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Williams, Sheila
(1956- ) US editor long associated with the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, where she began her career in 1982, working initially with Shawna McCarthy and then with Gardner Dozois, and on the latter's retirement becoming editor in 2004 (as of the January 2005 issue). She has deftly and responsibly maintained the quality of the magazine in a period when print journals have been under universal threat, an achievement recognized by her 2011 and 2012 Hugo wins as Best Professional Editor, Short Form.
With Dozois, she also edited the long Asimov's Anthologies series, beginning with Isaac Asimov's Robots (anth 1991) and ending with Isaac Asimov's Halloween (anth 2001). [JC]
Sheila Williams
born Springfield, Massachusetts: 27 September 1956
works
nonfiction
- Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy: Twenty Dynamic Essays by Today's Top Professionals (New York: St Martin's Press, 1991) with Gardner Dozois, Tina Lee, Stanley Schmidt and Ian Randal Strock, collectively billed as the Editors of Analog and Asimov's Science Fiction [nonfiction: anth: hb/John Gall]
- Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy: Twenty Dynamic Essays by Today's Top Professionals (New York: St Martin's Press, 1997) [nonfiction: anth: rev of the above, with updated references: hb/John Gall]
works as editor
series
Asimov's Anthologies
- Isaac Asimov's Robots (New York: Ace Books, 1991) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Robots: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/Gary Freeman]
- Isaac Asimov's Earth (New York: Ace Books, 1992) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/Dave Archer]
- Isaac Asimov's SF Lite (New York: Ace Books, 1993) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/Gary Freeman]
- Isaac Asimov's War (New York: Ace Books, 1993) with Gardner Dozois [anth: War: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/Gary Freeman]
- Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams (New York: Ace Books, 1994) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/Peter Gudynas]
- Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep (New York: Ace Books, 1995) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/Hajime Sorayama]
- Isaac Asimov's Ghosts (New York: Ace Books, 1995) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Supernatural Creatures: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/Bill Binger]
- Isaac Asimov's Vampires (New York: Ace Books, 1996) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Vampires: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/Den Beauvais]
- Isaac Asimov's Moons (New York: Ace Books, 1997) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Moon: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/Den Beauvais]
- Isaac Asimov's Christmas (New York: Ace Books, 1997) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/Les Edwards]
- Isaac Asimov's Camelot (New York: Ace Books, 1998) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/from Edward Burne-Jones]
- Isaac Asimov's Detectives (New York: Ace Books, 1998) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/Andy Lackow]
- Isaac Asimov's Valentines (New York: Ace Books, 1999) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/Fred Gambino]
- Isaac Asimov's Werewolves (New York: Ace Books, 1999) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Werewolves: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/Lee MacLeod]
- Isaac Asimov's Solar System (New York: Ace Books, 1999) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/Danilo Ducak]
- Isaac Asimov's Mother's Day (New York: Ace Books, 2000) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/Lee MacLeod]
- Isaac Asimov's Utopias (New York: Ace Books, 2000) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Utopias: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/from Jan Brueghel the Younger]
- Isaac Asimov's Father's Day (New York: Ace Books, 2001) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/Hiro Kimura]
- Isaac Asimov's Halloween (New York: Ace Books, 2001) with Gardner Dozois [anth: Asimov's Anthologies: pb/Walter Velez]
individual titles as editor
- Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986) with Cynthia Manson [anth: hb/Stewart Daniels]
- Why I Left Harry's All Night Hamburgers and Other Stories from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (New York: Delacorte Press, 1990) with Charles Ardai [anth: hb/Joel Iskowitz]
- Robots From Asimov's (Digest, 1990) [anth: chap: pb/Gary Freeman]
- The Loch Moose Monster: More Stories from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (New York: Delacorte Press, 1993) [anth: hb/Joel Iskowitz]
- Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimov's Science Fiction (New York: Random House/Wings Books, 1995) [anth: Hugo: Nebula: hb/Chris Moore]
- Intergalactic Mercenaries (New York: Roc, 1996) with Cynthia Manson [anth: pb/uncredited]
- A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and about Women (New York: Warner Books/Aspect, 2001) with Connie Willis [anth: pb/Franco Accornero]
- Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 2007) [anth: pb/Michael Whelan]
- Enter a Future: Fantastic Tales from Asimov's Science Fiction (New York: Dell Magazines, 2010) [anth: ebook: na/]
- Entanglements: Tomorrow's Lovers, Families, and Friends (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2020) [anth: in the publisher's MIT Technology Review SF Annual series: pb/Tatiana Plakhova]
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Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 22:20 pm on 19 April 2024.
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