Endeavour Winner

Congratulations to Fairwood alum Brenda Cooper for winning this
year's Endeavour Award for her novel, Edge of Dark -- which was also a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award earlier this year.

Other finalists for the Endeavour, awarded to a novel or single-author collection by a Pacific Northwest writer, were:

• Tracker, by C.J. Cherryh (Daw)
• Irona 700, by Dave Duncan (Open Road)
•  Silver on the Road, by Laura Anne Gilman (Saga)
• The Price of Valor, by Django Wexler (Roc)

Check out Brenda's Edge of Dark along with the sequel, Spear of Light, also from Pyr and released this past summer!

Brenda Cooper Award Nomination

Congratulations to Fairwood alum Brenda Cooper, whose latest novel Edge of Dark is a finalist for for the 2016 Philip K. Dick award.

She's in great company among the other finalists for this year's award:

• EDGE OF DARK by Brenda Cooper (Pyr)
• AFTER THE SAUCERS LANDED by Douglas Lain (Night Shade Books)
• (R)EVOLUTION by PJ Manney (47North)
• APEX by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot Books)
• WINDSWEPT by Adam Rakunas (Angry Robot Books)
• ARCHANGEL by Marguerite Reed (Arche Press)

The winner will be announced on March 25, 2016 at Norwescon 39. Good luck, Brenda!

EDGE OF DARK by Brenda Cooper (Pyr)
AFTER THE SAUCERS LANDED by Douglas Lain (Night Shade Books)
(R)EVOLUTION by PJ Manney (47North)
APEX by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot Books)
WINDSWEPT by Adam Rakunas (Angry Robot Books)
ARCHANGEL by Marguerite Reed (Arche Press) - See more at: http://www.brenda-cooper.com/2016/01/12/edge-of-dark-nominate-for-the-p-k-dick-awards/#sthash.nfwGwsmQ

EDGE OF DARK by Brenda Cooper (Pyr)
AFTER THE SAUCERS LANDED by Douglas Lain (Night Shade Books)
(R)EVOLUTION by PJ Manney (47North)
APEX by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot Books)
WINDSWEPT by Adam Rakunas (Angry Robot Books)
ARCHANGEL by Marguerite Reed (Arche Press) - See more at: http://www.brenda-cooper.com/2016/01/12/edge-of-dark-nominate-for-the-p-k-dick-awards/#sthash.nfwGwsmQ.dp

Patrick Swenson Nominated for World Fantasy Award

Back in June the world acknowledged something that a lot of locals already know... that Fairwood Press, run by Fairwood Writers Group alumnus Patrick Swenson, is pretty darned awesome. Patrick is a nominee for a 2015 World Fantasy Award in the Special Award -- Non-professioinal category for his work on Fairwood Press.

World Fantasy Award winners will be announced in November at the World Fantasy Convention. If you're there, be sure to cheer for Patrick. (He'd probably also be cool with it if you wanted to support him by buying a copy of the newly-released paperback version of his debut novel, The Ultra Thin Man.)

** Note that the Fairwood Writers aren't part of Fairwood Press; we share similar names because both organizations originated in Fairwood.