Cameron Reed

Cameron Reed is an American science fiction author whose work, while sparse, has met with considerable acclaim. Reed is transgender and uses she/her and they/them pronouns.

Career

Reed's first novel, The Fortunate Fall, was published in 1996 under the name Raphael Carter. It was later re-released under Reed's current name in 2024. Described by critic Tim Hilchey as "a superb example of speculative fiction,", the novel appeared on the Locus recommended reading list, and in the Locus Award it was 4th among first novels, after two tied winners. Reed was consequently nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1997 and 1998.[citation needed]

Reed's short story "'Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation' by K.N. Sirsi and Sandra Botkin" was shortlisted for the Theodore Sturgeon Award[citation needed] and won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 1998. This made Reed the first non-female author to be the sole winner of the Tiptree (Theodore Roszak having been a co-winner with Elizabeth Hand in 1995).[citation needed] At the time of winning the award, Reed self-identified "as neither female nor male".

Reed also wrote the "Androgyny Rarely Asked Questions" and "The Murk Manual: How to Understand Medical Writing on Intersex". Between May 1998 and April 2002, she maintained the Honeyguide Web Log, described as an "eclectic weekly list of links emphasizing books, robotics, and the natural sciences." This was the first site to be named a weblog after Jorn Barger's example, and Reed launched the first weblog directory at the Open Directory Project in November 1998. On her website she also wrote essays about gender that engaged with early online transgender, androgyne, neuter, and non-binary communities.

Reed's 2025 story "The Girl That My Mother Is Leaving Me For" was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette. Her second novel, What We Are Seeking, was published by Tor Books in April 2026.

Personal life

Reed is a nonbinary trans woman. She moved from Phoenix, Arizona, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1995.[citation needed]

Works

Novels

  • The Fortunate Fall (1996, Tor Books, ISBN 0-312-86034-X)
  • What We Are Seeking (2026, Tor Books, ISBN 978-1-250-36473-9)

Stories

References

  1. 1 2 3 Clute, John; Langford, Daniel (June 2, 2026). "Reed, Cameron". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Archived from the original on July 22, 2026.
  2. ↑ Hilchey, Tim (1996-09-22). "The Fortunate Fall". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
  3. 1 2 Carter, Raphael (1998). "'Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation' by K.N. Sirsi and Sandra Botkin". In Patrick Nielsen Hayden (ed.). Starlight 2. Tor Books.
  4. ↑ Davis, Ray; Candas Jane Dorsey; Sylvia Kelso; Kate Schaefer; Lisa Tuttle (1998). "James Tiptree, Jr. Award 1998 Winner". The James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council. Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  5. ↑ Quilter, Laura (2007-06-13). "Index to Female Writers in Science Fiction, Fantasy & Utopia: 18th Century to the Present". Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Utopia. Archived from the original on 2014-11-26. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
  6. ↑ Carter, Raphael (1998). "Androgyny RAQ (Rarely Asked Questions)". Chaparraltree.com. Archived from the original on 2000-08-15. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
  7. ↑ Carter, Raphael (1997). "The Murk Manual: How to Understand Medical Writing on Intersex". Chrysalis: The Journal of Transgressive Gender Identities. 2 (5). ISSN 1064-864X. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
  8. ↑ Carter, Raphael (April 2002). "Archives by Date". Honeyguide Web Log. Archived from the original on 2004-08-07. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
  9. ↑ Carter, Raphael; Robert Occhialini (1999-10-19). "Web Logs". Open Directory Project. Archived from the original on 1999-10-19. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
  10. ↑ Ammann, Rudolf (2009). "Jorn Barger, the NewsPage network and the emergence of the weblog community". Proceedings of the 20th ACM conference on hypertext and hypermedia. Torino, Italy: ACM. pp. 279–288. doi:10.1145/1557914.1557962. ISBN 978-1-60558-486-7. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
  11. ↑ "The Androgyny RAQ (Rarely Asked Questions)". www.chaparraltree.com. Archived from the original on 2005-02-05. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
  12. 1 2 "2026 Hugo, Lodestar & Astounding Awards Finalists". Locus Online. April 21, 2026. Archived from the original on April 26, 2026.
  13. ↑ "What We Are Seeking by Cameron Reed". Publishers Weekly. January 27, 2026. Archived from the original on April 18, 2026. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
  14. ↑ Reed, Cameron (April 2, 2025). "The Girl That My Mother Is Leaving Me For". Reactor. Illustrated by Sara Wong. Archived from the original on June 9, 2025.

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