Maria Dahvana Headley
American author
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| 2021 | Headley wins the Hugo Award for Best Related Work for her translation of Beowulf. |
| 2021 | Headley wins the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award for her translation of Beowulf. |
| 2020 | Won the World Fantasy Award, marking a significant achievement in her literary career. |
| 2020 | Her story 'Memoirs of an Imaginary Country' was published online. |
| August 2020 | Published her contemporary translation of Beowulf, which was critically acclaimed for its innovative approach to language and character portrayal. |
| 2019 | Gave birth to her son Grimoire with Will Badger. |
| 2019 | The Mere Wife was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, recognizing the book's innovative literary adaptation and imaginative storytelling. |
| 2018 | Met Will Badger at an event for her novel The Mere Wife, who invited her to deliver the Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature. |
| 2017 | Nominated for a World Fantasy Award in Short Fiction for her work 'Little Widow'. |
| 2017 | Headley's story 'Memoirs of an Imaginary Country' was published in the Boston Review's special fiction issue Global Dystopias. |
| October 2015 | Her story 'Some Gods of El Paso' was published as a Tor.com Original. |
| October 2015 | Maria Dahvana Headley's novel 'The Mere Wife' was acquired by Farrar, Straus and Giroux at auction, with editor Sean McDonald describing it as a contemporary Beowulf adaptation set in New York. |
| September 2014 | The novella 'The End of the Sentence', co-written with Kat Howard, was published by Subterranean Press and named one of NPR's Best Books of 2014. |
| 2013 | Recognized as a Shirley Jackson Award Finalist, highlighting her literary accomplishments. |
| 2013 | Her short story 'Moveable Beast' was published in the Unnatural Creatures anthology and became a Nebula Award finalist in the short story category. |
| 2013 | Her short story 'The Krakatoan' was published in The Lowest Heaven anthology and simultaneously in Nightmare magazine. |
| 2013 | Headley contributed a mummies and candy story, 'Bit-U-Men', to The Book of the Dead anthology published by Jurassic London and the Egypt Exploration Society. |
| 2013 | Headley's short story 'The Traditional' was published in Lightspeed magazine. |
| 2013 | Her short story 'The Traditional' is a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award. |
| 2012 | Divorced Robert Schenkkan, ending her first marriage. |
| 2012 | Nominated as a Nebula Award Finalist, recognizing her significant achievement in speculative fiction writing. |
| 2012 | The novelette 'Game' was published by Subterranean Press and later appeared in The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2013. |
| 2012 | Headley published the short story 'Seeräuber' about a Jenny Haniver with Subterranean Press. |
| July 2012 | Her short story 'Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream' is published in Lightspeed magazine and becomes a Nebula Award nominee in the short story category. |
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