Nibedita Sen | |
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Born | Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
Occupation | Author |
Genre | Speculative fiction |
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Nibedita Sen is a queer Bengali-born writer of speculative fiction.[1][2] She has been a finalist for the Astounding, Nebula, and Hugo Awards.
Sen was born in Calcutta.[2] She "accumulated a number of English degrees in India" before moving to the United States to study for another in creative writing. She currently works as an editor in New York City. She is also a gamer and artist.[1]
Sen is a graduate of Clarion West 2015,[1] and has been active in the speculative fiction field since 2017.[2] In addition to her fiction, she works as an editor, helping edit the LGBTQ SFF podcast Glittership.[1]
Her work has appeared in various periodicals and anthologies, including Anathema, The Book Smugglers, Cast of Wonders, The Dark, Fireside Magazine, Fireside Quarterly, Nightmare Magazine, PodCastle, Robot Dinosaur Fiction!, and Strange Horizons.[2]
Sen was a finalist for the 2020 Astounding Award for Best New Writer. "Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island" was a finalist for both the 2020 Nebula Award for Best Short Story and the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.[2]