About this item
A surprising and exciting new collection of speculative and experimental stories that explore animal intelligences, gender, and the nature of stories. The Privilege of the Happy Ending collects award-winning writer Kij Johnson's speculative fiction from the last decade. The stories explore gender, animals, and the nature of stories, and range in form from classically told tales to deeply experimental works. The collection includes the World Fantasy Award-winning "The Privilege of the Happy Ending" and "The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe," as well as two never-before published works.
About the Author
Kij Johnson is novelist and short-story writer, a winner of the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award (three times) , the World Fantasy Award (three times) , the Sturgeon Award, the Crawford Award, and the French Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire. She has worked in book publishing, comics, game publishing, and the tech industry, before settling into teaching creative writing and science fiction/fantasy at the University of Kansas. In the summers, she teaches an intensive novel-writing workshop; attendees have included more than a dozen winners of the same awards she had.
