Night Shade Books

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Night Shade Books

Founded	1997
Founder	Jason Williams
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	San Francisco
Publication types	Books
Fiction genres	science fiction, fantasy, and horror
Official website	nightshadebooks.com

Night Shade Books is an independent publishing company based in San Francisco, specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. It was started in 1997 by Jason Williams, with Jeremy Lassen coming on board as a partner shortly after the company's founding.^[1] Night Shade won the 2003 World Fantasy Award (Non-Professional).^[2]

The company has published work by Neal Asher, Paolo Bacigalupi, Kage Baker, Iain M. Banks, Elizabeth Bear, Glen Cook, Ellen Datlow, Greg Egan, Steven Erikson, Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio, Matthew Hughes, Rhys Hughes, Douglas Lain, Jay Lake, H. P. Lovecraft, Andrew Migliore, Alastair Reynolds, Charles R. Saunders, Lucius Shepard, John Shirley, S.P. Somtow, Michael A. Stackpole, Harry Turtledove, Karl Edward Wagner, Liz Williams, Martha Wells, and Zoran Zivkovic.

The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi, published by Night Shade Books in September 2009, won the Hugo,^[3] Nebula,^[4] John W. Campbell Memorial Award,^[5] the Compton Crook,^[6] and a Locus Award for First Novel,^[7] and was called the "Winningest first novel in science fiction history" by Mark R. Kelly on the Locus Magazine website.^[8] It was also listed at number 9 in Time as one of the Top 10 Fiction Books of 2009.^[9]

On July 9, 2010, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) placed Night Shade Books on probation after it admitted to and apologized to authors for contractual irregularities.^[10]

References

1. ^ Night Shade Books Official Site: About Us
2. ^ 2003 World Fantasy Awards Winners and Nominees
3. ^ Flood, Alison (September 6, 2010). "China Miéville and Paolo Bacigalupi tie for Hugo award". U.K.: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/sep/06/china-mieville-paolo-bacigalupi-hugo-award. 
4. ^ "Nebula Awards Results, SF Awards Watch". http://www.sfawardswatch.com/?p=3274. 
5. ^ "John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalists". http://www2.ku.edu/~sfcenter/campbell-finalists.htm. 
6. ^ "BSFS Compton Crook Award Winners". http://www.bsfs.org/bsfsccw.htm. 
7. ^ "Locus Award Winners by Year". http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/LocusWinsByYear.html. 
8. ^ Kelly, Mark R. (10 September 2010). "The Winningest First Novel in Science Fiction History…". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/Roundtable/2010/09/the-winningest-first-novel-in-science-fiction-history/. 
9. ^ Grossman, Lev. (December 8, 2009). "The Top 10 Everything of 2009". Time. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1945379_1943868_1943887,00.html. 
10. ^ "A Note to SFWA Members Regarding Night Shade Books". July 9, 2010. http://www.sfwa.org/2010/07/a-note-to-sfwa-members-regarding-night-shade-books/. Retrieved July 14, 2010. 

External links

• Official site

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