Becky Chambers – 21st-century American author, best known for her Wayfarers series, which won the Hugo and Arthur C. Clarke awards. Her “cosy sci-fi” focuses less on battles and more on friendship, identity, and diversity. Blending science with humanity, she envisions futures built on empathy and understanding.
🚀 Self-published her debut, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, via Kickstarter before it was picked up by a major publisher. 📖 Grew up with an astrophysicist father and a librarian mother. 💡 Her style is often labelled “hopepunk” – speculative fiction centred on kindness and hope. 🌍 Frequently writes diverse characters across cultures, genders, and even species. 🎤 Advocates for LGBTQ+ representation in sci-fi. 📚 Her books have been translated into 15+ languages. 🖋 Also wrote the Monk & Robot series, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novella. 🎶 Writes to music and curates playlists for her characters. 👩💻 Worked in theatre and as a freelance designer before her literary career took off. 😮 Her debut’s online popularity quickly caught publishers’ attention. 😄 Jokes that when people call her books “too nice,” she replies: “What’s wrong with kindness?”