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Elizabeth Bear (Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky) was born on 22 September, 1971 in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S., is an American author (born 1971). Discover Elizabeth Bear's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 52 years old?

Popular As Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky
Occupation Novelist
Age 52 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 22 September, 1971
Birthday 22 September
Birthplace Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Her husband is Scott Lynch (m. 2016)

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Elizabeth Bear Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Elizabeth Bear worth at the age of 52 years old? Elizabeth Bear’s income source is mostly from being a successful Novelist. She is from United States. We have estimated Elizabeth Bear's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1971

Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (born September 22, 1971) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear.

1990

She sold a few stories in the 1990s and began writing seriously in 2001.

2005

She won the 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Short Story for "Tideline", and the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette for "Shoggoths in Bloom".

She is one of a small number of writers who have gone on to win multiple Hugo Awards for fiction after winning the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (the others include C. J. Cherryh, Orson Scott Card, Spider Robinson, Ted Chiang and Mary Robinette Kowal).

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Bear studied English and anthropology at the University of Connecticut but did not graduate.

She worked as a technical writer, stable hand, reporter and held various office jobs.

Bear's first novel, Hammered, was published in January 2005 and was followed by Scardown in July and Worldwired in November of the same year.

The trilogy features Canadian Master Warrant Officer Jenny Casey, who is also the main character in the short story "Gone to Flowers".

2006

Hammered won the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 2006.

The Chains That You Refuse, a collection of her short fiction, was published May 2006 by Night Shade Books.

Blood and Iron, the first book in the fantasy series entitled "The Promethean Age", debuted June 27, 2006.

She is also a coauthor of the ongoing Shadow Unit website/pseudo-TV series.

2008

In 2008, she donated her archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.

She is an instructor at the Viable Paradise writer's workshop and has taught at Clarion West Writers Workshop.

The opening quote in Criminal Minds episode "Lauren" (6.18) was a direct quote of the second and third lines of Bear's book Seven for a Secret: "The secret to lying is to believe with all your heart. That goes for lying to yourself even more than lying to another."

2012

She is one of the regular panelists on podcast SF Squeecast, which won the 2012 and 2013 Hugo Awards for "Best Fancast".

2016

Bear married novelist Scott Lynch in October 2016.

In 2021, Bear announced that she had been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer.

Annalee Newitz of io9 wrote that Bear "is famous for combining high-octane military/spy tales with eccentric and subversive subplots".