Molly Gloss

Molly Gloss (born November 20, 1944) is an American writer of historical fiction and science fiction.

Life
Gloss grew up in rural Oregon and began writing seriously when she became a mother. She now lives in Portland, Oregon, and was close friends with fellow science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin. She has taught writing and literature of the American West at Portland State University, and currently is on the faculty of the Pacific University MFA program.

Awards and nominations

 * The Jump-Off Creek was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and won both the 1990 Ken Kesey Award for the Novel and 1990 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award
 * 1996 Whiting Award in Fiction
 * Wild Life was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award and won the 2000 James Tiptree, Jr. Award for work that explores or expands notions of gender
 * The Hearts of Horses was a finalist for the 2008 Oregon Book Award
 * “The Grinnell Method” won the Theodore Sturgeon Award for the short story in 2013
 * Unforeseen was a World Fantasy finalist in 2020
 * In 2021 Molly received the C.E.S. Wood Award “in recognition of an enduring, substantial literary career”

Notable short fiction

 * "Personal Silence", 1990 (reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction 1991)
 * "Lambing Season", 2002 (nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Short Story and a Nebula Award for Best Short Story)