Kameron Hurley

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-09-23

Kameron Hurley is an American science fiction and fantasy author who has lived in Washington state, Fairbanks, Chicago, and Durban, South Africa, and is a graduate of the Clarion West writers' workshop. She has published short fiction since 1998 and novels since 2011, and wrote a long-running column on the craft and business of writing for Locus magazine. Beyond the Worldbreaker Saga, she is known for the Bel Dame Apocrypha trilogy and the science fiction novels The Stars Are Legion and The Light Brigade. Her non-fiction has appeared in The Atlantic, Entertainment Weekly, and Tor.com, and she has won two Hugo Awards -- for Best Fan Writer and for Best Related Work, the latter for the essay "We Have Always Fought" -- along with the Kitschies' Golden Tentacle for best debut novel and the Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer.

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Books

• The Mirror Empire (2014) · The Worldbreaker Saga Core Canon
• Empire Ascendant (2015) · The Worldbreaker Saga Core Canon
• The Broken Heavens (2020) · The Worldbreaker Saga Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 3 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 1 (1 finalist mention)

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