Author discovery of the year
2013 was a great year of reading for me, and in particular a great year of discovering new authors. The winner of my author discovery of the year is Iain M. Banks. I read three of his books, including the brilliant The Player of Games. Runner ups are Sarah Zettel for A Sorceror’s Treason, Michael Swanwick for Bones of the Earth, and Jo Walton for Tooth and Claw. Further runner ups are John Varley, Dave Galanter, Una McCormack, and Theodore Sturgeon. I’ve also changed my mind about the winner from last year. Here is last year’s post.
Here are all the winners and runner ups…
| Year | Winner | Runner ups | ||
| 2013 | Iain M. Banks | Sarah Zettel | Michael Swanwick | Jo Walton |
| 2012 | Alastair Reynolds | Joanne Bertin | Ken Grimwood | Gregory Maguire |
| 2011 | Robin Hobb | Audrey Niffenegger | Richard Adams | George R. R. Martin |
| 2010 | Clifford D. Simak | Yves Meynard | Tim Powers | Harry Harrison |
| 2009 | Dan Simmons | Peter S. Beagle | Ray Bradbury | |
| 2008 | Connie Willis | David Mack | Jeanne Cavelos | John Scalzi |
| 2007 | Vernor Vinge | James Morrow | ||
| 2006 | Edward Willett | Elizabeth Kostova | ||
| 2005 | Stephen Baxter | Sean Russell | Christopher L. Bennett | |
| 2004 | Karin Lowachee | Peter Watts | Adam Roberts | Jasper Fforde |
| 2003 | Neal Stephenson | Ted Chiang | Stanislaw Lem | Candas Jane Dorsey |
| 2002 | Karl Schroeder | |||
| 2001 | Jim Munroe | Nalo Hopkinson | ||
| 2000 | Charles de Lint | J. Gregory Keyes | Kurt Vonnegut | Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz |
| 1999 | Robert Charles Wilson | Kim Stanley Robinson | L. Sprague de Camp | |