Andrea Hairston
1 universe Last reviewed 2026-11-02
Andrea Hairston was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1952. She is an African American playwright, novelist, theatre director and performer, and a writer of science fiction and fantasy. She is artistic director of Chrysalis Theatre and holds the Louise Wolff Kahn 1931 Professorship of Theatre and Afro-American Studies at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she lives. Her novels include Mindscape (Aqueduct Press, 2006), Redwood and Wildfire (2011), Will Do Magic for Small Change (2016), Master of Poisons (Tor, 2020) and Archangels of Funk (Tor, 2024). Redwood and Wildfire won the James Tiptree Jr. Award (now the Otherwise Award) in 2011, and Mindscape won the Carl Brandon Parallax Award and was a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award.
Universe(s)
- Core Canon books: 3
- Current rank: #999 in the official ranking
- Weighted average: 3.66
- Award recognitions: 1 won, 2 nomination
Books
Aggregate across all universes
- Total Core Canon books across all universes: 3 books
- Award recognitions across all universes: 3 (1 won, 2 nomination)
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Redwood and Wildfire (2011) · Cinnamon Jones Core Canon
Will Do Magic for Small Change (2016) · Cinnamon Jones Core Canon
Archangels of Funk (2024) · Cinnamon Jones Core Canon