth Award) Won [26][81][82][83]
Locus Award for Best Horror Novel Won (1st) [26][84][85][86]
Mythopoeic Awards—Adult Literature Shortlisted [26][87][88][89]
Nebula Award for Best Novel (2020) Shortlisted [26][90][91][92]
Shirley Jackson Award—Novel (2020) Shortlisted [26][93][94]
World Fantasy Award—Novel Shortlisted [26][95][96][97][98]
— Locus Award—Editor Nominated (8th) [26][84][85]
2022 The Return of the Sorceress Aurora Award—Novella/Novelette Shortlisted [26][99][100]
Locus Award for Best Novella Nominated (10th) [26][101][102][103]
— Locus Award—Editor Nominated (5th) [26][101][102][103]
2023 The Daughter of Doctor Moreau Hugo Award for Best Novel Shortlisted [104]

Bibliography

Novels

  • —— (2015). Signal to Noise. Solaris Books. ISBN 9781529418026.
  • —— (2016). Certain Dark Things. Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 9781250099082.
  • —— (2017). The Beautiful Ones. Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 9781250099068.
  • —— (2019). Gods of Jade and Shadow. Del Rey. ISBN 9780525620754.
  • —— (2020). Untamed Shore. Agora Books. ISBN 9781947993921.
  • —— (2020). Mexican Gothic. Jo Fletcher Books. ISBN 9781529402650.
  • —— (2021). Velvet Was the Night. Del Rey. ISBN 9780593356821.
  • —— (2022). The Daughter of Doctor Moreau. Del Rey. ISBN 9781529418026.
  • —— (2023). Silver Nitrate. Random House. ISBN 9780593355367.
  • —— (2024). The Seventh Veil of Salome. Del Rey. ISBN 9780593600269.

Chapbooks

  • —— (2017). Prime Meridian. Innsmouth Free Press.
  • —— (2021). The Return of the Sorceress. Subterranean Press.
  • —— (2022). The Tiger Came to the Mountains. Amazon Original Stories.
  • —— (2023). The Lover. Amazon Original Stories.

Collections

Short fiction

  • "Mirror Life" (2006; collected in Other Lives (2013))
  • "King of Sand and Stormy Seas" (2006; collected in Other Lives (2013))
  • "Water" (2007)
  • "Shedding Her Own Skin" (2007)
  • "Candles for the Dead" (2008)
  • "Maquech" (2008; collected in This Strange Way of Dying (2013))
  • "Of Fire and Time" (2008)
  • "Enchantment" (2008)
  • "Return" (2008)
  • "Jaguar Woman" (2009; collected in This Strange Way of Dying (2013))
  • "Bed of Scorpions" (2009; collected in This Strange Way of Dying (2013))
  • "B'alam" (2009)
  • "Sinking Palaces" (2009)
  • "The Harpy" (2010)
  • "Distant Deeps or Skies" (2010)
  • "Seeds" (2010)
  • "Salt" (2010; collected in Other Lives (2013))
  • "The Manticore" (2010)
  • "Weekday" (2010)
  • "Bloodlines" (2010; collected in This Strange Way of Dying (2013))
  • "Driving with Aliens in Tijuana" (2010; collected in This Strange Way of Dying (2013))
  • "The English Cemetery" (2011)
  • "Flash Frame" (2011; collected in This Strange Way of Dying (2013))
  • "The Death Collector" (2011; collected in This Strange Way of Dying (2013))
  • "At the Edge" (2011)
  • "Shade of the Ceibra Tree" (2011; collected in This Strange Way of Dying (2013))
  • "Scales as Pale as Moonlight" (2011; collected in This Strange Way of Dying (2013))
  • "A Handful of Earth" (2011)
  • "This Strange Way of Dying" (2011; collected in This Strange Way of Dying (2013))
  • "A Puddle of Blood" (2011)
  • "Memory" (2011)
  • "Collect Call" (2012)
  • "The Performance" (2012)
  • "In the House of the Hummingbirds" (2012)
  • "The Doppelgangers" (2012; collected in This Strange Way of Dying (2013))
  • "The Cemetery Man" (2013; collected in This Strange Way of Dying (2013))
  • "Iron Justice Versus the Fiends of Evil" (2013)
  • "The Gringo" (2013)
  • "Nahuales" (2013; collected in This Strange Way of Dying (2013))
  • "Them Ships" (2013)
  • "Variations of Figures Upon the Wall" (2013)
  • "Abandon All Flesh" (2013)
  • "River, Dreaming" (2013)
  • "Snow" (2013; collected in This Strange Way of Dying (2013))
  • "Stories with Happy Endings" (2013; collected in This Strange Way of Dying (2013))
  • "The Sea, Like Broken Glass" (2013)
  • "Kaleidoscope" (2014)
  • "Man in Blue Overcoat" (2014)
  • "To See Pedro Infante" (2014)
  • "Phrase Book" (2014)
  • "Ahuizotl" (2015)
  • "Lacrimosa" (2015)
  • "In the Details" (2015)
  • "Legacy of Salt" (2016)
  • "Jade, Blood" (2017)
  • Prime Meridian (novella) (2017)
  • "Give Me Your Black Wings Oh Sister" (2019)
  • "On the Lonely Shore" (2019)
  • "Kaleidoscope / Caleidoscopio" (with Carlos Arturo Serrano) (2021)

As editor or co-editor

  • Historical Lovecraft: Tales of Horror Through Time (with Paula R. Stiles) (2011)
  • Candle in the Attic Window (2011) with Paula R. Stiles
  • Future Lovecraft (with Paula R. Stiles) (2012)
  • Innsmouth Magazine: Collected Issues 1-4 (with Paula R. Stiles) (2012)
  • Innsmouth Magazine: Collected Issues 5-7 (with Paula R. Stiles) (2012)
  • Fungi (with Orrin Grey) (2012)
  • Dead North: Canadian Zombie Fiction (2013)
  • Sword & Mythos (with Paula R. Stiles) (2014)
  • Fractured: Tales of the Canadian Post-Apocalypse (2014)
  • She Walks in Shadows (with Paula R. Stiles) (2015)
  • Nebula Awards Showcase 2019 (2019)

Nonfiction

  • A Writer's Guide to Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction and Fantasy (with Crawford Kilian) (2019)

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