Catherynne M. Valente | Featured author

Featured author

Catherynne M. Valente

SCIENCE FICTION author

SCIENCE FICTION
Known for Comfort Me With Apples
Shelf SCIENCE FICTION
Selected works 9
Known for Comfort Me With Apples
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Biography

Biography

Catherynne M. Valente writes science fiction, building work that invites readers toward strange futures, shadowed worlds, and bold speculative premises.

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Selected and fact-checked against Hardcover and Open Library.

Notable works

Notable works

Comfort Me With Apples cover
Comfort Me With Apples · 2021Rating 3.58 · 241
Space Opera cover
Space Opera · 2017Rating 3.33 · 149
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making cover
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making · 1996Rating 3.94 · 111
Deathless cover
Deathless · 2011Rating 3.99 · 81
Radiance cover
Radiance · 2015Rating 3.45 · 56
The Past Is Red cover
The Past Is Red · 2021Rating 4.01 · 80
In the Night Garden cover
In the Night Garden · 2006Rating 4.17 · 33
Palimpsest cover
Palimpsest · 2009Rating 3.43 · 35
From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back cover
From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back · 2017Rating 3.43 · 49
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers cover
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers · 2019Rating 3.72 · 18
Six-Gun Snow White cover
Six-Gun Snow White · 2013Rating 3.55 · 37
The refrigerator monologues cover
The refrigerator monologues · 2017Rating 3.90 · 34
How to cite this feature

How to cite this feature

Significant Figures Editors. “Catherynne M. Valente.” Significant Figures, Featured authors, June 2026. https://sigfigsstudio.com/featured/authors/catherynne-m-valente/.