Connie Willis

Connie Willis is a highly acclaimed American author, best known for her science fiction stories and novels. She has won an impressive number of prestigious awards for her work, including 7 Nebula Awards and 11 Hugo Awards, making her one of the most honored science fiction writers of the 1980s and 1990s. In 2011, she was named the 28th Grand Master of the SFWA, a significant recognition of her contributions to the genre. Willis was born in Denver, Colorado, and completed her graduation from Colorado State College in 1967, majoring in Elementary Education and English.

Willis's writing is known for her accessible prose, likable characters, and quirky humor. Her stories often feature characters dealing with grief and strange goals, which she attributes to her mother's early death when she was still young. Willis's work often falls into the comedy of manners style of writing, with protagonists beset by single-minded people pursuing illogical agendas. She has written several pieces involving time travel by history students and faculty of the future University of Oxford, including her Hugo Award-winning novels "Doomsday Book" and "To Say Nothing of the Dog," as well as the short story "Fire Watch."

In addition to her science fiction work, Willis has also written pieces based on the social satire, comic, and time travel genres. She has been inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and has won more prestigious awards than any other author. Willis currently lives in Greeley, Colorado, with her husband, Courtney Willis, a former physics professor at the Northern Colorado University.