"Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont"
is a finalist for the 2024 Nebula Award, the 2024 Aurora Award, and the 2024 World Fantasy Award!
is a finalist for the 2024 Nebula Award, the 2024 Aurora Award, and the 2024 World Fantasy Award!
About the Author
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P.A. Cornell is an award-winning, Chilean-Canadian, speculative fiction author. In 2024, she became the first ever Chilean writer to be nominated for the Nebula Award for her story, “Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont,” also a finalist for the Aurora and World Fantasy Awards. Raised on a steady diet of books, at the age of five, she learned where all these books were coming from and knew then and there that writing was the path for her. She penned her first speculative story as a third-grade assignment: a science fiction piece about shape-shifting aliens. Four decades later, she still has this story, which she keeps in her writing desk to remind her of how far she’s come.
Despite her early interest in fiction, Cornell's first publications were in non-fiction as a journalist and copy editor. Since 2015, she’s dedicated herself to writing science fiction, fantasy, and horror full time, and her stories have appeared in over fifty magazines and anthologies, including three "Best of" anthologies. Her short story, “Splits,” was the winner of Canada’s 2022 Short Works Prize for Published Fiction. That same year she also published her debut science fiction novella, Lost Cargo, which was listed as one of the best novellas of 2022 in Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. 1. Additionally, Cornell has been longlisted for the 2023 BSFA Awards for her story, “Things Most Meaningful.” When not writing, Cornell can be found reading, drinking various varieties of tea in ridiculous quantities, and building Lego sets (check out some of her builds on Instagram), among other things. She also enjoys travel and hopes to do more of it in the future. |
All author photos by Michelle Ward Images
Murals by the artists of Concession Street, Hamilton, ON Header image by P.A. Cornell |
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Affiliations:
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (Full) Canadian Science Fiction Fantasy Association ALCiFF Chile (Chilean SFF Association) Odyssey Writing Workshop graduate (2002) Codex online writing group |
Land Acknowledgement:
The home in which I live and work is situated upon the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas. This land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, which was an agreement between the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabek to share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes. I further acknowledge that this land is covered by the Between the Lakes Purchase, 1792, between the Crown and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
The home in which I live and work is situated upon the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas. This land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, which was an agreement between the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabek to share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes. I further acknowledge that this land is covered by the Between the Lakes Purchase, 1792, between the Crown and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
