Simon Jimenez

Simon Jimenez is a Filipino-American author of speculative fiction. He earned his Master of Fine Arts at Emerson College, where he began working on his first novel. His debut work, The Vanished Birds (2020), is a space opera that explores human connections across millennia. This novel was nominated for the Locus Award for Best First Novel and the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2021.

In 2022, Jimenez published The Spear Cuts Through Water, a fantasy novel that narrates the journey of two warriors and a dying goddess to overthrow a tyrannical royal family. This work was recognized for its innovative narrative style and was shortlisted for the Ursula K. Le Guin Award in 2023.

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