Jim C. Hines
American writer
Jim C. Hines (born April 15, 1974) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. His work is published by DAW Books, and some of his books have appeared on the Locus Bestseller list.
Life and work
Hines was a volunteer crisis counselor in East Lansing and worked as the Male Outreach Coordinator for the MSU Safe Place. In 2008, he donated his archive to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Collection in the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University. He has been the author guest of honor at multiple conventions, and was the Toastmaster for the 2014 NASFiC (North American Science Fiction Convention). He's also served as Toastmaster for Icon (Iowa science fiction convention) since 2012. He currently lives near Lansing, Michigan, where he works part-time for state government.
He is the author of one non-fantasy novel, Goldfish Dreams, described on the author's website as a "mainstream rape-awareness novel."
Hines' works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series. He was a first-place winner of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Award in 1998 with his story "Blade of the Bunny".
In 2012, he won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer.
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