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ⓘ About Nancy Kress
Nancy Kress is a published American author. She also goes by the name of Anna Kendall. She has also worked on a variety of movie sets in addition to writing many novels and series. Nancy Anne Kress was born on January 20, 1948, in Buffalo, New York. Her maiden name was Koningisor. She grew up in the East Aurora area. She went to SUNY Plattsburgh and would graduate with her Masters degree in English. Before writing, she worked in elementary school as a teacher. She briefly also taught college English for a while. She would move to Rochester in 1973 when she married her husband, Michael Kress. The pair had two children together, both sons. The pair would end up divorcing in 1984. Around that time, the author decided to work and got a job at an ad agency. Later, she would go to marry again.
All Book Series by Nancy Kress
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall
Book 12 of 16 · published 2012
Observer
Latest in the series · book 16 of 16 · published 2023 Co-authored · Robert Lanza
Steamship Soldier on the Information Front (in Asimov's)
Book 7 of 13 · published 1998
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1
Series opener · book 1 of 16 · published 1972
Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16
Latest in the series · book 16 of 16 · published 1987
Characters & Viewpoint
Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 1988 Anthology · Orson Scott Card
Conflict, Action and Suspense
Book 5 of 7 · published 1994 Anthology · William Noble
Description
Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 1995 Anthology · Monica Wood
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1
Series opener · book 1 of 41 · published 1985
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10
Book 10 of 41 · published 1994
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11
Book 11 of 41 · published 1995
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12
Book 12 of 41 · published 1996
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13
Book 13 of 41 · published 1997
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14
Book 14 of 41 · published 1998
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15
Book 15 of 41 · published 1999
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16
Book 16 of 41 · published 2000
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17
Book 17 of 41 · published 2001
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18
Book 18 of 41 · published 2002
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19
Book 19 of 41 · published 2002
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20
Book 20 of 41 · published 2004
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21
Book 21 of 41 · published 2005
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22
Book 22 of 41 · published 2006
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23
Book 23 of 41 · published 2007
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24
Book 24 of 41 · published 2008
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25
Book 25 of 41 · published 2009
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26
Book 26 of 41 · published 2010
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27
Book 27 of 41 · published 2011
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28
Book 28 of 41 · published 2012
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29
Book 29 of 41 · published 2013
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30
Book 30 of 41 · published 2014
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31
Book 31 of 41 · published 2015
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32
Book 32 of 41 · published 2016
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33
Book 33 of 41 · published 2017
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34
Book 34 of 41 · published 2018
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35
Book 35 of 41 · published 2019
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36
Book 36 of 41 · published 2020
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37
Book 37 of 41 · published 2021
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38
Book 38 of 41 · published 2022
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39
Book 39 of 41 · published 2023
L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40
Book 40 of 41 · published 2024
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41
Latest in the series · book 41 of 41 · published 2025
Tiger in the Sky
Book 2 of 5 · published 1999 Anthology · David Brin,Sheila Finch
Boondoggle
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2025 Anthology · David Brin,Tom Easton,Torion Oey
The Presidential Papers
Series opener · book 1 of 32 · published 1984 Anthology · John H. Kessel
The Left Left Behind
Book 3 of 32 · published 2009 Anthology · Terry Bisson,Eleanor Arnason
The Underbelly
Book 5 of 32 · published 2010 Anthology · Gary Phillips,Eleanor Arnason
Mammoths of the Great Plains
Book 6 of 32 · published 2010 Anthology · Eleanor Arnason
The Wild Girls
Book 7 of 32 · published 2011 Anthology · Ursula K. Le Guin,Eleanor Arnason
Modem Times 2.0
Book 8 of 32 · published 2011 Anthology · Michael Moorcock,Eleanor Arnason
The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
Book 9 of 32 · published 2011 Anthology · Cory Doctorow,Eleanor Arnason
Report from Planet Midnight
Book 11 of 32 · published 2012 Anthology · Nalo Hopkinson,Eleanor Arnason
The Science of Herself
Book 12 of 32 · published 2013 Anthology · Karen Joy Fowler,Eleanor Arnason
Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials
Book 13 of 32 · published 2013 Anthology · Eleanor Arnason,Paul Krassner
Raising Hell
Book 15 of 32 · published 2014 Anthology · Norman Spinrad,Eleanor Arnason
Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be
Book 18 of 32 · published 2016 Anthology · Joe R. Lansdale
Fire.
Book 19 of 32 · published 2017 Anthology · Elizabeth Hand,Eleanor Arnason
The Atheist in the Attic
Book 21 of 32 · published 2018 Anthology · Samuel R. Delany,Eleanor Arnason
Thoreau's Microscope
Book 22 of 32 · published 2018 Anthology · Michael Blumlein,Eleanor Arnason
Utopias of the Third Kind
Book 28 of 32 · published 2021 Anthology · Vandana Singh
The Collapsing Frontier
Book 30 of 32 · published 2024 Anthology · Jonathan Lethem
She is Here
Latest in the series · book 32 of 32 · published 2026 Anthology · Nicola Griffith
Solaris Rising
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2011 Anthology · Pat Cadigan,Mike Resnick,Stephen Baxter,Lavie Tidhar,Ken MacLeod,Peter F. Hamilton,Ian Watson,Eric Brown,Adam Roberts,Paul Di Filippo,Alastair Reynolds,Tricia Sullivan,Ian Whates,Richard Salter
Solaris Rising 1.5
Book 2 of 3 · published 2012 Anthology · Paul Cornell,Tanith Lee,Mike Resnick,Aliette de Bodard,Adam Roberts,Paul Di Filippo,Ian Whates,Gareth L. Powell,Sarah Lotz,Philip Vine
Tau Ceti
Series opener · book 1 of 8 · published 2011 Anthology · Kevin J. Anderson,Steven Savile
When the Blue Shift Comes
Book 3 of 8 · published 2012 Anthology · Robert Silverberg,Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Red Tide
Book 6 of 8 · published 2014 Anthology · Larry Niven,Matthew Joseph Harrington,Brad R. Torgersen
Wishing on a Star
Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2015 Anthology · Jody Lynn Nye
Universe 11
Book 11 of 17 · published 1981 Co-authored · Kim Stanley Robinson,William Gibson,Michael Swanwick,Carter Scholz,Michael Bishop,Ian Watson,Carol Emshwiller,Josephine Saxton,Terry Carr
Universe 13
Book 13 of 17 · published 1983 Anthology · Kim Stanley Robinson,Lucius Shepard,Michael Bishop,Ian Watson,Terry Carr,Bruce Sterling,Leanne Frahm,Bill Bickel
Universe 17
Latest in the series · book 17 of 17 · published 1987 Anthology · Terry Carr
Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction
Series opener · book 1 of 19 · published 1980 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Tanith Lee,Phyllis Eisenstein,Gene Wolfe,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Arnie Bateman,Alan Dean Foster,Martin Gardner,Randall Garrett,Rob Chilson,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,Richard S. McEnroe,Jeff Duntemann,R.N. Bracewell,K.W. MacAnn,G. Richard Bozarth
Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far
Book 2 of 19 · published 1981 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Frederik Pohl,Carter Scholz,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Jack Williamson,Darrell Schweitzer,John Brunner,Juleen Brantingham,Martin Gardner,Richard Wilson,Milton A. Rothman,Elizabeth Anne Hull,Sharon Webb,Somtow Sucharitkul,Lee Weinstein,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre,William Tuning,Francis E. Izzo,Paul David Novitski,Lee Russell,Seth S. Horowitz,Tol E. Rant,S. Dale,Julie Flores,Tony Sarowitz
Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own
Book 3 of 19 · published 1983 Anthology · Connie Willis,Ursula K. Le Guin,Pat Cadigan,Joan D. Vinge,Tanith Lee,Pamela Sargent,Lee Killough,Mary Gentle,Mildred Downey Broxon,Shawna McCarthy,Sharon Webb,Leigh Kennedy,Stephanie A. Smith,Cherie Wilkerson,Julie Stevens,Sydney J. Van Scyoc,Cyn Mason,P.A. Kagan,P.J. MacQuarrie,Janet O. Jeppson,Beverly Grant,Hope Athearn
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy!
Book 4 of 19 · published 1989 Anthology · Connie Willis,George R.R. Martin,Ron Goulart,John Kessel,George Alec Effinger,Robert Thurston,Tanith Lee,Lucius Shepard,Scott Baker,Lillian Carl,Juleen Brantingham,Lee Killough,Ian McDowell,Daphne Castell,Sharon N. Farber,Richard Kearns,Shawna McCarthy,Leigh Kennedy,Gregg Keizer,Kristi Olesen
Isaac Asimov's Aliens
Book 5 of 19 · published 1991 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Robots
Book 6 of 19 · published 1991 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Rob Chilson
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite
Book 7 of 19 · published 1993 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,John M. Ford
Isaac Asimov's War
Book 8 of 19 · published 1993 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams
Book 9 of 19 · published 1994 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep
Book 10 of 19 · published 1995 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts
Book 11 of 19 · published 1995 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Terry Bisson
Isaac Asimov's Christmas
Book 12 of 19 · published 1997 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Camelot
Book 13 of 19 · published 1998 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois,Eleanor Arnason
Isaac Asimov's Detectives
Book 14 of 19 · published 1998 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Werewolves
Book 15 of 19 · published 1999 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Suzy McKee Charnas,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Solar System
Book 16 of 19 · published 1999 Anthology · Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Utopias
Book 17 of 19 · published 2000 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Father Day
Book 18 of 19 · published 2001 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Halloween
Latest in the series · book 19 of 19 · published 2001 Anthology · Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction
Series opener · book 1 of 95 · published 1979
Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction
Book 4 of 95 · published 1984
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection
Book 9 of 95 · published 1990
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1991
Book 11 of 95 · published 1991
The Year's Best Science Fiction, Thirteenth Annual Collection
Book 19 of 95 · published 1996
New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction
Book 34 of 95 · published 2003
Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian
Book 35 of 95 · published 2003
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Edition
Book 37 of 95 · published 2004
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels
Book 40 of 95 · published 2005
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition
Book 43 of 95 · published 2008
Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, February 2008
Book 44 of 95 · published 2008
Enter a Future: Fantastic Tales from Asimov's Science Fiction
Book 50 of 95 · published 2010
Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology
Book 59 of 95 · published 2013
Coming Soon Enough Six Tales of Technology's Future
Book 62 of 95 · published 2014
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection
Book 67 of 95 · published 2014
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas 2015
Book 72 of 95 · published 2015
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One
Book 77 of 95 · published 2016
The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume Three
Book 79 of 95 · published 2017
Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 40, September 2019
Book 84 of 95 · published 2019
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Five
Book 87 of 95 · published 2020
Asimov\'s Science Fiction Magazine, September 1993
Book 94 of 95 · published 1993
The Year's Best Science Fiction: 21 Annual Edition
Latest in the series · book 95 of 95 · published 2004
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Nancy Kress?
Nancy Kress is a published American author. She also goes by the name of Anna Kendall. She has also worked on a variety of movie sets in addition to writing many novels and series.
Which Nancy Kress series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Universe series, the earliest of Nancy Kress's multi-book series: it opens with Universe 1 (1971) and runs to 17 books across 1971–1987, ending with Universe 17 (1987). Nancy Kress's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Nancy Kress written?
Nancy Kress has 318 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1971 and 2028. 183 of them belong to 17 named series — the largest being the Universe series with 17 books — and 135 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Nancy Kress's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Nancy Kress's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Universe (1971–1987, 17 books), Elements of Fiction Writing (1988–1995, 7 books) and Sleepless (1993–1996, 3 books), plus 7 more.
How are Nancy Kress's books organised into series?
This guide splits Nancy Kress's 318 books into 17 named series and 135 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Universe (17 books, 1971–1987); Elements of Fiction Writing (7 books, 1988–1995); Out Of Time (5 books, 1999–2025); Yesterday's Kin Trilogy (4 books, 2014–2018); Probability Trilogy (3 books, 2000–2002), plus 12 further series.