The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts is pleased to announce that Kelly Link, Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winner, will be joining us in March 2012 at ICFA 33 as one of two Guests of Honor. China Miéville will be the other Guest of Honor and Jeffrey J. Cohen will be our Guest Scholar.
Kelly Link is the author of Stranger Things Happen, Magic for Beginners (2006 Locus Award for Best Short Story Collection), and Pretty Monsters, as well as the award-winning stories “Pretty Monsters” (2009 Locus Award for Best Novella), “Magic for Beginners” (2005 Nebula Award for Best Novella), “The Faery Handbag” (2005 Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novelette), “Stone Animals” (included in the 2005 Best American Short Stories collection), “Louise’s Ghost” (2001 Nebula Award for Best Novelette), “The Specialist’s Hat” (1999 World Fantasy Award), and “Travels with the Snow Queen” (1997 Tiptree Award).
With her husband Gavin Grant, she also manages Small Beer Press, edits The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror (with Ellen Datlow), and edits Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet.