Awards & Winners

James Blaylock

Date of Birth 20-September-1950
Place of Birth Long Beach
(Los Angeles County, California, United States of America, Area code 562)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as James P. Blaylock, William Ashbless, William Hastings
Profession Writer, Novelist
James Paul Blaylock is an American fantasy author. He is noted for a distinctive, humorous style, as well as being one of the pioneers of the steampunk genre of science fiction. He was born in Long Beach, California; studied English at California State University, Fullerton, receiving an M.A. in 1974; and lives in Orange, California, teaching creative writing at Chapman University and the Orange County School of the Arts. Many of his books are set in Orange County, California, and can more specifically be termed "fabulism" – that is, fantastic things happen in our present-day world, rather than in traditional fantasy, where the setting is often some other world. His works have also been categorized as magic realism. He and his friends Tim Powers and K. W. Jeter were mentored by Philip K. Dick. Along with Powers, Blaylock invented the poet William Ashbless. Blaylock and Powers have often collaborated with each other on writing stories, including "The Better Boy", "On Pirates", and "The William Ashbless Memorial Cookbook". Blaylock is also currently director of the Creative Writing Conservatory at the Orange County High School of the Arts, where Powers is Writer in Residence.

Awards by James Blaylock

Check all the awards nominated and won by James Blaylock.

2005


Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Short Story Hula Ville

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Collection In for a Penny

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Collection Thirteen phantasms
Locus Award for Best Short Story His Own Back Yard
Locus Award for Best Short Story Small Houses

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Short Story The War of the Worlds

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel The Rainy Season
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel The Rainy Season

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Winter Tides

1997


World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story
Honored for : Thirteen Phantasms

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel All the Bells on Earth
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature All the Bells on Earth

1993


Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature The Paper Grail
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Lord Kelvin's Machine

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel The Paper Grail
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel The Magic Spectacles

1990


Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel The Stone Giant
Locus Award for Best Short Story Unidentified Objects

1989


Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award The Last Coin
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel The Last Coin

1988


Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Land of Dreams

1987


Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Homunculus

1986


Philip K. Dick Award
Honored for : Homunculus
World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story
Honored for : Paper Dragons

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Philip K. Dick Award Homunculus
Locus Award for Best Short Story Paper Dragons

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nebula Award for Best Short Story Paper Dragons