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English writer

Virginia Bergin (born 1966) is an English writer and poet.

Early life

Bergin grew up in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, and now lives in Bristol. She studied psychology and fine arts at Central Saint Martins.

In 2017, Bergin won the Otherwise Award for her young adult science fiction novel Who Runs The World?, which was released in November 2018 in the United States under the title The XY. Bergin also wrote two other young adult science fiction novels in her dystopian The Rain series:

The Rain (17 July 2014: Macmillan Children's Books ISBN 9781447266068 ), published in the United States as
- H2O (Sourcebooks Fire; October 7, 2014 ISBN 9781492615323 )
The Storm (26 February 2015 Macmillan Children's Books ISBN 9781447266105 )

Bergin also writes poetry, short stories, film and television scripts, such as the 2001 documentary television movie The Lost Elephants of Timbuktu, an episode of Natural World, and interactive courses for The Open University.

References

Mela, Joe. "Virginia Bergin Wins Tiptree Award" bristol247.com 20 March 2018
Tor.com (14 March 2018). "Announcing the Winner and Honorees of the 2017 James Tiptree Jr. Award". Tor.com. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
locusmag (14 July 2018). "WisCon 42 Report". Locus Online. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
"Books Upending The Patriarchy". universitytimes.ie. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
thedauntlessbookthief (13 November 2014). "The Rain by Virginia Bergin - review". the Guardian. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

External links

v t e Otherwise Award/James Tiptree Jr. Award Winners
Retrospective winners	Motherlines and Walk to the End of the World by Suzy McKee Charnas The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin The Female Man and "When It Changed" by Joanna Russ
1991–2000	A Woman of the Iron People by Eleanor Arnason (1991, tie) White Queen by Gwyneth Jones (1991, tie) China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh (1992) Ammonite by Nicola Griffith (1993) "The Matter of Seggri" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1994, tie) Larque on the Wing by Nancy Springer (1994, tie) Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand (1995, tie) The Memoirs Of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Theodore Roszak (1995, tie) "Mountain Ways" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1996, tie) The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (1996, tie) Black Wine by Candas Jane Dorsey (1997, tie) "Travels With The Snow Queen" by Kelly Link (1997, tie) "Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation" by Raphael Carter (1998) The Conqueror's Child by Suzy McKee Charnas (1999) Wild Life by Molly Gloss (2000)
2001–2010	The Kappa Child by Hiromi Goto (2001) Light by M. John Harrison (2002, tie) "Stories for Men" by John Kessel (2002, tie) Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls by Matt Ruff (2003) Camouflage by Joe Haldeman (2004, tie) Not Before Sundown by Johanna Sinisalo (2004, tie) Air by Geoff Ryman (2005) The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente (2006, tie) Half Life by Shelley Jackson (2006, tie) James Tiptree Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips (2006, special recognition) The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall (2007) The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (2008, tie) Filter House by Nisi Shawl (2008, tie) Cloud and Ashes: Three Winter’s Tales by Greer Gilman (2009, tie) Ōoku: The Inner Chambers by Fumi Yoshinaga (2009, tie) Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugrešić (2010)
2011–2020	Redwood and Wildfire by Andrea Hairston (2011) The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan (2012, tie) Ancient, Ancient by Kiini Ibura Salaam (2012, tie) Rupetta by N. A. Sulway (2013) The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne (2014, tie) My Real Children by Jo Walton (2014, tie) "The New Mother" by Eugene Fischer (2015, tie) Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz (2015, tie) When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore (2016) Who Runs the World? by Virginia Bergin (2017) "They Will Dream in the Garden" by Gabriela Damián Miravete (2018) Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (2019) Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (2020)
2021–present	Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (2021, tie) Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (2021, tie)

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