Sri Lankan wins Nebula award for best science fiction book
Vajra Chandrasekera
Vajra Chandrasekera’s debut novel The Saint of Bright Doors has won the Nebula Award for best novel. The award was announced last week.
Nebula Awards recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. Previously, The Saint of Bright Doors was the winner of the 2024 Crawford Award, presented annually by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts for a first book of fantasy fiction, and was a New York Times Notable Book of 2023.
The Saint of Bright Doors has also been nominated for the 2024 Locus Award in first novel (the winner will be announced on June 22, 2024), the 2024 Hugo Award in best novel (winner to be announced in August 2024) and was shortlisted for the 2024 Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ+ speculative fiction.
From Colombo, Chandrasekera’s second novel Rakesfall is out this month.
His short fiction, poetry, and nonfiction has appeared in Analog, West Branch, and The Los Angeles Times, among others. He has worked as an editor for Strange Horizons and Afterlives: The Year’s Best Death Stories. He is online at vajra.me
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