Robert James Sawyer (d. 29 Nisan 1960) bir Kanadalı bilimkurgu yazarıdır.[1] 18 tane basılmış romanı[2] ve Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature ve birçok antolojisi bulunmaktadır.[3][4] Sawyer yazdığı eserlerle 40'ın üzerinde ödül almıştır.[2][4]Nebula Ödülü (1995),[5] Hugo Ödülü (2003),[6] ve John W. Campbell Onur Ödülü(2006).[7] bunlardan önemli olanlarıdır.
Aldığı önemli ödüller
1991 Aurora Award for Best Long Work in English, for Golden Fleece
1992 Homer Award for Best Novel, for Far-Seer
1993 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Short Story, for Just Like Old Times
1993 Homer Award for Best Novel, for Fossil Hunter
1995 Le Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Short Story, "You See But You Do Not Observe"
1995 Nebula Award for Best Novel, for The Terminal Experiment[8]
1995 Aurora Award for Best Long Work in English, for The Terminal Experiment
1996 Seiun Award for Best Foreign Novel, for End of an Era
1996 Aurora Award for Best Long Work in English, for Starplex
1997 Science Fiction Chronicle Reader Award for Best Short Story, for "The Hand You're Dealt"
1999 Aurora Award for Best Long Work in English, for Flashforward
2000 Seiun Award for Best Foreign Novel, for Frameshift
2002 Seiun Award for Best Foreign Novel, for Illegal Alien