Brad R. Torgersen
Brad R. Torgersen is an American science fiction author. His short stories regularly appear in the science fiction magazine Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
Writing career
Torgersen was a winner of the 2009 Writers of the Future contest, and has been published in Analog and InterGalactic Medicine Show. His 2010 novelette "Outbound" won the Analog reader's poll, and his 2011 novelette "Ray of Light" was nominated for both the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award. He was also a nominee for the 2012 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.Torgersen received two nominations for the 2014 Hugo Awards, for “The Chaplain's Legacy” and “The Exchange Officers”. Torgersen led the Sad Puppies campaign at the Hugo Awards in 2014-2015. He received a Dragon Award in 2019, winning "Best Science Fiction Novel" for his novel, A Star-Wheeled Sky.
Personal life
Torgersen works in healthcare computer systems and is a United States Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer on weekends. He writes fiction at night.Works
Series
;The Chaplain's War- "The Chaplain's Assistant" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact edited by Stanley Schmidt
- "The Chaplain's Legacy" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact edited by Trevor Quachri
- The Chaplain's War
- "Axabrast", short fiction published on the Baen Books website in November 2018
- A Star-Wheeled Sky
Collections
- Lights in the Deep
- Racers of the Night
Anthologies
- Red Tide co-edited with Larry Niven and Matthew J. Harrington
Short stories
- "Footprints" in Licton Springs Review
- "Exanastasis" in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume XXVI edited by K. D. Wentworth
- "Outbound" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact edited by Stanley Schmidt
- "Exiles of Eden" in Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show #22 edited by Edmund R. Schubert
- "The Bullfrog Radio Astronomy Project" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact edited by Stanley Schmidt
- "Ray of Light" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact edited by Stanley Schmidt
- "The Ascent" with Mike Resnick in Tales from the Fathomless Abyss edited by Philip Athans
- "Sheep Dog" in The Gruff Variations: Writing for Charity Anthology, Vol. 1 edited by Eric James Stone
- "Guard Dog" with Mike Resnick in Space Battles edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
- "The Curse of Sally Tincakes" in Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show #28 edited by Edmund R. Schubert
- "Peacekeeper" with Mike Resnick in The Mammoth Book of SF Wars edited by Ian Watson and Ian Whates
- "Strobe Effect" with Alastair Mayer in Analog Science Fiction and Fact
- "The Shadows of Titan" with Carter Reid in Space Eldritch edited by Nathan Shumate
- "The Exchange Officers" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact edited by Stanley Schmidt
- "The Bricks of Eta Cassiopeiae" in Beyond the Sun edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
- "Gemini 17" in Lights in the Deep
- "Guardian of the Headwaters" in The Crimson Pact: Volume 5" edited by Paul Genesse
- "Reardon's Law" in Five by Five 2: No Surrender edited by Kevin J. Anderson
- "The Hideki Line" in Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume IV" edited by Brian Lewis
- "Picket Ship" in Baen Books: Free Stories 2014
- "Life Flight" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact edited by Trevor Quachri
- "The Nechronomator" in Galaxy's Edge Issue 7 edited by Mike Resnick
- "Astronaut Nick" in A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories edited by Kevin J. Anderson and Keith J. Olexa
- "Blood and Mirrors" in Racers of the Night: Science Fiction Stories edited by Brad R. Torgersen
- "Peacekeeper" in Racers of the Night: Science Fiction Stories edited by Brad R. Torgersen
- "Recapturing the Dream" in Racers of the Night: Science Fiction Stories edited by Brad R. Torgersen
- "The Flamingo Girl" in Racers of the Night: Science Fiction Stories edited by Brad R. Torgersen
- "The General's Guard" in Riding the Red Horse edited by Tom Kratman and Vox Day
- "Sparky the Dog" in Red Tide edited by Larry Niven, Brad R. Torgersen, and Matthew J. Harrington
- "Gyre" in Galaxy's Edge Issue 13 edited by Mike Resnick
- "The Ghost Conductor of the Interstellar Express" in Trajectories: Stories of Exploration edited by Dave Creek
- "Jupiter or Bust" in Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show #50 edited by Edmund R. Schubert
- "Spirits with Visions" in 2113: Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush edited by Kevin J. Anderson and John McFetridge
- "The Diddley Bow Horror" in Redneck Eldritch edited by Nathan Shumate
- "Mars Court Rules" in Galactic Games edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
- "Purytans" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact edited by Trevor Quachri
- "CASPer's Ghost" in A Fistful of Credits edited by Chris Kennedy and Mark Wandrey
- "The Bride" in Monster Hunter Files edited by Larry Correia and Bryan Thomas Schmidt
- "Hymns of the Mothers" in Forbidden Thoughts edited by Jason Rennie
- "The Unsent Letter" in Freedom's Light: Short Stories edited by Lindsay Galloway, Kia Heavey, and Matthew Souders
- "Orphans of Aries" in Rocket's Red Glare edited by James Reasoner
- "45" in MAGA 2020 & Beyond edited by Marina Fontaine, Jason Rennie, and Dawn Witzke
- "Old Dogs, New Tricks" in Avatar Dreams: Scientific Visions of Avatar Technology edited by Kevin J. Anderson and Mike Resnick
- "For Man or Beast" in To Be Men: Stories Celebrating Masculinity edited by Sirius Métier
- "Scrith" in Man-Kzin Wars XV
Awards and honors
Year | Organization | Award title, Category | Work | Result | Refs |
2009 | Writers of the Future | Third Quarter | "Exanastasis" | ||
2010 | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | Analog Award, Best Novelette | "Outbound" | ||
2011 | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | Analog Award, Best Novelette | "Ray of Light" | ||
2011 | Worldcon | John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer | - | ||
2012 | Worldcon | Hugo Award, Best Novelette | "Ray of Light" | ||
2012 | Worldcon | John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer | - | ||
2012 | SFWA | Nebula Award, Best Novelette | "Ray of Light" | ||
2013 | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | Analog Award, Best Novella | "The Chaplain's Legacy" | ||
2013 | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | Analog Award, Best Novelette | "The Exchange Officers" | ||
2014 | Worldcon | Hugo Award, Best Novelette | "The Exchange Officers" | ||
2014 | Worldcon | Hugo Award, Best Novella | "The Chaplain's Legacy" | ||
2014 | Analog Science Fiction and Fact | Analog Award, Best Novelette | "Life Flight" | ||
2015 | Worldcon | Hugo Award, Best Novel | "The Chaplain's War" | ||
2019 | Dragon Con | Dragon Award, Best Science Fiction Novel | A Star-Wheeled Sky |