C. L. Polk

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C. L. Polk
Born Chelsea Louise Polk
1969 (age 54–55)
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Pen name C. L. Polk
Occupation Author
Genre Fantasy fiction
Notable works Witchmark
Notable awards World Fantasy Award
Website
clpolk.com

Chelsea Louise Polk (born 1969) is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction, best known for the debut novel Witchmark which won the World Fantasy Award in 2019. A blend of murder mystery and fantasy, Witchmark is set in an alternate history England and is followed by two sequels, Stormsong and Soulstar.

Life and career

Polk was born in 1969 in New Westminster, British Columbia and grew up in Surrey and Edmonton.[1] Polk is non-binary.[2] They began writing in their thirties, publishing short fiction in magazines such as Abyss & Apex in the early 2000s.[1][lower-alpha 1] Polk was influenced by the works of fantasy author Tanith Lee, in particular the Tales from the Flat Earth,[4] the historical mystery and fantasy novels of Barbara Hambly, and the Valdemar novels by Mercedes Lackey.[5][6]

Polk's first novel Witchmark, featuring a murder mystery set in an alternate history Edwardian England,[7] was written in 2014 and published in 2018.[1] Witchmark won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel,[8] and received nominations for several awards including the Nebula and Locus Awards.[9] In 2019, Polk was listed by the CBC as one of "19 Canadian writers to watch".[10]

Witchmark is the first book of the Kingston Cycle, with the sequel Stormsong listed by CBC Books as among the Canadian fiction to watch for in 2020.[11] The third and concluding book of the series, Soulstar, was published in 2021.[12] Other works by Polk include a historical fantasy set in Regency era England, The Midnight Bargain,[13] which was nominated for several speculative fiction prizes.[14] They currently reside in Calgary, Alberta.[15]

Awards

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Pub.
year		 Work Award Category Result[14]
2018 Witchmark Aurora Award Novel Nominated
Lambda Award SF, Fantasy and Horror Nominated
Locus Award First Novel Nominated–4th
Nebula Award Novel Nominated
World Fantasy Award Novel Won
2020 The Midnight Bargain Ignyte Award Adult Novel Nominated
Locus Award Fantasy Novel Nominated–9th
Nebula Award Novel Nominated
World Fantasy Award Novel Nominated
2021 "The Music of the Siphorophenes" Ignyte Award Novelette Nominated
The Kingston Cycle Hugo Award Series Nominated
Soulstar Aurora Award Novel Nominated
Locus Award Fantasy Novel Nominated–8th

Bibliography

The Kingston Cycle

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Other novels and novellas

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Short fiction

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Notes

  1. ↑ Polk uses they/them and she/her pronouns.[3]

References

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External links

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