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My Take
Jo Walton is exactly my kind of writer. A Welsh-Canadian who took both the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012 for Among Others, then earlier won the World Fantasy Award for Tooth and Claw, a Victorian novel populated by dragons. That range, from intimate coming-of-age to high-concept reinvention, tells me she refuses to repeat herself. What truly wins me over is that she's also a tireless blogger about books. She doesn't just make stories; she can't stop talking about them. Writers that visibly in love with reading tend to produce the most trustworthy prose, because the obsession bleeds through onto every page.
Overview
Jo Walton (born 1964) is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She is best known for the fantasy novel Among Others, which won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012, and Tooth and Claw, a Victorian-era novel with dragons which won the World Fantasy Award in 2004.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jo Walton
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョー・ウォルトン
- Reading
- じょー・うぉるとん
- Born
- December 1, 1964 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dragon
- Origin
- Aberdare, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- novelist / writer / science fiction writer / blogger / fantasy author
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2012 Nebula Award for Best Novel
- 2002 Astounding Award for Best New Writer
- 2014 Otherwise Award
- 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novel
- 2012 Copper Cylinder Award
- 2012 Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel
- 2004 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.