Sue Burke


Sue Burke is an American writer and translator. She has written the science fiction Semiosis trilogy, Semiosis, Interference, and Usurpation. Semiosis attracted favorable attention and acclaim and appeared on numerous lists of the best books of 2018.

Awards

In 2017, Burke received the Alicia Gordon Award for Word Artistry in Translation from the American Translators Association for her English translation of an excerpt from Joseph de la Vega’s Confusión de confusiones, written in Spanish in 1688. The book, the first analysis of stock markets ever written, was a commission from Bolsas y Mercados Españoles for an institutional gift.

Personal life

Burke grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and attended the University of Wisconsin. She moved with her husband, a trilingual businessman, to Madrid, Spain, in December 1999. She moved to Chicago in July 2016.

Novels

Short fiction

;Stories
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
Who Won the Battle of Arsia Mons?2017Novelette
Life from the Sky2018Novelette
"Summer Home"2014

Translations