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About Robert J. Sawyer
Canadian and American science fiction writer
Robert James Sawyer is a Canadian and American science fiction writer. He is known for a career that spans novels, short fiction, and award-winning work across the genre. He has published 25 novels, and his shorter fiction has appeared in magazines and journals including Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, and Nature, as well as in several anthologies. His honors include the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1995, the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2003, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 2006, the Robert A. Heinlein Award in 2017, and multiple Aurora Awards.
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Books by Robert J. Sawyer
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2010
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2009
Flashforward
2009
Triggers
2012
Hominids
2002