NEBULA AWARD NOMINEE

BEST NOVEL

UPDRAFT

FRAN WILDE

Fran Wilde’s work includes the novels Updraft (Tor, 2015) and Cloudbound (Tor, 2016). Her short stories appear in Asimov’s, Tor.com, and Nature. Her novella “The Jewel and Her Lapidary,” came out from Tor.com in May 2016. She writes for publications including the Washington Post, SF Signal, and Clarkesworld.

Editor’s Note: Updraft was also nominated for the Andre Norton Award and won in that category. Please go to page 251 to read an extended excerpt of this novel.