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Posted 2014-01-28 11:20 AM (#6266)
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Discussion and resources for the 2014 Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color Challenge.

The Carl Brandon Society seeks "to increase racial and ethnic diversity in the production of and audience for speculative fiction." Their recommended reading lists and their awards are a good place to start if you're looking for ideas for what to read. (Though do note that while their Parallax Award is only for authors of color, winners of the Kindred Award can be of any race or ethnicity. Of the previous Kindred Award winners, Justine Larbalestier and--I believe--Susan Vaught are white.)

The Carl Brandon Society used to maintain a wiki, but sadly it's been down for several years. However, this incomplete and out-of-date version of their list of SFF writers of color is nonetheless a very useful resource.

Here's another list of SFF writers of color, including some more modern names. (Though one of them I don't think should be on the list, and another I'm not sure about. As far as I'm aware, Marge Piercy is white...specifically, of Lithuanian Jewish descent. And none of the biographical info I've seen about Raphael Carter mentions Carter's ethnicity at all. If anyone has definitive information about either of those writers' races, I'd love to know about it.)

Reading Suggestions: A More Diverse Universe includes mini-reviews of recommended books. (And another quibble: Isabel Allende's on this list, but to the best of my knowledge she's a white Chilean author. Anyone have different info on this?)

Sofia Samatar's "On Diversity: Two Sadnesses and a Refusal" was a major contributing factor in why this challenge has a minimum requirement of three books by women of color. The rest of her blog is great reading, too. In particular, she's an excellent source if you're looking for recommendations of books, many of them by authors of color, that are SFF but marketed as non-genre literary fiction.

And a few additional SFF authors of color who haven't made it onto one of the above lists include: Malorie Blackman, Mat Johnson, Yoko Ogawa, and Helen Oyeyemi.

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