{"id":2328,"date":"2015-12-10T16:12:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T16:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andreasomberg.com\/aslitagent\/?post_type=project&p=2328"},"modified":"2026-03-04T16:12:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:12:43","slug":"fran-wilde","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/andreasomberg.com\/aslitagent\/project\/fran-wilde\/","title":{"rendered":"Fran Wilde"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_team_member name=”FRAN WILDE ” image_url=”http:\/\/andreasomberg.com\/aslitagent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FranWildePhoto-1.jpg” twitter_url=”https:\/\/twitter.com\/fran_wilde?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor” admin_label=”Person” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]Two-time Nebula Award-winner Fran Wilde\u2019s \u00a0novels and short stories have been finalists for six Nebula Awards, a World Fantasy Award, four Hugo Awards, three Locus Awards, and a Lodestar. They include her Nebula- and Compton Crook-winning debut novel Updraft, and her Nebula-winning, Best of NPR 2019, debut Middle Grade novel Riverland. Her short stories appear in Asimov\u2019s Science Fiction, Tor.com<\/a>, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Shimmer, Nature, Uncanny Magazine, and multiple years’ best anthologies.<\/p>\n

Fran teaches for the Genre Fiction MFA concentration at Western Colorado University and the Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She also writes nonfiction for publications including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Tor.com<\/a>. You can find her on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and at franwilde.net<\/a>.
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Erewhon, 2025<\/p>\n

*A Locus Recommended Read\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

*A BookRiot Must Read of September 2025<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

*A BookBub Must Read Science Fiction and Fantasy Book<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

*A\u00a0 BookBub and Book Riot Most Anticipated Release for Fall 2025\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Robin Hood meets<\/span> Parasite <\/span>meets <\/span>Six of Crows <\/span>in multi-award winning author Fran Wilde\u2019s thrilling, high-tech adventure heist wrapped in a futuristic fantasy where thieves are entertainment for the wealthy.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Canarviers are the premier performance thieves in New Washington, blending astonishing acrobatics, clever misdirection, and daring escapes to entertain their rich patrons. As King Canarvier has always told his children, their work is art. Who else could titillate audiences with illicit history lessons and tease them through the gaps in their much-prized security?<\/p>\n

Now that they\u2019re adults, King\u2019s children feel their divisions more than their bonds. Roosa attends an exclusive finishing university, blending in so well she\u2019s unsure where she belongs. Her brother Dax craves a chance to prove himself, stifling under his father\u2019s caution.<\/p>\n

Then King disappears.<\/p>\n

With only days to buy mercy before their father is lost forever, Roo and Dax must compete in a high-stakes Grand Heist, pushing down their resentments to work together. Against a technocrat wagering more than he can lose, a security chief with a taste for pain, and a society beauty with secrets of her own, any misstep promises catastrophic ruin.<\/p>\n

But Canarviers are artists. And they perform best when the pressure is on . . .<\/p>\n

\u201cRemarkably imaginative and fun!\u201d \u2014Shannon Chakraborty,<\/span> NYT-bestselling author of The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cFran Wilde delivers the thrills in this roaring twenties cyberpunk mashup of heists, counter-heists, family lies and family ties. When the Canarviers start stealing, you can\u2019t stop reading.\u201d \u2014Paolo Bacigalupi<\/span>, Hugo-Award winning internationally bestselling author and National Book Award finalist<\/em><\/p>\n

Bookshop.org<\/a><\/p>\n

B&N<\/a><\/p>\n

Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

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*A FanFiAddict Most Anticipated Release<\/strong>
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\n\u201cA glittering tale of academic jealousy and ancient artifacts, The Book of Gems<\/span> is a pulse-pounding adventure.\u201d \u2015Katherine Addison, author of The Goblin Emperor<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA creepy and dazzling new page in Fran Wilde’s Gem Universe.\u201d \u2015Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author, Max Gladstone<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Book of Gems<\/span> is a story full of atmosphere and wonders leading us along an unsettling path to ask: how do you see the truth when you are certain you already know it? Fran Wilde brings us there with an adventurous, suspenseful story delivered with compassion and a steady hand.\u201d \u2015C.L. Polk, World Fantasy Award-winner<\/p>\n

\u201cSparkling with ancient mystery, rediscovered family, and magical history, The Book of Gems <\/span>is a gripping story. Fran Wilde delivers a tale filled with compassion and dire warnings.\u201d \u2015Jodi Meadows, New York Times<\/span> bestselling author<\/p>\n

Praise for Fran Wilde’s Gem Universe series:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201dA splendid tale of courage and transformation in a world as exquisite as Wilde’s prose. You will be utterly entranced.\u201d \u2015Ken Liu, Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award winner, on The Jewel and Her Lapidary
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\n\u201cReaders who loved Jewel<\/span> will be delighted by this outing.\u201d \u2015Publishers Weekly<\/span>, on The Fire Opal Mechanism<\/span><\/p>\n

“A fun adventure, one that\u2019s beautifully written.” \u2015io9<\/span>, on The Jewel and Her Lapidary<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c[A] sharp, glittering novella about friendship, family, loyalty, and mental instability.\u201d \u2015Locus<\/span>, on The Jewel and Her Lapidary<\/span><\/p>\n

Bookshop.org<\/a><\/p>\n

B&N<\/a><\/p>\n

Amazon<\/a>
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A group of goblins steal a boy\u2019s ability to apologize in this lively middle-grade fantasy from Nebula Award-winning author Fran Wilde<\/b><\/p>\n

No matter how much trouble Sam gets in, he knows that he can always rely on his magic word, \u201csorry,\u201d to get him out of a pinch. Teasing his little sister too much? Sorry! Hurt someone\u2019s feelings in class? Sorry! Forgot to do his chores? So sorry! But when goblins come and steal his \u201csorry,\u201d he can\u2019t apologize for anything anymore. To get his \u201csorry\u201d back and stop the goblins from stealing anyone else\u2019s words,<\/p>\n

Sam will have to enter the goblins\u2019 world and try and find the depository of stolen words. There, he meets Tolver, a young goblin who\u2019s always dreamed of adventure. Tolver longs to use the goblin technology\u2014which can turn words into fuel to power ships\u2014to set off and explore, but his grandma warns him that the goblin prospectors will only bring trouble. Together, Tolver and Sam will have to outsmart the cruel prospectors and save the day before Sam\u2019s parents ground him forever!<\/p>\n

Bookshop.org<\/p>\n

B&N<\/p>\n

Amazon\u00a0<\/a>
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* Winner of the 2019 Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction<\/strong><\/div>\n
*A 2020 Lodestar Finalist & A\u00a0<\/b>2019 NPR Favorite Book<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When things go bad at home, sisters Eleanor and Mike hide in a secret place under Eleanor’s bed, telling monster stories. Often, it seems those stories and their mother’s house magic are all that keep them safe from both busybodies and their dad’s temper. But when their father breaks a family heirloom, a glass witch ball, a river suddenly appears beneath the bed, and Eleanor and Mike fall into a world where dreams are born, nightmares struggle to break into the real world, and secrets have big consequences. Full of both adventure and heart,\u00a0Riverland\u00a0<\/i>is a story about the bond between two sisters and how they must make their own magic to protect each other and save the ones they love.<\/div>\n
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“Wilde approaches… using\u00a0the fantastic to symbolize and illuminate the complex emotions her characters experience. About courage and truth overcoming denial and fear,\u00a0Riverland<\/i>\u00a0is an important book.”\u00a0 — Shelf Awareness, Starred Review<\/div>\n
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“A narrative that challenges the stereotypical stories of domestic violence, Riverland is painful and heartwarming all at once . . . A must-read.”\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 —\u00a0Booklist, Starred Review<\/i><\/div>\n
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B&N<\/a><\/p>\n

Amazon<\/a>
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