Occupation Editor Name Liz Gorinsky | Role Editor | |
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Genre Science fiction, fantasy, horror Nominations Hugo Award for Best Editor, Long Form | ||
Liz Gorinsky is an editor for Tor Books, multiple Hugo award nominee, and 2017 Hugo Award winner in the category of Best Editor (Long Form).
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Biography
Gorinsky is a native of Manhattan. She studied English, psychology and computer science at Columbia College, serving three years as president of the Columbia University Science Fiction Society.
She interned at DC Comics and Tor Books before joining the editorial staff of the latter, assisting editors including Ellen Datlow, Jim Frenkel and Patrick Nielsen Hayden. In addition to print novels, she presently acquires and edits short fiction for Tor Books's online short fiction market, Tor.com.
She currently resides in Alphabet City.
Awards and nominations
Gorinsky was first Hugo nominated for Best Editor (Long Form) in 2010, technically prior to her promotion to full editor at Tor Books. Gorinsky was nominated again in the same category in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2017, winning in 2017. She is a winner of the 2015 George R.R. Martin–awarded "Alfie" award in the category of Best Editor, Long Form.