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SCIENCE FICTION WRITER  ROBERT J. SAWYER  Best Novel Hugo and Nebula Award Winner SFWRITER.COM > About Rob > Top Ten Things to Know   The Top Ten Things     To Know About     Robert J. Sawyer   Robert J. Sawyer is "the dean of Canadian Science Fiction," according to The Ottawa Citizen, "just about the best science-fiction writer out there," according to the Denver Rocky Mountain News, and "by any reckoning, among the most successful Canadian authors ever," according to Maclean's. Rob has sold 20 science-fiction novels to major U.S. publishers, and his books have been translated into 14 languages. He is one of only seven writers in history — and the only Canadian — to win all three of the world's top science-fiction awards for best novel of the year: the Hugo (which he won in 2003 for Hominids), the Nebula  (which he won in 1996 for The Terminal Experiment), and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (which he won in 2006 for Mindscan). He's also won a record-setting ten Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards ("Auroras"), as well as an Arthur Ellis Award from the Crime Writers of Canada. He's won the top science-fiction awards in Canada, China, France, Japan, Spain, and the United States; in total he has received 41 national and international awards for his writing. He has an honorary doctorate from Laurentian University and in 2008 was named one of the "30 most influential, innovative, and just plain powerful people in Canadian publishing" by Quill & Quire, the Canadian-publishing trade journal. He's very much in demand as a keynote speaker, addressing such groups as the Federation of State Medical Boards and the Canadian Public Relations Society, and corporations including CA and Sanofi-Aventis. He has made almost 500 radio and TV appearances, including Canada AM, NPR's Science Friday, and Rivera Live with Geraldo Rivera. He's taught writing at the University of Toronto, Ryerson University, Humber College, and the Banff Centre, and been writer-in-residence at the Toronto, Kitchener, and Richmond Hill Public Libraries. His award-winning website at sfwriter.com was the world's first science-fiction author website and has been called "the best author's page on the Internet;" it contains over one million words of sample chapters, articles, interviews, and reviews.   More Good Reading   More about Rob Rob's curriculum vitae (CV) Press backgrounder: Robert J. Sawyer Press backgrounder: SF Awards Published profiles of Rob Press-release index Booking Rob as a keynote speaker Comments from event organizers Rob's upcoming appearances

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