It's happened just three times before, a writer winning both of the first novel awards in the Science Fiction/Fantasy genre. Donald Kingsbury did it for his novel Courtship Rite in 1983. Michael Flynn did it in 1991 for his novel In the Country of the Blind. Naomi Novik did it two years ago for her novel His Majesty's Dragon. And this year my novel Singularity's Ring won both the Compton Crook Award and the Locus Award for Best First Novel.

Frankly, it's quite shocking. I didn't expect it. It's not something I have any control over. Yet, it's happened. Thank you to all the readers!

From Covers

Paul