Aliette de Bodard lives and works in Paris. She is the author of the critically acclaimed Obsidian and Blood trilogy of Aztec noir fantasies, as well as numerous short stories which have garnered her two Nebula Awards, a Locus Award and two British Science Fiction Association Awards. Her space opera books include The Tea Master and the Detective, a murder mystery set on a space station in a Vietnamese Galactic empire and inspired by the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Recent works include the Dominion of the Fallen series, set in a turn-of-the-century Paris devastated by a magical war, which comprises The House of Shattered Wings (Roc/Gollancz, 2015 British Science Fiction Association Award, Locus Award finalist) and its standalone sequel The House of Binding Thorns (Ace, Gollancz). Visit her at aliettedebodard.com for writing process and Franco-Vietnamese cooking.
- “Court of Birth, Court of Strength” — Issue #261, Tenth Anniversary Month Double-Issue I, October 4, 2018
- “A Salvaging of Ghosts” — Issue #195 - Science-Fantasy Month 3, March 17, 2016
- “The Moon Over Red Trees” — Issue #157, Sixth Anniversary Double-Issue, October 2, 2014
- “The Breath of War” — Issue #142 - Science-Fantasy Month 2, March 6, 2014
- “Memories in Bronze, Feathers, and Blood” — Issue #45, June 17, 2010
- “In the Age of Iron and Ashes” — Issue #33, December 31, 2009
- “Blighted Heart” — Issue #22, July 30, 2009
- “Beneath the Mask” — Issue #8, January 15, 2009
“readers will suspect (the narrator) of planning revenge, but the story takes a different path. Readers familiar with the author’s recent work will recognize... the same concern with ancestral heritage and the gynocentric family structure.” —Lois Tilton, Locus online
Finalist, 2014 Nebula Award, Short Story
Million Writers Award Notable Stories of 2010
"...an interesting melding of de Bodard’s variant Aztec world with the recent SF trend of fiction featuring mechanical animals" —Lois Tilton, Locus online
Honorable Mention, Year's Best SF 27 (ed. Gardner Dozois)
- BCS 170: A Salvaging of Ghosts — Issue #195 - Science-Fantasy Month 3, March 17, 2016
- BCS 136: The Moon Over Red Trees — Issue #157, Sixth Anniversary Double-Issue, October 9, 2014
- BCS 121: The Breath of War — Issue #142 - Science-Fantasy Month 2, March 6, 2014
- BCS 041: Memories in Bronze, Feathers, and Blood — Issue #46, July 1, 2010
- BCS 030: In the Age of Iron and Ashes — Issue #35, January 28, 2010
- BCS 020: Blighted Heart — Issue #23, August 13, 2009
- BCS Audio Vault 022: The Breath of War — Issue #195 - Science-Fantasy Month 3, March 24, 2016
- BCS Audio Vault 020: In the Age of Iron and Ashes — Issue #187, November 24, 2015
- BCS Audio Vault 016: Blighted Heart — Issue #169, March 12, 2015
- BCS Audio Vault 007: Memories in Bronze, Feathers, and Blood — Issue #158, September 25, 2014