Fran Wilde

Fran Wilde is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and blogger. Her debut novel, Updraft, was nominated for the 2016 Nebula Award, and won the 2016 Andre Norton Award and the 2016 Compton Crook Award. Her short fiction has appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, Nature, and elsewhere. Her fiction explores themes of social class, disruptive technology, and empowerment against a backdrop of engineering and artisan culture.

Wilde was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1972. She attended the University of Virginia, earning a BA in English with honors in 1994. She then went on to earn a MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College in 1996 and a master's degree in Information architecture and Interaction design from the University of Baltimore in 2001.

Prior to publishing, Wilde worked as a sailing instructor, a jeweler's assistant, a teacher and professor, and a web and game developer.

Her first published novel grew from a short story she developed for the 2011 Viable Paradise writing workshop. She has published a number of short stories and completed several novels. She writes for the blog GeekMom and runs the blog and podcast Cooking the Books. She attended Taos Toolbox in 2012 and served as an Endeavor Award judge in 2015.

Her debut novel, Updraft, was the first novel to be simultaneously nominated for a Nebula and Norton, and her work has been a finalist for two Nebula Awards, a Hugo Award, and a Locus Award.

Wilde is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Wilde lives and works in Philadelphia, PA with her family and pet plankton.