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The Privilege of the Happy Ending: Small, Medium, and Large Stories
The Privilege of the Happy Ending: Small, Medium, and Large Stories
The Privilege of the Happy Ending: Small, Medium, and Large Stories
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The Privilege of the Happy Ending: Small, Medium, and Large Stories

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First collection in 10 years.

Previous collection has sold 20k+.

Taught in a number of universities — her students and people who have been taught her stories always swarm our table us at AWP.

Award-winning stories which play with format, length, and subject.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateOct 24, 2023
ISBN9781618732125
The Privilege of the Happy Ending: Small, Medium, and Large Stories
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Kij Johnson

KIJ JOHNSON is an American fantasy writer noted for her adaptations of Japanese myths and folklore. Her Tor.com story "Ponies" won the 2011 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Her story "Fox Magic" won the 1994 Theodore Sturgeon Award, her novel The Fox Woman won the Crawford Award for best debut fantasy novel, and her subsequent novel Fudoki was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award and was cited by Publishers Weekly as one of the best fantasy novels of its year. She is also an associate director of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas.

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