Larry Correia ( / k ə ˈ r iː . ə / ; born 1977) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer, known for his Monster Hunter International , Grimnoir Chronicles , and Saga of the Forgotten Warrior series. He has authored or co-authored over 30 novels, has over 50 published short works, two collections of stories, and has co-edited four published anthologies.
34-1094: He was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2011, and his works have been nominated for the Audie Award multiple times, winning twice. He has won the Dragon Award for Best Military Science Fiction or Best Fantasy Novel four times. In 2014, Correia started the Sad Puppies campaign to nominate works for the Hugo Award , including his own, that he claimed were more popular but often unfairly passed over in favor of more literary works or stories with progressive political themes. Correia grew up in El Nido, California working on his Portuguese father's dairy farm until his mid-teens, when his family moved to Utah . He stayed in California for about
68-577: A tiara ; created at the behest of 2004 winner Jay Lake and 2005 winner Elizabeth Bear , the tiara is passed from each year's winner to the next. Writers are eligible for the Astounding Award for two years, and become eligible once they have a work of science fiction or fantasy published in a professional publication. Final decisions on eligibility are decided by the Hugo Administrators while qualification criteria are set by
102-575: A company that hunts vampires, werewolves, zombies, and other monsters in order to protect the general public from them. The existence of these monsters is suppressed by a secret governmental organization known as the Monster Control Bureau. As the MCB is too small to handle all the monster hunting, they place bounties on the various monsters, and companies like MHI receive those bounties after proving they have eliminated them. The main character
136-420: A different city around the world each year. During the 78 nomination years, 169 authors have had works nominated and 54 have won (including co-authors, ties, and Retro-Hugos). Two translators have been noted along with the author of a novel written in a language other than English: Ken Liu , in 2015 and 2017, for translations of two works from Chinese; and Rita Barisse , in 2019, who was retroactively noted as
170-572: A firearms instructor and a CCW instructor. In 2013, he began working as a writer full-time. Correia's works often include magic and mythical monsters, such as vampires and werewolves. His stories are typically action-oriented with accurate and detailed depictions of firearms usage. Correia used to be active on firearms discussion boards, where he would write about his interest in weapons and low-budget monster movies, and also get inspiration from various online threads. The original rough draft of Dead Six appeared on one of these forums, "The High Road", in
204-496: A guest on "Shooting Gallery", Joe Mantegna’s Gun Stories, and Huckabee talking about firearms. He and Steve Diamond also host a writing podcast called "The WriterDojo". Correia is best known for his Monster Hunter International , Grimnoir Chronicles , and Saga of the Forgotten Warrior series. The Monster Hunter International series chronicles the fictional adventures of the employees of Monster Hunter International,
238-585: A recognition of runner-up novels, but since 1959 all final candidates have been recorded. Initial nominations are made by members from January through March, while voting on the ballot of six nominations is performed roughly from April through July, subject to change depending on when that year's Worldcon is held. Prior to 2017, the final ballot was five works; it was changed that year to six, with each initial nominator limited to five nominations. Worldcons are generally held in August or early September, and are held in
272-515: A small press, with earnings for the author of at least US$ 3,000 in one year. Members of the current and previous Worldcon are eligible to nominate new writers under the same procedures as the Hugo Awards. Initial nominations are made by members in January through March, at which point a shortlist is made of the six most-nominated writers—five prior to 2017—with additional nominees possible in
306-551: A thousand of those has major abilities and is known as an Active. The main character, Jake Sullivan, is a Heavy (he can manipulate gravity). He eventually joins the Grimnoir Society after finding the government is lying to him, working with them to stop the Imperium and the ambitions of Okubo Tokugawa. In Saga of the Forgotten Warrior , Ashok is a Protector, warrior monks chosen to enforce the law and root out anyone who
340-469: A thread started by Mike Kupari called "Welcome Back, Mr. Nightcrawler". His self-published first novel, Monster Hunter International , was written for—and marketed directly to—the posters on these boards. One of these posters had once worked in a large independent bookstore, and passed it on to his old employer—who in turn passed it to Baen Books —which offered Correia a publishing contract. Monster Hunter International , despite being self-published, reached
374-597: A year before joining his family in Utah. While attending Utah State University , Correia—who was raised Catholic —joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a two-year mission in Alabama . After returning home from his mission, he got married before graduating with an accounting degree . He worked as an accountant for several years before Correia opened a gun store with business partners while continuing to work as an accountant. He also started working as
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#1732794491281408-440: Is Owen Zastava Pitt, a former accountant whose boss turned into a werewolf and tried to kill him. After nearly dying while dispatching his boss, Owen is recruited into MHI. The Grimnoir Chronicles is an alternate history fantasy series set in the 1930s. In the world of Grimnoir , magical abilities began manifesting in people in 1849. Most of those with magical abilities have very minor magic (about one in 100 people). About one in
442-767: Is practicing the old ways. He is very good at what he does, until he finds out he isn't who he thinks he is, and that he's been lied to his entire life. He has to choose whether to hide the lies or to rebel against what he thought was right. Larry Correia enjoys writing novels in different genres with other writers. His first novel collaboration was a thriller trilogy starting with Dead Six written with Mike Kupari. Correia has written Monster Hunter novels with John Ringo , Sarah A. Hoyt , and Jason Cordova. The hard space science fiction novel, Gun Runner , with John D. Brown . A military fantasy novel, Servants of War , with Steve Diamond. Astounding Award for Best New Writer The Astounding Award for Best New Writer (formerly
476-573: Is set about 30 years before the main series and follows the exploits of Oliver Chadwick Gardenier. The final book in the Dead Six trilogy, Alliance of Shadows , as well as Monster Hunter Memoirs: Sinners were released in October and December (respectively) that year. Monster Hunter Siege was released in August 2017, while Monster Hunter Memoirs: Saints was released in July 2018. House of Assassins
510-710: The Entertainment Weekly bestseller list in April 2008, before he received this publishing contract. Monster Hunter International was re-released by Baen in July 2009 and was on the Locus bestseller list in November 2009. The sequel, Monster Hunter Vendetta , was a New York Times bestseller when released in September 2010. The third book in the series, Monster Hunter Alpha , was released in July 2011 and
544-454: The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer ) is given annually to the best new writer whose first professional work of science fiction or fantasy was published within the two previous calendar years. It is named after Astounding Science Fiction (now Analog Science Fiction and Fact ), a foundational science fiction magazine. The award is sponsored by Dell Magazines , which publishes Analog . Between its founding in 1973 and 2019,
578-835: The short story , novelette , and novella categories. The Hugo Awards have been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction ", and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing". The Hugo Award for Best Novel has been awarded annually by the World Science Fiction Society since 1953, except in 1954 and 1957. In addition, beginning in 1996, Retrospective Hugo Awards or "Retro-Hugos" have been available for works published 50, 75, or 100 years prior. Retro-Hugos may only be awarded for years after 1939 in which no awards were originally given. Retro-Hugo awards have been given for novels for 1939, 1941, 1943–1946, 1951, and 1954. Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by supporting or attending members of
612-446: The 52 years the award has been active, 218 writers have been nominated. Of these, 53 authors have won, including one tie. There have been 60 writers who were nominated twice, 21 of whom won the award in their second nomination. In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than the year when the writer's eligible work was first published. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature". Although
646-733: The Forgotten Warrior , a new epic fantasy series, with Son of the Black Sword (November 2015), which won an inaugural Dragon Award in the "Best Fantasy Novel" category in 2016. It was also nominated for the David Gemmell Legend Award and placed 9th in the voting for the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 2016. A spin-off series set in the Monster Hunter universe—co-written with John Ringo —was started in August 2016 with Monster Hunter Memoirs . It
680-570: The annual World Science Fiction Convention , or Worldcon , and the presentation evening constitutes its central event. The final selection process is defined in the World Science Fiction Society Constitution as instant-runoff voting with six nominees, except in the case of a tie. The novels on the ballot are the six most-nominated by members that year, with no limit on the number of stories that can be nominated. The 1953, 1955, and 1958 awards did not include
714-458: The award had been renamed. The nomination and selection process is administered by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS), represented by the current Worldcon committee, and the award is presented at the Hugo Award ceremony at the Worldcon, although it is not itself a Hugo Award. All nominees receive a pin, while the winner receives a plaque. Beginning in 2005, the award has also included
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#1732794491281748-417: The award is not given explicitly for any particular work, and such works are not recorded by the World Science Fiction Society or Dell Magazines, a selection of works that the writer in question published in the eligibility period are listed. This list includes novels and short stories, and is not intended to be comprehensive. Entries with a yellow background and an asterisk (*) next to the writer's name have won
782-480: The award twice. The next-most nominations by a winning author are held by Robert J. Sawyer and Larry Niven , who have been nominated nine and eight times, respectively, and have each only won once. With nine nominations, Robert Silverberg has the greatest number of nominations without winning any. Three authors have won the award in consecutive years: Orson Scott Card (1986 and 1987), Lois McMaster Bujold (1991 and 1992), and N. K. Jemisin (2016, 2017, and 2018). In
816-449: The award was named after Astounding ' s long-time editor John W. Campbell , one of the most influential figures in the early history of science fiction. In the aftermath of 2019 winner Jeannette Ng 's acceptance speech, in which she described Campbell as a fascist , the science fiction fandom community discussed whether it was appropriate to continue honoring Campbell in this way; the editor of Analog subsequently announced that
850-541: The award; those with a gray background are the other nominees on the shortlist. * Winners and joint winners Hugo Award for Best Novel The Hugo Award for Best Novel is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in, or translated to, English during the previous calendar year. The novel award is available for works of fiction of 40,000 words or more; awards are also given out in
884-505: The case of ties. Voting on the ballot of six nominations is performed roughly in April through July, subject to change depending on when that year's Worldcon is held. Works by winners and nominees of the award were collected in the New Voices series of anthologies, edited by George R. R. Martin , which had five volumes covering the awards from 1973 through 1977 and which were published between 1977 and 1984. Michael A. Burstein , who
918-437: The following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the novel was first published. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature". Entries with a yellow background have won the award; those with a grey background are the nominees on the short-list. * Winners and joint winners Beginning with the 1996 Worldcon , the World Science Fiction Society created
952-509: The release of Hard Magic in May 2011. The second book, Spellbound , was released in November that same year. The audiobook versions of Hard Magic and Spellbound won Audie Awards in 2012 and 2013 (respectively). Warbound (August 2013), the final book in the trilogy, was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel as a result of the Sad Puppies campaign, and received an Audie Award in 2014. The second Dead Six novel, Swords of Exodus ,
986-506: The sponsor, Dell Magazine. The eligibility criteria for what counts as a professional publication are roughly similar to those of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA). As of 2023, qualifying publications must meet at least one of the following criteria: be accepted by SFWA; have at least 10,000 readers; pay the writer at least 8 cents a word and a total of at least US$ 80; or be self-published or published through
1020-470: The translator of a 1963 French novel. Robert A. Heinlein has won the most Hugos for Best Novel, and also received the most nominations; he has six wins (four Hugos and two Retro-Hugos) on twelve nominations. Lois McMaster Bujold has received four Hugos on ten nominations. Five authors have won three times: Isaac Asimov and Fritz Leiber (with two Hugos and one Retro-Hugo each), N. K. Jemisin , Connie Willis , and Vernor Vinge . Nine other authors have won
1054-502: Was also a New York Times bestseller. Dead Six , the first book in a new trilogy co-authored with Mike Kupari, was released in September 2011. Correia was a finalist for the 2011 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer . The fourth Monster Hunter International novel, Monster Hunter Legion , received 17 fewer nominations than the least-nominated finalist for the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Correia's The Grimnoir Chronicles trilogy, set in an alternate and magical 1930s, began with
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1088-430: Was nominated in 1996 and won in 1997, commented that the largest effect of winning or being nominated is not on sales but instead that it gives credibility with established authors and publishers. Criticism has been raised about the award that due to the eligibility requirements it honors writers who become well-known quickly, rather than necessarily the best or most influential authors from a historical perspective. Over
1122-558: Was released in 2019. Monster Hunter Guardian , co-authored with Sarah A. Hoyt , was released in August 2019, and Monster Hunter Bloodlines was released in August 2021. The third book in the Saga of the Forgotten Warrior series, Destroyer of Worlds , was released in December 2020, and the fourth book Tower of Silence was released in April 2023 and fifth book Graveyard of Demons currently being worked on. Outside of writing, Correia has been
1156-466: Was released in September 2013. Correia wrote a number of short stories and a novel in 2013 and 2014 for Privateer Press that were set in the Iron Kingdoms role-playing world. Monster Hunter Nemesis (July 2014), the fifth volume in the main Monster Hunter series, was chosen as a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2015, but Correia declined the nomination. Correia began Saga of
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