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#1 (1974): Robert A. Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988)
#2 (1975): Jack Williamson (April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006)
#3 (1976): Clifford D. Simak (August 3, 1904 – April 25, 1988)
#4 (2015): L. Sprague de Camp (November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000)
#5 (1981): Fritz Leiber (December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992)
#6 (1984): Andre Norton (February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005)
#7 (1985): Arthur C. Clarke (December 16, 1917 – March 19, 2008)
#8 (1986): Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992)
#9 (1987): Alfred Bester (December 18, 1913 – September 30, 1987)
#10 (1988): Ray Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012)
#11 (1990): Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993)
#12 (1992): Frederik Pohl (November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013)
#13 (1994): Damon Knight (September 19, 1922 – April 15, 2002)
#14 (1995): A. E. van Vogt (April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000)
#15 (1996): Jack Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013)
#16 (1997): Poul Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001)
#17 (1998): Hal Clement (May 30, 1922 – October 29, 2003)
#18 (1999): Brian W. Aldiss (August 18, 1925 – August 19, 2017)
#19 (2000): Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009)
#20 (2002): Ursula K. Le Guin (October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018)
#21 (2003): Robert Silverberg (January 15, 1935 – Present)
#22 (2004): Anne McCaffrey (April 1, 1926 – November 21, 2011)
#23 (2005): Harlan Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018)
#24 (2006): James Gunn (July 12, 1923 – December 23, 2020)
#25 (2007): Michael Moorcock (December 18, 1939 – Present)
#26 (2008): Harry Harrison (March 12, 1925 – August 15, 2012)
#27 (2009): Joe Haldeman (June 9, 1943 – Present)
#28 (2011): Connie Willis (December 31, 1945 – Present)
#29 (2014): Gene Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019)
#30 (2013): Samuel R. Delany (April 1, 1942 – Present)
#31 (2014): Larry Niven (April 30, 1938 – Present)
#32 (2015): C. J. Cherryh (September 1, 1942 – Present)
#33 (2016): Jane Yolen (February 11, 1939 – June 11, 2026)
#34 (2017): Peter S. Beagle (April 20, 1939 – Present)
#35 (2018): William Gibson (March 17, 1948 – Present)
#36 (2019): Lois McMaster Bujold (November 2, 1949 – Present)
#37 (2020): Nalo Hopkinson (December 20, 1960 – Present)
#38 (2021): Mercedes Lackey (June 24, 1950 – Present)
#39 (2022): Robin McKinley (November 16, 1952 – Present)
#40 (2023): Susan Cooper (May 23, 1935 – Present)
#41 (2024): Nicola Griffith (September 30, 1960 – Present)
#42 (2025): N. K. Jemisin (September 19, 1972 – Present)
#43 (2026): Nancy Kress (January 20, 1948 – Present)

Damon Knight Memorial Grand Masters

Joe Haldeman

Conferred in 2009 as the 27th Grand Master (Award Ceremony in 2010)

Official Announcement
Joe William Haldeman (born June 9, 1943) is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his 1974 novel The Forever War. That novel, and other of his works including The Hemingway Hoax (1991) and Forever Peace (1997), have won major science fiction awards including the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. For his career writing science fiction and/or fantasy he is a SFWA Grand Master and since 2012 a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

Joe William Haldeman (born June 9, 1943) is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his 1974 novel The Forever War. That novel, and other of his works including The Hemingway Hoax (1991) and Forever Peace (1997), have won major science fiction awards including the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. For his career writing science fiction and/or fantasy he is a SFWA Grand Master and since 2012 a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

Many of Haldeman’s works, including his debut novel and The Forever War (his second) were inspired by his experience serving in the Vietnam War, where he was wounded in combat, and by his adjustment to civilian life after returning home.

The Science Fiction Writers of America officers and past presidents selected Haldeman as the 27th SFWA Grand Master in 2009, and he received the corresponding Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement as a writer during Nebula Awards® weekend in 2010. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted him in June 2012. He has also won numerous annual awards for particular works. He is a lifetime member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), and past-president.

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