Caroline M. Yoachim

Caroline Mariko Yoachim is an author of speculative fiction who writes as Caroline M. Yoachim and Caroline Yoachim.

Yoachim was born in Hawaii raised in the Pacific Northwest, and as an adult lived with her husband Peter in Austin, Texas, and later in Seattle. She has two children. She received a master's degree in Child Psychology. When not writing, she "dabbles" in photography, selling her work through various stock photo companies. Other hobbies include graphic design, cooking, skiing, yoga, and reading.

Yoachim started writing speculative fiction in 2005, and attended the 2006 Clarion West Writers Workshop. She has been active as an author since 2007, when her first published short story, "Time to Say Goodnight," appeared in the December issue of Fantasy Magazine. She has collaborated on a few pieces with Tina Connolly.

Yoachim's work has appeared in various periodicals and anthologies, including Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Apex Magazine, Artemis Rising, Asimov's Science Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Clarkesworld Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, Drabblecast, Electric Velocipede, Escape Pod, Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, Fantasy Magazine, Fireside, Flash Fiction Online, Gigantosaurus, Greatest Uncommon Denominator, Humanity 2.0, Infinity Wars, Interzone, Kazka, Lightspeed, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Mechanical Animals, Nature, Nebula Awards Showcase 2018, Oceans: The Anthology, Sum of Us, PoC Destroy Science Fiction, Selfies From the End of the World, Shimmer Magazine, Talebones, Uncanny Magazine, Unidentified Funny Objects, and Unlikely Story.

"Stone Wall Truth" was nominated for the 2011 Nebula Award for Best Novelette."Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World" placed 31st in the 2016 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "Ninety-Five Percent Safe" tied for 4th place in the 2016 Asimov's Readers' Poll for Best Short Story. "Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0" was nominated for the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Short Story and placed 15th in the 2017 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "Carnival Nine" was nominated for the 2018 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and the 2018 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction, and placed tenth in the 2018 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story.