
The City in the Middle of the Night
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel | 2020 | Winner | “Charlie Jane Anders' tidally locked world novel won for its extraordinary world-building, its exploration of the alien Other, and its hopeful vision of what communication across difference might achieve.” |
About This Book
On a tidally locked world where half is always day and half always night, a student exiled to the dark side discovers that the alien creatures there are not what humanity assumed—and the truth will change everything.
About the Author
Charlie Jane Anders is an American science fiction and fantasy author and co-founder of the science fiction news website io9. She won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for The City in the Middle of the Night (2020) and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for All the Birds in the Sky (2017), which also won the Nebula Award. Anders was born in 1969 in Boston and is a prominent advocate for trans rights and LGBTQ+ representation in speculative fiction. Read more →
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