Robert J. Sawyer

Robert J. Sawyer (born April 29, 1960) is a Canadian science fiction writer, dubbed "the dean of Canadian science fiction" by the Ottawa Citizen in 1999. He describes himself as a "hard science-fiction writer", but he is more concerned with characterization and human psychology than many other practitioners of that subgenre. His work often delves into metaphysics, à la Arthur C. Clarke, and philosophy; he very much comes from the school that says science fiction is the literature of ideas.

Selected Awards

• 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
• 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
• 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novel, for Hominids
• 2005 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Short Story, for "Shed Skin"
• 2005 Aurora Award for Best Work in English (Other) for Relativity