Ursula K. Le Guin in 2016. Photo courtesy of and copyright William Anthony.
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author whose body of work includes 23 novels, 12 volumes of short stories, 11 volumes of poetry, 13 children’s books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. The breadth and imagination of her work earned her six Nebula Awards, seven Hugo Awards, and SFWA’s Grand Master, along with the PEN/Malamud and many other awards. In 2014 she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2016 joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America.
Read more about Ursula here.
News and happenings
Congratulations to Pip Adam, recipient of the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for her novel Audition! Adam’s novel was chosen by authors Nicola Griffith, Mat Johnson, Fonda Lee, Darcie Little Badger, and Peter Rock from a nine-book shortlist selected by the Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation. Read more here.
Our new podcast, In Your Spare Time: Readings from the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin, launched on April 8th and is available from most podcast sources. Each week, IYST brings you a different person reading and commenting on one of the 130 blog posts Ursula wrote between 2010 and 2017 (which are also available to read here).
Literary Arts, in conjunction with the Le Guin family, announced the Ursula K. Le Guin Writers Residency, which will be in the family home. Associated Press story here.
