Name Alexis Gilliland | Role Fiction writer | |
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Awards John W. Campbell Award for the Best New Writer, Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist Nominations Locus Award for Best First Novel Books The Revolution from Rosi, Long Shot for Rosinante, Lord of the Troll‑Bats, The Pirates of Rosinante, Wizenbeak |
Alexis Arnaldus Gilliland (born August 10, 1931 in Bangor, Maine) is an American science fiction writer and cartoonist. He resides in Arlington, Virginia.
Gilliland won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1982, notably beating David Brin and Michael Swanwick for the honor. Gilliland also won four Hugo Awards for Best Fan Artist (1980, 1983, 1984, 1985), the Rotsler Award (Lifetime Achievement in Fan Cartooning) in 2006, and the Tucker Award (for Excellence in Partying) in 1988.
He and his first wife, Dolly (died 1991) hosted meetings of science fiction fans in his home approximately once a month from November 1967 until July 2006, and twice monthly since. In 1993 he married Lee Uba (née Elisabeth Swanson).
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