Vonda N. McIntyre

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Award-winning SFF author Vonda N. McIntyre passed away on April 1, 2019.

“The world lost a force of nature, a brilliant, kind, generous, fiercely talented artist.”

—Jeanne Gomoll

Vonda’s books and short stories won Hugo & Nebula awards and her tie-ins and other novels are beloved by generations. Vonda founded Clarion West, a writing workshop for speculative fiction writers, and was a founding member of the Book View Cafe, an author-owned publishing cooperative. A quiet, tireless feminist, Vonda nurtured hundreds of writers. Through her writing, teaching, and works, Vonda both shaped and nurtured the SF/F community.

Since bringing Clarion West to Seattle in 1971, Vonda leaves behind generations of Clarion West graduates who benefited from her kindness, intelligence, grace, and wry sense of humor.

Media & Rights Inquiries

For general inquiries about Vonda N. McIntyre and her work, please contact the committee at contractmanager@clarionwest.org. 

For inquiries about Vonda’s stories, please contact Jennifer Goloboy with the Donald Maas Literary Agency: 

For rights inquires:
rights@maassagency.com

For all other matters:
 info@maassagency.com

Mailing address:
Donald Maass Literary Agency
1000 Dean Street, Suite 252
Brooklyn, NY 11238

Phone:
212-727-8383

Publication Updates

Clarion West is pleased to announce that Vonda N. McIntyre’s final novel, THE CURVE OF THE WORLD, will be published by Aqueduct Press. The anticipated publication date to be announced soon. Read more here.

Little Sisters and Other Stories, was published by Gold SF in 2024. The collection includes a selection of short fiction by Vonda N. McIntyre with story notes by Una McCormack, spanning the whole of McIntyre’s career. Featuring previously uncollected stories from McIntyre’s earlier career, including her first published piece, “Breaking Point” (1970), as well as McIntyre’s last two vivid and provocative pieces, the award-nominated “Little Faces” (2005) and “Little Sisters” (2015). One story, “XYY,” was intended for The Last Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison, and we are pleased to present it here for the first time. The full list of stories in the publication can be found here.

You can currently find many of Vonda’s books to purchase at Open Road Media as ebooks. The Moon and The Sun is available under the film title, The King’s Daughter, and both The Moon and The Sun and Dreamsnake are available in paperback with their beautiful new cover designs. 

A beautiful reprint of Vonda’s first novel, The Exile Waiting, was recently reprinted by Handheld Press and is available for purchase through the Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/books/the-exile-waiting-9781912766093/9781912766093.

Hydra House released The Pocket Workshop, edited by Tod McCoy and M. Huw Evans with an essay by Vonda titled, “Information & Other Opinionated Comments” by Vonda N. McIntyre. 

The Book View Cafe has released two anthology reprints that include Vonda’s short stories: 

Dragon Lords and Warrior Women: Resummoned, edited by Shannon Page and Phyllis Irene with two of Vonda’s short stories, “Night Harvest Cuvée Rouge” and “The Natural History and Extinction of the People of the Sea” with illustrations by Ursula K. Le Guin

Spawn of Rocket Boy and the Geek Girls, edited by Phyllis Irene Radford and Shannon Page with Vonda’s store, “Steelcollar Worker.”

You can purchase a copy of Remembering Vonda, a tribute from friends, colleagues, students, and fans at Lulu Press.

Other News & Announcements

  • Did you watch The King’s Daughter? The movie, based on Vonda N. McIntyre’s award winning novel, The Moon and The Sun, was released in January 2022.
  • Follow announcements about the speculative fiction world and new releases of Vonda’s works on Bluesky.

Resources for Writers

Math Crafts

Vonda famously made beaded and crochet Sea Creatures, including Jellyfish, anemones, nudibranchs, and marine flatworms. She contributed to the Smithsonian’s Exhibit of TheIFF’s Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef and participated in the Crochet Coral Reef.

Many Clarion West graduates have received her yarn “sea creatures” or “coral brains,” which she crocheted every year for the class as stress relievers.

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