“The things that have really gotten confusing to me is how you balance the desires of your publishers to produce things on a schedule, and people are always sort of giving you ideas on what you should follow up with or how you should proceed next and things like that.”

American science fiction and fantasy writer

Paolo Bacigalupi is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is known for fiction and essays that have appeared in major genre magazines, environmental journalism, and newspapers. His work has earned the Hugo, Nebula, John W. Campbell Memorial, Compton Crook, Theodore Sturgeon, and Michael L. Printz awards, and he has also been nominated for the National Book Award. His fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov's Science Fiction, and High Country News. His nonfiction has appeared in Salon.com and High Country News, and has been syndicated in papers including the Idaho Statesman, the Albuquerque Journal, and The Salt Lake Tribune. His writing often moves between speculative fiction and environmental concerns.