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Authors and Award Records

Finalist appearances and wins by author name as credited, plus career stage, series status, and recorded nationality.

Most finalist appearances and wins

One spine = one award entry, sorted by year. Collaborations and pen names are counted as credited names.

★ WinHugo finalistNebula finalist

1. Connie Willis

7 wins · 12 entries

1993 ★1993 ★199619981999 ★1999200220022011 ★2011 ★2011 ★2011 ★

2. Lois McMaster Bujold

6 wins · 16 entries

19891989 ★1991 ★1992 ★19921995 ★199719982000200120022004 ★20042005 ★20112013

3. Ursula K. Le Guin

6 wins · 9 entries

1970 ★1970 ★197219721975 ★1975 ★1991 ★20032009 ★

4. Joe Haldeman

5 wins · 7 entries

1976 ★1976 ★19771998 ★1999 ★2006 ★2008

5. Robert A. Heinlein

4 wins · 14 entries

1956 ★19591960 ★1962 ★196419661967 ★1967197419741983198319851985

6. N.K. Jemisin

4 wins · 12 entries

20112011201220132016 ★20162017 ★20172018 ★2018 ★20212021

7. Kim Stanley Robinson

4 wins · 10 entries

198519931994 ★1994 ★19951997 ★200320132013 ★2018

8. Orson Scott Card

4 wins · 10 entries

1986 ★1986 ★1987 ★1987 ★198819891989199019901992

9. Arthur C. Clarke

4 wins · 6 entries

19631974 ★1974 ★1980 ★1980 ★1983

10. David Brin

3 wins · 10 entries

1984 ★1984 ★198619861988 ★19881991199419962003

11. Frederik Pohl

3 wins · 8 entries

19771977 ★1978 ★1978 ★1980198019811981

12. Vernor Vinge

3 wins · 7 entries

198519871993 ★19932000 ★20002007 ★

13. Isaac Asimov

3 wins · 6 entries

19561973 ★1973 ★1983 ★19831984

14. Neil Gaiman

3 wins · 4 entries

2002 ★2003 ★2009 ★2014

15. Vonda N. McIntyre

3 wins · 4 entries

19761979 ★1979 ★1998 ★

16. Robert J. Sawyer

2 wins · 11 entries

19961996 ★199719971998199920012003 ★200420082010

17. Ann Leckie

2 wins · 9 entries

2014 ★2014 ★2015201520162016201820242024

18. Greg Bear

2 wins · 9 entries

1986198619881988199119941995 ★20002001 ★

19. Roger Zelazny

2 wins · 8 entries

1966 ★1968 ★196819701972197619761995

20. William Gibson

2 wins · 7 entries

1985 ★1985 ★19871987198919891994

21. Samuel R. Delany

2 wins · 7 entries

19671967 ★19681968 ★196919761977

22. Mary Robinette Kowal

2 wins · 6 entries

201120132019 ★2019 ★20212023

23. C. J. Cherryh

2 wins · 6 entries

197919791982 ★198319861989 ★

24. Larry Niven

2 wins · 6 entries

1971 ★1971 ★1974198119851985

25. Martha Wells

2 wins · 5 entries

19992021 ★2021 ★20242024

26. Arkady Martine

2 wins · 4 entries

2020 ★20202022 ★2022

27. Frank Herbert

2 wins · 4 entries

19641966 ★1966 ★1977

28. Jo Walton

2 wins · 3 entries

20072012 ★2012 ★

29. Paolo Bacigalupi

2 wins · 2 entries

2010 ★2010 ★

30. Michael Chabon

2 wins · 2 entries

2008 ★2008 ★

Career stage at the time of a win

139 winning entries with a recorded author novel number; 0 have no recorded number.

1 (debut): 20 of 139 winning entries with recorded career stage (14%).201 (debut)2–3: 19 of 139 winning entries with recorded career stage (14%).192–34–6: 30 of 139 winning entries with recorded career stage (22%).304–67–10: 34 of 139 winning entries with recorded career stage (24%).347–1011–20: 30 of 139 winning entries with recorded career stage (22%).3011–2021+: 6 of 139 winning entries with recorded career stage (4%).621+

Recorded series status of wins

One square = one winning entry. A missing series record does not establish that a book is standalone.

Series recorded: 76No series recorded: 63

Series share of wins by decade

40%1950s
13%1960s
70%1970s
75%1980s
57%1990s
55%2000s
61%2010s
43%2020s

Recorded author nationalities

270 credited author names with recorded nationality. Collaborations remain one name; nationality does not indicate ethnicity.

One square = one credited author name. 0 names have no nationality recorded.

United States
216
United Kingdom
29
Canada
11
Australia
2
Greece
1
Sri Lanka
1
South Africa
1
Russia
1
Nigeria
1
New Zealand
1
Mexico
1
China
1
Ireland
1
Jamaica
1
Italy
1
France
1