Liz Williams is a Britishscience fiction writer. Her first novel, The Ghost Sister was published in 2001, both this novel and her next, Empire of Bones (2002) were nominated for the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... The Philip K. Dick Memorial Award is a science fiction award sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, and named after science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. ...
From the mid-nineties until 2000, she lived and worked in Kazakhstan, Her experiences there are reflected in her 2003 novel Nine Layers of Sky. This article is about the year 2000. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Her novels have been published in the US and the UK, while her third novel The Poison Master (2003) has been translated into Dutch.
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The Ghost Sister (2001) - Nominated for the Philip K Dick memorial award
Empire of Bones (2002) - Nominated for the Philip K Dick memorial award
The Poison Master (2003)
Nine Layers of Sky (2003)
Banner of Souls (2004) - shortlisted for the 20th Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Snake Agent: A Detective Inspector Chen Novel (2005)
The Banquet of the Lords of Night and other stories (2004)
WES connection: Liz attended the WES sponsored "Inner Mysteries Intensive" with Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone and she and Trevor will be hosting the WES "Samhain Journey Within" in their beautiful apple orchard in Meare.
Liz has degrees at BA and Master's level in Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence and a PhD in the History and Philosophy of Science, the latter from the University of Cambridge, and has worked for over a decade in international education, working with Central Asian governments and arranging scholarship programmes before freelancing as a writer.
Liz has been a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids for many years and at Druid grade, is a tutor for the Order.
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