Even the Queen, & Other Short Stories by Connie Willis

Even when technology solves a major problem, someone is going to rebel. 'Even the Queen' was best the first time I read it, but I still enjoyed it this time through. All of them were funny and thought provoking. Somewhat uneven, but overall I enjoyed these stories. Her protagonists are typically beset by single-minded people pursuing illogical agendas, such as attempting to organize a bell-ringing session in the middle of a deadly epidemic ( Doomsday Book), or frustrating efforts to analyze near-death experiences by putting words in the mouths of interviewees ( Passage). Willis tends to the comedy of manners style of writing. These pieces include her Hugo Award-winning novels Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog and the short story 'Fire Watch,' found in the short story collection of the same name. She has written several pieces involving time travel by history students and faculty of the future University of Oxford. Willis is known for her accessible prose and likable characters. She lives in Greeley, Colorado with her husband Courtney Willis, a professor of physics at the University of Northern Colorado.

She was the 2011 recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA).

Willis most recently won a Hugo Award for All Seated on the Ground (August 2008). She has won, among other awards, ten Hugo Awards and six Nebula Awards. She is one of the most honored science fiction writers of the 1980s and 1990s.

Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis is an American science fiction writer.

Even the Queen, & Other Short Stories by Connie Willis