Becky Chambers author biography, plus links to books by Becky Chambers.

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Becky Chambers

Becky Chambers was raised in California as the progeny of an astrobiology educator, an aerospace engineer, and an Apollo-era rocket scientist. Her first novel, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, was originally funded via Kickstarter in 2012. Her books have been nominated for the Kitschies Award, the Hugo Award, the Locus Award, the Arthus C. Clarke Award and the Women's Prize for Fiction, among others, and won the Prix Julia Verlanger.

After living in Scotland and Iceland, Becky is now back in her home state, where she lives with her spouse. She is a devotee of video and tabletop games, and enjoys spending time in nature. She hopes to see Earth from orbit one day.

This biography was last updated on 08/13/2015.

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Monk and Robot jacket A Prayer for the Crown-Shy jacket A Psalm for the Wild-Built jacket The Galaxy, and the Ground Within jacket The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet jacket
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