Will McIntosh

Will McIntosh (William D. McIntosh, born January 31, 1962 in New York City) is a science fiction and young adult author, a Hugo-Award-winner, and a winner or finalist for many other awards. Along with ten novels, including Defenders, Love Minus Eighty, and Burning Midnight, he has published dozens of short stories in magazines such as Asimov's Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed Magazine, Clarkesworld, and 'Interzone'. His stories are frequently reprinted in different "Year's Best" anthologies.

Life
McIntosh attended the University of Georgia, where he received a Ph.D. in social psychology in 1990. He was a professor at Georgia Southern, where he taught psychology classes. His research focused on topics such as internet dating and romantic relationships, "happiness and goals, collecting behavior, psychological aspects of film and television, and the relationship between psychology and Zen Buddhism." In 2012, McIntosh moved to the College of William and Mary to teach introductory psychology classes and focus on his writing.

Writing
McIntosh attended the Clarion Workshop in 2003. McIntosh's short story "Soft Apocalypse" was shortlisted for both the British Science Fiction Award and the British Fantasy Award. His story "Bridesicle" won both the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Short Story and the 2010 Asimov's Reader Poll, along with being a finalist for that year's Nebula Award, while his story "Over There" won the 2014 Asimov's Reader Poll, and was a finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award in 2014.

His short story "Followed" was adapted into a film by director James Kicklighter in 2011.

Translations of McIntosh's novels have been published in China, Russia, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Taiwan, and Hungary.

Novels

 * Love Minus Eighty (novel) Orbit Books, June 2013
 * Defenders (novel) Orbit Books, May 2014
 * Burning Midnight Delacorte Press, March 2016
 * Faller Tor Books, October 2016
 * Unbreakable Character Force, June 2017
 * Watchdog Delacorte Press, October 2017
 * The Future Will Be BS Free Delacorte Press, July 2018
 * The Classmate Future House Publishing, March 2022
 * Wild, June 2023
 * The Classmate Future House Publishing, March 2022
 * Wild, June 2023

Short fiction

 * Stories
 * "Under the Boardwalk", Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue 19, 2005
 * "Soft Apocalypse", Interzone, Sept/Oct 2005
 * "Totems", Interzone, Jan/Feb 2005
 * "New Spectacles", Abyss & Apex
 * "Friction", Albedo One, Issue 30
 * "Best Friend", ChiZine, Jan-March 2006
 * "Followed", Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, June, 2006
 * "The Last Cyberpunk", Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue 22, 2006
 * "The New Chinese Wives", Interzone, Sept/Oct 2006
 * "Perfect Violet", On Spec, Summer, 2007
 * "Three Unlikely Futures", Postscripts, Autumn, 2007
 * "Dada Jihad", Interzone, Sept/Oct 2007
 * "One Paper Airplane Graffito Love Note", Strange Horizons, Oct. 2007
 * "Unlikely", Asimov's Science Fiction, Jan. 2008
 * "The Fantasy Jumper", Black Static, Feb., 2008
 * "Linkworlds", Strange Horizons, March 2008
 * "Street Hero", Interzone, Mar/April 2008
 * "A Clown Escapes from Circus Town", Interzone, Mar/April 2009
 * "Midnight Blue", Asimov's Science Fiction, Sept. 2008
 * "None Had Sharp Teeth", Black Static, 2009
 * "Bridesicle", Asimov's Science Fiction, Jan. 2009
 * "Frankenstein, Frankenstein", Asimov's Science Fiction, Oct./Nov. 2010
 * "Defenders", Lightspeed Magazine, August 2011
 * "Possible Monsters", Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2012
 * "Over There", Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2013
 * "Dry Bite", Lightspeed Magazine, Sept. 2013
 * "The Savannah Liars Tour", Lightspeed Magazine, Jan. 2016
 * "Lost: Mind", Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2016
 * "Soulmates.com", Asimov's Science Fiction, March/April 2017
 * "What Is Eve?", Lightspeed Magazine, April 2018
 * "Foot Ball", Future SF, Aug. 2019
 * "Nic and Viv's Compulsory Courtship", Asimov's Science Fiction, July/Aug. 2020
 * "Philly Killed His Car", Asimov's Science Fiction, July/Aug. 2021
 * "Mom Heart", Clarkesworld Magazine, November, 2021
 * "Dollbot Cicily", Asimov's Science Fiction, March/April 2022
 * "Work Minus Eighty", Asimov's Science Fiction, July/August 2022

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 * Bibliography notes