Author - Hurley, Kameron

Angela, Kameron, and me at GenCon 2014

Birth: I don't know when it happened, but I'm pretty sure it was in Washington state.

Death: Still alive and writing excellent fiction.

Comments: Kameron Hurley is an American science fiction and fantasy author who is probably best known for her essay about the historical place of women in combat titled We Have Always Fought. Hurley earned a B.A. from the University of Alaska and an M.A. from the University of Kwu-Zulu Natal. She has published seven books, the first three comprising the God's War series, two more in the Worldbreaker Saga, a stand-alone science fiction novel, and a collection of essays. In addition, Hurley writes a regular column for Locus Magazine.

It is quite possible that following Kameron on social media saved my life. She is diabetic, and wrote an excellent essay about her experiences as an undiagnosed diabetic, and the life-threatening crisis that led to identifying her condition and getting treatment for it. reading the essay made me realize that I was experiencing the exact same symptoms she had described, but they had crept up on me slowly enough that I had come to regard them as normal. Thanks to Kameron's openness about her medical history, I didn't have to have a life-threatening crisis before I sought treatment for what turned out to be my own diabetes.

In 2014 she won the Hugo Awards for Best Related Work and Best Fan Writer. In 2017, her book The Geek Feminist Revolution won a Locus Award for Best Nonfiction, Related, or Reference Work. She has also been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Clarke Award, and the BSFA Award.

Hurley has a website named Kameron Hurley. She can also be found on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.



My reviews of Kameron Hurley's books:
The Geek Feminist Revolution

The Mirror Empire

The Stars Are Legion

Other books by Kameron Hurley that I have read but not reviewed:
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Short fiction by Kameron Hurley appearing in works that I have reviewed:

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Essays by Kameron Hurley appearing in works that I have reviewed:
Becoming What You Hate found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

A Complexity of Desires: Expectations of Sex and Sexuality in Science Fiction found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Dear SFWA Writers: Let's Chat About Censorship and Bullying found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Die Hard, Hetaerae, and Problematic Pin-Ups: A Rant found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Finding Hope in Tragedy: Why I Read Dark Fiction found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Gender, Family, Nookie: The Speculative Frontier found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Giving Up the Sky found in The Geek Feminist Revolution
Hijacking the Hugo Awards found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

The Horror Novel You'll Never Have to Live: Surviving Without Health Insurance found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

I'll Make the Pancakes: On Opting In - and Out - of the Writing Game found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

In Defense of Unlikable Women found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

The Increasingly Poor Economics of Penning Problematic Stories found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

It's About Ethics in Dating found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Let It Go: One Responding (or Not) to Online Criticism found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Making People Care: Storytelling in Fiction vs. Marketing found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Our Dystopia: Imagining More Hopeful Futures found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Persistence and the Long Con of Being a Successful Writer found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Public Speaking While Fat found in The Geek Feminist Revolution
Rage Doesn't Exist in a Vacuum found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Some Men Are More Monstrous than Others: On True Detective's Men and Monsters found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Taking Responsibility for Writing Problematic Stories found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Tea, Bodies, and Business: Remaking the Hero Archetype found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Terrorist or Revolutionary? Deciding Who Gets to Write History found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

They'll Come for You . . . Whether You Speak Up or Not found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Unpacking the "Real Writers Have Talent" Myth found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

We Have Always Fought: Challenging the "Women, Cattle, and Slaves" Narrative found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

What Living in South Africa Taught Me About Being White in America found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

What Marketing and Advertising Taught Me About the Value of Failure found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

What We Didn't See: Power, Protest, Story found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

What's So Scary About Strong Female Protagonists, Anyway? found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

When the Rebel Becomes Queen: Changing Broken Systems from the Inside found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Where Have All the Women Gone? Reclaiming the Future of Fiction found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Why I'm Not Afraid of the Internet found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: On Empathy and the Power of Privilege found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Wives, Warlords, and Refugees: The People Economy of Mad Max found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

Women and Gentlemen: On Unmasking the Sobering Reality of Hyper-Masculine Characters found in The Geek Feminist Revolution

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