Lee Harris (editor)
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| Born | 1968 Cardiff, Wales |
| Occupation | Senior Editor, Tor.com Publishing (Macmillan) |
| Language | English |
| Residence | York, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Genre | science fiction, fantasy, horror |
| Notable awards | Nominations: Hugo Award for Best Editor (Long Form) 2014, Best Editor (Short Form) 2018 |
| Years active | 10 |
| Children | Verity, Lana |
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Lee Harris (born 1968) is a British editor of science fiction, fantasy and horror.
Publishing Career
Hub Magazine
He was the publisher of Hub Magazine[1] from 2007 until 2013. Hub Magazine was a short fiction magazine, which lasted for just two issues in print, before becoming a semi-weekly magazine. The magazine folded with issue 147. The print editions were supported by advertising, and when the magazine moved to online-only, they were sponsored by Orbit (part of Hachette), Solaris and Abaddon (part of Rebellion Publishing) and finally by HarperCollins, where Harris worked as part of the editorial staff at Angry Robot Books (see below).
Angry Robot Books
Harris joined Angry Robot Books when they formed as part of HarperCollins UK in January 2009[2], during which time he discovered and published authors such as Wesley Chu, Adam Christopher, Cassandra Rose Clarke and Maurice Broaddus. He started as an Assistant Editor, and was gradually promoted until he reached the role of Senior Editor in 2013[3]. He was instrumental in devising and implementing a new ebook subscription service in 2011[4]. He left Angry Robot to head up the editorial division of Macmillan's newly-formed Tor.com Publishing imprint[5].
Tor.com Publishing
He joined the newly-created Tor.com Publishing (part of Macmillan Publishing, and a sister imprint to Tor Books) in August 2014[6], specialising in publishing novellas[7], though he also edits and publishes full length novels. He was interviewed about the role by Ron Charles in the Washington Post[8]. His authors' books have won the Nebula and Hugo Awards every year since the imprint's inception, and he regularly edits such authors as Martha Wells, Seanan McGuire, Nnedi Okorafor and Paul Cornell. Seanan McGuire describes him as "Amazing... he makes me better. He forces me to be better. That's a rare and precious thing."[9]
Work Life
Harris travels extensively between his home in the UK and Tor.com Publishing's Head Office in the Flatiron Building in New York. He is also a regular at several British and international conventions, including FantasyCon (UK), the World Fantasy Convention, WorldCon and CONvergence (Minneapolis), where he has been a Guest of Honor[10] on two occasions. On February 8, 2019, he was named as the Guest of Honour for the Canadian science fiction convention, Can*Con[11].
He is the only British editor ever to have been nominated in the Hugo Awards editing categories (see below).
Writing
He has co-written several plays and short stories, including one story published in Snowbooks' Beside the Seaside anthology.
Plays
Eric - co-written with Scott Harrison, based on the book by Terry Pratchett
The Antipope - co-written with Scott Harrison, based on the book by Robert Rankin
Dracula - (contributor). Mostly written by Scott Harrison, based on the book by Bram Stoker.
Career, pre-Publishing
Immediately prior to working in a full time publishing role, Harris was an analyst for iOn (a division of Xerox). He was jointly responsible for setting up a new financial system that allowed the company to accurately invoice several UK government departments for their outsourced printing and copying needs.
Before this he worked as a Communications Executive for CPP, an insurance company based in York.
He was also a director (both company director and stage director) for The Dreaming Production Company from 2003-2005 (now no longer operating),[12] a professional theatre group that staged fantasy and horror-themed plays across the UK. He co-wrote and directed the first professional adaptation of a Terry Pratchett book, Eric[13], among others.
Prior to these he worked as an actor, and bartender (where he was a finalist in the Bols / Exchange Bar and Grill Cocktail Bartender of the Year competition in 1993).
Personal Life
Affiliations
He is a former Chair[14] of the British Fantasy Society, and has chaired two FantasyCon conventions for the society - the first in York in 2014, the second in Nottingham in 2015. He is currently serving on the society's Executive Committee as treasurer[15]. He is also a regular presenter of the British Fantasy Awards. He is also an associate member of the Horror Writers' Association.
Home Life
Harris works from a home office in his home town of York, UK, traveling as needed. He is married with two daughters.
Awards
Personal Nominations[16]
In 2014 he was nominated for the Hugo for Best Editor (Long Form).[17] and in 2018 he was nominated for Best Editor (Short Form)[18]. No other British editor of science fiction, fantasy or horror has ever been nominated for these awards[19].
Wins and Nominations for Works Edited
Books he has edited have been nominated for, or won almost every major genre award, including winning the Best Novella Hugo and Nebula every year in the last three years:
Hugo Award
- All Systems Red by Martha Wells - Winner, 2018[18]
- Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire - Nominated, 2018[18]
- Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor - Nominated, 2018[18]
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - Winner, 2017[20]
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor - Winner, 2016[21]
World Fantasy Award
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - nominated, 2017 World Fantasy Award—Long Fiction
Nebula Award
- Artificial Condition by Martha Wells - nominated, 2018[22]
- Alice Payne Arrives by Kate Heartfield - nominated, 2018[22]
- All Systems Red by Martha Wells - Winner, 2017[23]
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - Winner, 2016[23]
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor - Winner, 2015[23]
Locus Award
- All Systems Red by Martha Wells - Winner, 2018[24]
- Chalk by Paul Cornell - nominated, 2018[24]
- Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire - nominated, 2018[24]
- Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor - nominated, 2018[24]
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - Winner, 2017[25]
- The Lost Child of Lychford by Paul Cornell - nominated, 2017[25]
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor - nominated, 2016[26]
Alex Award
- Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire - Winner, 2018[27]
- All Systems Red by Martha Wells - Winner, 2018[27]
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - Winner, 2017[28]
- The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu - Winner, 2014[29]
Arthur C Clarke Award
British Fantasy Award
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - nominated, 2017[32]
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor - nominated, 2016[33]
- Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell - nominated, 2016[33]
- Between Two Thorns by Emma Newman - nominated, 2014[34]
- Pretty Little Dead Things by Gary McMahon - nominated, 2011[35]
Sakura Medal
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - Selected, 2018
British Science Fiction Award
- Exit Strategy by Martha Wells - nominated, 2019[36]
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor - nominated, 2015[37]
- Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell - nominated, 2015[37]
- Zoo City by Lauren Beukes - nominated, 2010[38]
Kitchie Awards
- Nexus by Ramez Naam - nominated (Golden Tentacle), 2013
- Zoo City by Lauren Beukes - Winner (Red Tentacle), 2010
- King Maker by Maurice Broaddus - Winner (Golden Tentacle), 2010
Philip K Dick Award
- All Systems Red by Martha Wells - nominated, 2017
- Apex by Ramez Naam - Winner, 2015
- The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke - nominated, 2014
Prometheus Award
- Apex by Ramez Naam - nominated, 2016
- Nexus by Ramez Naam - Winner, 2014
- Crux by Ramez Naam - nominated, 2014
NOMMO Award
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor - Winner, 2017
RT Reviewers Choice Award
- Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire - nominated, 2018
- All Systems Red by Martha Wells - nominated, 2018
Aurealis Awards
- Peacemaker by Marianne de Pierres - Winner, 2014
Prism Award
- Guild of Assassins by Anna Kashina - Winner (twice!), 2015
Sir Juilius Vogel Award
- Heartwood by Freya Robertson - Winner, 2014
- Empire State by Adam Christopher - nominated, 2013
Tiptree Honor List
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - Selected, 2016
RUSA Reading List
- Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire - Winner, 2017
Rainbow List
- Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire - Selected, 2017
External Links
Lee Harris at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Lee Harris at the Tor.com staff page.
References
- ↑ "Culture : Hub Magazine : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ "Angry Robot Anounces New Recruit". HCUK Corporate. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ "Lee Harris promoted at Angry Robot | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ "Angry Robot launches subscription service | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ Tor.com (2014-05-28). "Tor.com is Seeking a Fiction Editor, Marketing Manager, and Publicity Manager". Tor.com. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ Tor.com (2014-06-26). "Announcing the Appointment of Lee Harris as the Tor.com Imprint Senior Editor". Tor.com. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ↑ "SPOTLIGHT: Tor.com on new novellas". Pan Macmillan. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ "Novellas that go to infinity and beyond". The Washington Post.
- ↑ McGuire, Seanan (2019-01-24). "But you know who I have yet to see on that stage? @LeeAHarris, who edits Wayward Children, Murderbot, the Binti novellas, Sin du Jour, and so much more. He's eligible this year in Best Editor, Short Form. And he's amazing". @seananmcguire. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ "Meet the CONvergence 2015 Guests of Honor!". CONvergence Convention. 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ Cultrera, Marco. "Editor Guest of Honor: Lee Harris". CAN-CON 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ↑ [email protected]. "The Dreaming Theatre Company". Mandy Actors UK. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ "Discworld Monthly - Issue 76". Discworld Monthly. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ admin (2011-11-23). "BFS Committee Positions Filled". Locus Online. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ "Contact the BFS | The British Fantasy Society". www.britishfantasysociety.org. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ "science fiction awards database - Lee Harris". science fiction awards database. 2019-04-04.
- ↑ "2014 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 "2018 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 2018-03-15. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ↑ "York books editor up for award". York Press. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ "2017 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ "2016 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Liptak, Andrew (2019-02-20). "Here are the 2019 Nebula Award nominations". The Verge. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 copyrighted, The material on this website is; SFWA®, may not be used without the author's consent; Fiction, Nebula Awards® are registered trademarks of Science; America, Fantasy Writers of; SFWA, Inc Opinions expressed on this web site are not necessarily those of. "Nebula Awards Nominees and Winners: Best Novella Nebula Awards". The Nebula Awards. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 locusmag (2018-06-23). "2018 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 admin (2017-06-24). "2017 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ admin (2016-06-25). "2016 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 JCARMICHAEL (2018-02-12). "YALSA announces 2018 Alex Awards". News and Press Center. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ JCARMICHAEL (2017-01-23). "YALSA announces 2017 Alex Awards". News and Press Center. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ JCARMICHAEL (2014-01-27). "YALSA announces 2014 Alex Awards". News and Press Center. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ Tom (2014-03-19). "2014 Shortlist". Arthur C. Clarke Award. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ Tom (2011-04-19). "2011 Winner". Arthur C. Clarke Award. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ "British Fantasy Awards 2017 – Shortlists | The British Fantasy Society". www.britishfantasysociety.org. Archived from the original on 2017-10-08. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 "British Fantasy Awards 2016: the nominees | The British Fantasy Society". www.britishfantasysociety.org. Archived from the original on 2019-02-08. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ "British Fantasy Awards 2014: the nominees | The British Fantasy Society". www.britishfantasysociety.org. Archived from the original on 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ "BFS Fantasy Awards 2011: Shortlist | The British Fantasy Society". www.britishfantasysociety.org. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ Rocket, Stubby the (2019-02-17). "Announcing the 2018 BSFA Award Finalists". Tor.com. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 Scott, Donna (2016-02-08). "BSFA Awards 2015 Shortlist announced". BSFA. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ Shana (2011-01-17). "2010 BSFA Awards Shortlists". Retrieved 2019-01-26.
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