Gene Wolfe (1931-2019) was the Nebula Award-winning author of The Book of the New Sun tetralogy in the Solar Cycle, as well as the World Fantasy Award winners
The Shadow of the Torturer
and
Soldier of Sidon
. He was also a rolific writer of distinguished short fiction, which has been collected in such award-winning volumes as
Storeys from the Old Hotel
and
The Best of Gene Wolfe
.
A recipient of the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award, and six
Locus
Awards, among many other honors, Wolfe was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2007, and named Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2012.
