Sci-Fi Writer Samuel Delany on Identity, Writing, and Risk

A one-of-a-kind giant of American literature, Samuel Delany is a disruptive practitioner of “outsider art,” an explorer of African-American and Gay identities, and one of the most influential and innovative science fiction writers of the last half century.

Winner of four Nebulas and two Hugos, Delany is a “Grand Master” of the Science Fiction Writers of America who has, for more than 50 years, published novels and short stories in the genre.

Since 1962, he has written dozens of books, including the sci-fi classics, Babel-17 (1966), Nova (1968), Dhalgren (1975), and the Return to Nevèrÿon series (1979-1987). Recent books include Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders (2012) and The Atheist in the Attic (2018).