Vylar Kaftan is a science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 and fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 writer and Clarion West Workshop graduate who lives on the U.S. West Coast. Kaftan's short story "Civilisation" is included in Farah Mendlesohn

Farah Mendlesohn

Farah Mendlesohn is a Hugo Award-winning British academic and writer on science fiction. In 2005 she won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book for The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, which she edited with Edward James....

's anthology Glorifying Terrorism

Glorifying Terrorism

Glorifying Terrorism is a 2007 science fiction anthology edited by Farah Mendlesohn, which was compiled in direct response to the Terrorism Act 2006...

, and several of her other speculative fiction flash and short stories have also been published. Her short story I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You In Reno, published in the June 2010 issue of Lightspeed Magazine, is a nominee for the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Short Story

Nebula Award for Best Short Story

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External links

• Vylar Kaftan official website
• Feminist SF Wiki entry for Vylar Kaftan