I know how many words that takes because the acknowledgments of my books are looooooong. There are so many people to thank, that I won’t be able to thank them all in the detail that they deserve. I was a little overwhelmed and don’t actually remember what I said except that I was a wee bit excited. Jeannette Epps, who is an actual lady astronaut, was the presenter for my category and handed me the award. Here’s the text of my speech, although there was some ad-libbing at the beginning because Dr. Thank you all for sharing this nomination with me and being wonderful, supportive people. Trail of Lightning, by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga).Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey / Macmillan).Record of a Spaceborn Few, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager).I encourage you to pick up one of the other finalists for your next read. I was rooting for every one of them because the books were solid and the writers are delightful people. I was so fortunate to be nominated in a year when the finalists were all amazing. I had to sit down for a bit when I realized that. I have been told that this is only the 17th book to win the Nebula, Locus, and Hugo awards. On Sunday, my novel The Calculating Stars won the Hugo award for best novel.
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