Nisi Shawl edited the original New Suns anthology. They also edited Bloodchildren: Stories by the Octavia E. Butler Scholars and WisCon Chronicles 5: Writing and Racial Identity. They co-edited the anthologies Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany; and Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler. They wrote the 2016 Nebula finalist Everfair, and the 2008 Otherwise Award-winning collection Filter House. In 2005 they co-wrote Writing the Other: A Practical Approach, the standard text on inclusive representation in the imaginative genres.
“A blockbuster miscellany.”—Aurealis “New Suns 2 offers a composite picture of the best work being done in genre fiction right now”—The Washington Post “Go get this book and enjoy it.”—Lightspeed Magazine “Shawl uses their penchant for inclusive representation to remind you of the radiance of a promised sun.”—Locus