Julie Czerneda


Julie E. Czerneda is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. She has written many novels, including four Aurora Award for Best Novel winners, and a number of short stories; she has also edited several anthologies.
Czerneda is a biologist by education, and has been active in writing and editing non-fiction. She has edited and authored a number of educational books about career guidance and the teaching of science. In 2022, Czerneda was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame.
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Works

Standalone books

In the Company of Others – The Gossamer Mage – To Each This World –

Novellas

  • ''No Place Like Home''

The Clan Chronicles

This continuity was formerly called the Trade Pact Universe.

Trade Pact trilogy

  1. A Thousand Words for Stranger –
  2. Ties of Power –
  3. To Trade the Stars –

Stratification trilogy

Prequel to the Trade Pact trilogy:
  1. Reap the Wild Wind –
  2. Riders of the Storm –
  3. Rift in the Sky –

Reunification series

  1. This Gulf of Time and Stars –
  2. The Gate to Futures Past –
  3. To Guard Against the Dark –

Species Imperative

Trilogy of biology, politics and survival in a multi-species, interstellar future.
  1. Survival –
  2. Migration –
  3. Regeneration –

Esen

With the publication of Search Image, the Web Shifters trilogy is listed as part of the Esen continuity, which features the adventures of the shape-shifter Esen-alit-Quar. A Carisian, a species which plays a significant role in the Clan Chronicles, also appears in Search Image, although there are no common plot points.

Web Shifters

  1. Beholder's Eye –
  2. Changing Vision –
  3. Hidden in Sight –

Web Shifter's Library

  1. Search Image –
  2. Mirage –
  3. Spectrum –

Night's Edge

  1. A Turn of Light –
  2. A Play of Shadow –
In 2014 Czerneda announced that DAW Books had bought the next three books in the series.
  1. A Change of Place -
  2. A Shift of Time -
  3. ''A Twist of Magic''

Collection

  • ''Imaginings: 25th Anniversary Collection''

Contributor

  • "Prism" in DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction Anthology, edited by Elizabeth R. Wollheim and Sheila E. Gilbert ReVisions, edited by Julie E. Czerneda and Isaac Szpindel – Sirius the Dog Star edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Alexander Potter –, "Brothers Bound"
  • "She's Such a Nasty Morsel" in Women of War edited by Alexander Potter and Tanya Huff –
  • "A Touch of Blue" in Heroes in Training, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Jim C. Hines –
  • "" in Lightspeed Science Fiction and Fantasy magazine, February 2011
  • "The Franchise" in Space Stations edited by Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers –

Career guidance

Great careers for people interested in living things – Great careers for people who like to work with their hands – Great careers for people interested in communications technology by Julie E. Czerneda and Victoria VincentGreat careers for people fascinated by government and the law by Anne Marie Males; contributing authors, Julie Czerneda and Victoria Vincent

Edited by Julie E. Czerneda

Science education through science fiction stories in the classroom

No Limits: Developing Scientific Literacy Using Science Fiction, non-fiction – Packing Fraction & Other Tales of Science & Imagination –

Tales from the Wonder Zone

Stardust Explorer Orbiter Odyssey Polaris: A Celebration of Polar Science . Winner of the Canadian Science Writers' Award

Realms of Wonder

Summoned to Destiny
  • ''Fantastic Companions''

Awards