Jo Walton

Jo Walton (born December 1, 1964) is a Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2002 and the World Fantasy award for her novel Tooth and Claw in 2004. Her novel Ha'penny was a co-winner of the 2008 Prometheus Award. Walton's first novel was published in 2000. Before that, she was published in a number of role-playing game publications, such as Pyramid, mostly in collaboration ... more

Jo Walton (born December 1, 1964) is a Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2002 and the World Fantasy award for her novel Tooth and Claw in 2004. Her novel Ha'penny was a co-winner of the 2008 Prometheus Award. Walton's first novel was published in 2000. Before that, she was published in a number of role-playing game publications, such as Pyramid, mostly in collaboration with her husband at the time, Ken Walton. Walton was also active in online fandom, especially in the Usenet groups rec.arts.sf.written and rec.arts.sf.fandom. Her poem "The Lurkers Support Me in E-Mail" is widely quoted on it and in other online arguments, often without her name attached. Her first three novels, The King's Peace (2000), The King's Name (2001), and The Prize in the Game (2002) were all fantasy and set in the same world, which is based on Arthurian Britain and the Táin Bó Cúailnge's Ireland. Her next novel, Tooth and Claw (2003)... less