Paolo Bacigalupi

Paolo Bacigalupi is an American science-fiction and fantasy author from Paonia, Colorado. He studied East Asian Studies at Oberlin College and has received major honors including the Hugo, Nebula, John W. Campbell Memorial, Theodore Sturgeon, Compton Crook, and Michael L. Printz awards.

His published works include The Windup Girl, The Water Knife, Ship Breaker, The Drowned Cities, Tool of War, The Doubt Factory, Zombie Baseball Beatdown, and The Tangled Lands, co-written with Tobias S. Buckell. Ship Breaker was a National Book Award finalist, and Tool of War continues the young-adult series begun with Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities.