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{{short description|American comic creator and writer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox comics creator
| image = Ursula Vernon Worldcon 75 (cropped).jpg
| caption       = Vernon in 2017
| birth_name    = Ursula Vernon
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1977|5|28}}
| alias         = T. Kingfisher
| birth_place   = Japan<ref>{{Cite web|last=locusmag|date=April 12, 2021|title=Ursula Vernon: Shiny New Idea|url=https://locusmag.com/2021/04/ursula-vernon-shiny-new-idea/|access-date=April 14, 2021|website=Locus Online|language=en-US}}</ref>
| death_date    =
| death_place   =
| nationality   = American
| area          = Writer, artist, [[webcomics]] creator
| notable works = ''[[Digger (webcomic)|Digger]]'', Dragonbreath series, [[Nettle & Bone]]
| awards        = Ursa Major Award, Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Mythopoeic Award, WSFA Small Press Award, Locus Award
}}

'''Ursula Vernon''' (born May 28, 1977) is an American freelance writer, artist and illustrator. She has won numerous awards for her work in various mediums, including [[Hugo Award]]s for her graphic novel ''[[Digger (webcomic)|Digger]]'', fantasy novel ''[[Nettle & Bone]]'', and fantasy novella ''[[Thornhedge]]'', the [[Nebula Award]] for her short story "[[Jackalope Wives]]", and [[Mythopoeic Award]]s for adult and children's literature. Vernon's books for children include ''Hamster Princess'' and ''Dragonbreath''. Under the name '''T. Kingfisher''', she is also the author of books for older audiences. She writes short fiction under both names.

== Career ==
Ursula Vernon grew up in [[Oregon]] and [[Arizona]]. She studied [[anthropology]] at [[Macalester College]] in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]], where she first took art classes.<ref name=a>{{cite web
|url=http://www.epilogue.net/art/interviews/sept2004.html
|title=Interview with Ursula Vernon
|publisher=www.epilogue.net
|last=Vernon|first=Ursula|author2=Patrick Keith |date=September 2004|quote=Digger, ... is a fantasy about a wombat |access-date=March 6, 2011}}</ref> She first became known for her webcomics and as a freelance artist, particularly for her works containing [[anthropomorphic]] animals. She then moved into writing and illustrating a number of children's books, her first being published in 2008, and then books for adults under the pseudonym T. Kingfisher.<ref>{{Cite web|title=T. Kingfisher|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7367300.T_Kingfisher|access-date=October 20, 2020|website=[[Goodreads]]}}</ref><ref>[http://www.redwombatstudio.com/portfolio/writing/books-for-adults Books for Adults], by Ursula Vernon, at RedWombatStudio.com; retrieved October 20, 2020</ref> She decided to start using the pseudonym in order to avoid confusion amongst parents who were only familiar with her as a children's book author,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Interview with Ursula Vernon|url=https://apex-magazine.com/interview-with-ursula-vernon/|access-date=February 28, 2021|website=[[Apex Magazine]] |date=January 6, 2015}}</ref> and chose it because she loves [[kingfisher]]s (and as an homage to Ursula K. LeGuin, who once joked that the initials "U.K." could stand for "Ulysses Kingfisher").<ref>{{Cite web|title=Q&A: T.Kingfisher|url=https://www.thenerddaily.com/t-kingfisher-author-interview/|access-date=February 28, 2021|website=www.thenerddaily.com|date=October 2020}}</ref> Vernon has published short fiction under both names, and has won a number of awards for them including the [[Hugo Award]] and [[Nebula Award]].

She regularly attends [[Convention (meeting)|conventions]] to exhibit and sell her work. She has been a guest of honor at [[Midwest FurFest]] 2004 and 2009, and the Artist Guest of Honor at [[Further Confusion]] 2010. Vernon was the Author Guest of Honor for Mythcon 45<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/mythcon-45|title=Mythcon 45 – August 2014 – Mythopoeic Society|work=[[Mythopoeic Society]]|access-date=April 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406192814/http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/mythcon-45/|archive-date=April 6, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a Guest of Honor at [[Eurofurence]] 20, both in August 2014.  In 2017, she was the Author Guest of Honor at [[Arisia]] '17.

Vernon podcasts with her husband, Kevin Sonney.<ref>{{cite web |title=Other media |url=http://www.redwombatstudio.com/other-media/ |website=Red Wombat Studio |access-date=July 28, 2019}}</ref>

In June 2023, Vernon announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://file770.com/pixel-scroll-6-17-23-whoever-lives-in-glass-pixels-should-not-throw-scrolls/ | title=Pixel Scroll 6/17/23 Whoever Lives in Glass Pixels Should Not Throw Scrolls | date=June 18, 2023 }}</ref> however, by December of that year, she announced that her treatment had been successful and she was "cancer-free".<ref name=Cancer-Free>{{cite web | url=https://file770.com/pixel-scroll-12-30-23-always-cool-to-see-a-reference-to-big-pixel-and-the-scrolling-company// | title=Pixel Scroll 12/30/23 Always Cool To See A Reference To Big Pixel And The Scrolling Company| date=December 29, 2023}}</ref>

== Works ==

=== Books for younger audiences ===
Vernon is the author and illustrator of the ''Dragonbreath'' and ''Hamster Princess'' children's book series, published by Dial Books:

==== Dragonbreath series ====

* ''Dragonbreath''. (2009). {{ISBN|9780803733633}}
* ''Dragonbreath: Attack of the Ninja Frogs''. (2010). {{ISBN|9780803733657}}
* ''Dragonbreath: Curse of the Were-Weiner''. (2010). {{ISBN|9780803734692}}
* ''Dragonbreath: Lair of the Bat Monster''. (2011). {{ISBN|9780803735255}}
* ''Dragonbreath: No Such Thing as Ghosts''. (2011). {{ISBN|9780803735279}}
* ''Dragonbreath: Revenge of the Horned Bunnies''. (2012). {{ISBN|9780803736771}}
* ''Dragonbreath: When Fairies Go Bad''. (2012). {{ISBN|9780803736788}}
* ''Dragonbreath: Nightmare of the Iguana''. (2013). {{ISBN|9780803738461}}
* ''Dragonbreath: The Case of the Toxic Mutants''. (2013). {{ISBN|9780803738478}}
* ''Dragonbreath: Knight-napped!''. (2015). {{ISBN|9780803738492}}
* ''Dragonbreath: The Frozen Menace''. (2016). {{ISBN|9780803739864}}

==== Hamster Princess series ====

* ''Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible''. (August 18, 2015). {{ISBN|9780803739833}}
* ''Hamster Princess: Of Mice and Magic''. (March 15, 2016). {{ISBN|9780803739840}}
* ''Hamster Princess: Ratpunzel''. (October 18, 2016). {{ISBN|9780803739857}}
* ''Hamster Princess: Giant Trouble''. (May 9, 2017). {{ISBN|9780399186523}}
* ''Hamster Princess: Whiskerella''. (January 23, 2018). {{ISBN|9780399186554}}
* ''Hamster Princess: Little Red Rodent Hood''. (September 25, 2018). {{ISBN|9780399186585}}

==== Other children's books ====
* ''Nurk: The Strange Surprising Adventures Of A (Somewhat) Brave Shrew''. (2008). [[Harcourt (publisher)|Harcourt]]. {{ISBN|9780152063757}}
* ''Castle Hangnail''. (April 21, 2015) Dial Books. {{ISBN|9780803741294}})

=== Books for older audiences ===

Written as Ursula Vernon:

* ''It Made Sense at the Time: Selected Sketches''. (November 18, 2004). Sofawolf Press. {{ISBN|9780971267060}}
* ''Black Dogs Part 1: The House of Diamond''. (March 1, 2007). Sofawolf Press. {{ISBN|9780976921240}}
* ''Black Dogs Part 2: The Mountain of Iron''. (January 1, 2011). Sofawolf Press. {{ISBN|9781936689033}}

==== Temple of the White Rat books ====

The following books were written under the name T. Kingfisher and take place in what Vernon calls "the Temple of the White Rat world."<ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Vernon |first=Ursula |user=UrsulaV |number=1227323130156388352 |title=You do not have to read the other books in the Temple of the White Rat world, this is a fine entry point! But if you like it, we have three other books that you may enjoy afterward in the same universe!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Vernon |first=Ursula |user=UrsulaV |number=1227368617144127488 |title=Oh no obtuseness! No worries! Clockwork Boys & The Wonder Engine are a duology in the same universe. Swordheart stands alone but will eventually be a trilogy.}}</ref>

* ''Clockwork Boys''. ''Clocktaur War'' #1. (November 21, 2017). Red Wombat Tea Company. {{ISBN|9781614504061}}
* ''The Wonder Engine''. ''Clocktaur War'' #2. (February 27, 2018). Red Wombat Tea Company {{ISBN|9781614504177}}
* ''[[Swordheart]]''. (November 27, 2018). Argyll Productions. {{Isbn|9781614504634}}
* ''Paladin's Grace''. ''The Saint of Steel'' #1. (February 11, 2020) Red Wombat Studio. {{Isbn|9781614505211}}
* ''Paladin's Strength''. ''The Saint of Steel'' #2. (February 28, 2021). Red Wombat Studio. {{ISBN|9781614505303}}
* ''Paladin's Hope''. ''The Saint of Steel'' #3. (October 9, 2021). Red Wombat Studio. {{ISBN|9781614505518}}
* ''Paladin's Faith''. ''The Saint of Steel'' #4. (December 5, 2023). Red Wombat Studio. {{ISBN|9781614506096}}

==== The Sworn Soldier books ====

Under the pen name T. Kingfisher:

* ''[[What Moves The Dead]]''. (July 12, 2022). Tor Nightfire. {{Isbn|9781250830753}}
* ''[[What Feasts at Night]]''. (February 13, 2024). Tor Nightfire. {{Isbn|9781250830852}}

==== Other books for older audiences ====

Under the pen name T. Kingfisher:

* ''Nine Goblins''. (October 27, 2013). Red Wombat Tea Company. {{Isbn|9781310505768}}
* ''The Seventh Bride''. (November 11, 2014). Red Wombat Tea Company. {{Isbn|9781503949751}}
* ''Bryony & Roses''. (May 18, 2015). Red Wombat Tea Company. {{Isbn|9781614503996}}
* ''The Raven & The Reindeer''. (February 7, 2016). Red Wombat Tea Company. {{Isbn|9781614503897}}
* ''Summer in Orcus''. (September 2016). Red Wombat Tea Company. {{Isbn|9781936689606}}
* ''The Halcyon Fairy Book''. (January 19, 2017). [[NESFA Press]]. {{Isbn|9781610373265}}
* ''Minor Mage''. (July 29, 2019). Argyll Productions. {{Isbn|9781614505006}}
* ''[[The Twisted Ones]]''. (October 1, 2019). [[Simon & Schuster]]. {{ISBN|9781534429574}}
* ''[[A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking]]''. (July 21, 2020). Argyll Productions. {{Isbn|9781614505242}}
* ''The Hollow Places''. (October 6, 2020). Simon & Schuster. {{Isbn|9781534451124}}
* ''[[Nettle & Bone]]''. (April 26, 2022). [[Tor Books]]. {{Isbn|9781250244048}}
* ''Illuminations''. (November 25, 2022). Argyll Productions. {{Isbn|9781614505778}}
* ''[[A House with Good Bones]]''. (March 28, 2023). Tor Nightfire. {{Isbn|9781250829795}}
* ''[[Thornhedge]]''. (August 15, 2023). Tor Books. {{ISBN|9781250244093}}
* ''A Sorceress Comes to Call''. (August 6, 2024). Tor Books {{ISBN|9781250244079}}

===Webcomics===
Vernon is the author of the [[Eisner Award]]-nominated and [[Hugo Award]]-winning webcomic ''[[Digger (webcomic)|Digger]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webcomicoverlook.com/2010/07/16/the-webcomic-overlook-127-digger/|title=The Webcomic Overlook #127: Digger|last=Cruz|first=Larry |date=July 16, 2010 |quote=best known for Digger |access-date=February 17, 2011 }}</ref> A fantasy story featuring an anthropomorphic [[wombat]],<ref name="a"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60714F6395A0C748DDDA10894DD404482|title=CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; Comics Escape a Paper Box, and Electronic Questions Pop Out|last=Boxer|first=Sarah|date=August 17, 2005 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 6, 2011}}</ref> it is also available in six paperback books published between 2005 and 2011: Vol.&nbsp;1 ({{ISBN|9780976921226}}), Vol.&nbsp;2 ({{ISBN|0-9769212-6-X}}), Vol.&nbsp;3 ({{ISBN|9780979149634}}), Vol.&nbsp;4 ({{ISBN|9780981988337}}), Vol.&nbsp;5 ({{ISBN|9780981988399}}), and Vol.&nbsp;6 ({{ISBN|9781936689064}}), and as ''Digger: The Complete Omnibus Edition'' ({{ISBN|9781936689323}}), published in 2013. She is also the writer and illustrator of the webcomic ''Irrational Fears'' and the short stories "Little Creature" and "Little Creature and the Redcap".

=== Illustrations and art ===
Before becoming a published children's book author Vernon was primarily a freelance artist and illustrator, and she still regularly produces new works of art. Her work includes the creation of [[digital art]] as well as the use of more traditional mediums such as [[watercolour]] and acrylics, with much of her more recent work being [[mixed media]]. Most of her art work is available as prints. Vernon has also taken commercial commissions such as book covers and game art.

The game ''Black Sheep'' designed by [[Reiner Knizia]] and published by [[Fantasy Flight Games]] uses art by Vernon on its playing cards.<ref name=BS>
{{cite web
 |url          = http://new.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=57&esem=1
 |title        = Reiner Knizia's Black Sheep
 |publisher    = [[Fantasy Flight Games]]
 |access-date   = April 20, 2010
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110717092354/http://new.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=57&esem=1
 |archive-date = July 17, 2011
|url-status     = dead
 |df           = mdy-all
}}</ref>

Her artwork titled ''The Biting Pear of Salamanca'' became an [[internet meme]] in the form of the "LOL WUT pear"<ref name=BPoS>
{{cite web
|url=http://ursulav.deviantart.com/art/The-Biting-Pear-of-Salamanca-29677500
|title=The Biting Pear of Salamanca
|author=Ursula Vernon
|date=February 27, 2006
|access-date=March 30, 2009}}</ref> and has been made into a [[resin]] [[figurine]] due to its popularity.<ref name=PT>
{{cite web
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816012104/http://www.patchtogether.com/store/store/view/id/155
|title=Biting Pear (AKA LOL WUT PEAR)
|publisher=www.patchtogether.com}}</ref> She has also designed labels for a series of tea and soap products.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vernon |first=Ursula |date=June 5, 2008 |title=Tea! Tea! Tea! |url=https://redwombatstudio.com/2008/06/05/tea-tea-tea/ |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=Red Wombat Studio |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vernon |first=Ursula |date=July 12, 2007 |title=Red Wombat Studio |url=https://redwombatstudio.com/2007/07/12/2527/ |access-date=March 11, 2022 |website=Red Wombat Studio |language=en-US}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope=col style="min-width: 10em" |Award
! scope=col | Category
! scope=col | Year
! scope=col | Work
! scope=col style="min-width: 7em" | Result
! scope=col class=unsortable | {{refh}}
|- 
! scope=row style="font-weight: normal" rowspan=2 | [[British Fantasy Award]]
| rowspan=2 | [[British Fantasy Award|Horror Novel]]
| align=center | 2020
| ''[[The Twisted Ones]]'' 
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name=SFADB-Kingfisher/>
|-
| align=center | 2021
| ''[[The Hollow Places]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name=SFADB-Kingfisher/>
|-
! scope=row style="font-weight: normal" rowspan=3 | [[Dragon Awards|Dragon Award]] 
| rowspan=2 | [[Dragon Awards#Best Horror Novel|Horror Novel]]
| align=center | 2020
| ''[[The Twisted Ones]]'' 
| {{won}} 
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name="2020-dragon-winners">{{cite web|url=https://www.dragoncon.org/awards/2020-recipients/|title=2020 Recipients – The Dragon Award|access-date=September 14, 2021|work=[[Dragon Con]]}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 2021
| ''The Hollow Places'' 
| {{won}} 
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name="2021-dragon-winners">{{cite web|url=https://www.dragoncon.org/awards/2021-recipients/|title=2021 Recipients – The Dragon Award|access-date=September 14, 2021|work=[[Dragon Con]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dragon Awards#Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel|YA / Middle Grade Novel]] 
| align=center | 2021
| ''[[A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking]]'' 
| {{won}} 
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name="2021-dragon-winners"/>
|-
! scope=row style="font-weight: normal" rowspan=11 | [[Hugo Award]] 
| [[Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story|Graphic Story]] 
| align=center | 2012
| ''[[Digger (webcomic)|Digger]]'' 
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center"| <ref name=HUGO>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2012-hugo-awards/ |title=2012 Nominees |date=April 7, 2012 |work=[[The Hugo Awards]] |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=April 7, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hugo Award for Best Novelette|Novelette]] 
| align=center | 2017
| "[[The Tomato Thief]]" 
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center"| <ref name="hugo17">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2017-hugo-awards/ |title=2017 Hugo Awards |date=December 31, 2016 |work=[[The Hugo Awards]] |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=April 7, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| style="font-weight: normal" rowspan=3 | [[Hugo Award for Best Short Story|Short Story]] 
| align=center | 2018
| "[[Sun, Moon, Dust]]" 
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=2018 Hugo Awards |date=March 15, 2018 |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2018-hugo-awards/ |work=[[The Hugo Awards]]| publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=July 28, 2019}}</ref> 
|-
| align=center | 2019
| “The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society” 
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name=SFADB-Kingfisher>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfadb.com/T_Kingfisher |title=T. Kingfisher Awards |work=[[Science Fiction Awards Database]] |publisher=Locus Science Fiction Foundation |access-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805040619/http://www.sfadb.com/T_Kingfisher |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 2021
| “Metal Like Blood in the Dark” 
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name=tor-2021>{{cite web |title=Announcing the 2021 Hugo Award Winners |date=December 18, 2021 |url=https://www.tor.com/2021/12/18/2021-hugo-award-winners/ |work=[[Tor.com]] |publisher=Macmillan}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hugo Award for Best Series|Series]]
| align=center | 2022
| ''The World of the White Rat''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name=SFADB-Kingfisher/><ref>{{cite web |title=2022 Hugo Awards |url=https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2022-hugo-awards/ |website=The Hugo Awards |access-date=September 13, 2022 |date=April 7, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hugo Award for Best Novella|Novella]]
| align=center | 2023
| ''[[What Moves the Dead]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=2023 Hugo Awards |url=https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2023-hugo-awards/ |website=The Hugo Awards |access-date=December 31, 2024 |date=July 6, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hugo Award for Best Novel|Novel]]
| align=center | 2023
| ''[[Nettle & Bone]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=2023 Hugo Award Winners |url=https://file770.com/2023-hugo-award-winners/ |website=File 770 |access-date=October 22, 2023 |date=October 21, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hugo Award for Best Novella|Novella]]
| align=center | 2024
| ''[[Thornhedge]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=2024 Hugo Award Winners |url=https://file770.com/2024-hugo-award-winners/ |website=File 770 |access-date=August 22, 2024 |date=August 22, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[Hugo Award for Best Novel|Novel]]
| align center|2025
| ''A Sorceress Comes to Call''
|{{pending}}
|style="text-align: center" |<ref name="Hugo25">{{cite web |url=https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2025-hugo-awards/|title=2025 Hugo Awards|date=2025-04-10 |publisher=www.thehugoawards.org |access-date=2025-04-10 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[Hugo Award for Best Novella|Novella]]
| align center|2025
| ''[[What Feasts at Night]]''
|{{pending}}
|style="text-align: center" |<ref name="Hugo25"/>
|-
! scope=row style="font-weight: normal" rowspan=9 | [[Locus Award]]
| rowspan=3 | [[Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel|Fantasy Novel]]
| align=center | 2017
| ''The Wonder Engine''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name=SFADB-Kingfisher/> 
|-
| align=center | 2022
| ''Paladin's Strength''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref>{{cite magazine |title=2022 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists |url=https://locusmag.com/2022/05/2022-locus-awards-top-ten-finalists/ |magazine=[[Locus Magazine]] |date=May 10, 2022 |access-date=May 10, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2025
|''A Sorceress Comes To Call''
|{{won}}
|style="text-align: center"|<ref name="Locus2025">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/live/OHC4BKH47v0?si=rmYWanOsPJ05wV9v|title=2025 Locus Awards Ceremony|date=June 21, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Locus Award|Horror Novel]] 
| align=center | 2020
| ''[[The Twisted Ones]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name=SFADB-Kingfisher/>
|-
| align=center | 2021
| ''The Hollow Places'' 
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name=SFADB-Kingfisher/>
|-
| align=center | 2023
| ''What Moves the Dead'' 
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref>{{cite web | title=2023 Locus Awards Winners | website=Locus Online | date=June 25, 2023 | url=https://locusmag.com/2023/06/2023-locus-awards-winners/ | access-date=June 25, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[Locus Award for Best Short Story|Short Story]] 
| align=center | 2021
| "Fisher-Bird" 
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name=SFADB-Kingfisher/>
|-
| [[Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book|Young Adult Book]]
| align=center | 2021
| ''A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking'' 
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref>{{cite web | title=2020 Locus Award for Young Adult Novel| url=https://locusmag.com/2021/06/2021-locus-awards-winners/ |work=[[Locus Magazine]] | date=June 26, 2021 |access-date=June 27, 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Locus Award for Best Novella|Best Novella]]
|align=center|2025
|''[[What Feasts at Night]]''
|{{won}}
|<ref name="Locus2025"/>
|-
! scope=row style="font-weight: normal" rowspan=3 | [[Lodestar Award]]
| rowspan=3 | Young Adult Book
| align=center | 2018
| ''Summer in Orcus''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name=SFADB-Kingfisher/>
|-
| align=center | 2020 
| ''Minor Mage''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name=SFADB-Kingfisher/>
|-
| align=center | 2021
| ''A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking'' 
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name=tor-2021/>
|-
! scope=row style="font-weight: normal" rowspan=3 | [[Mythopoeic Awards|Mythopoeic Award]]
| [[Mythopoeic Awards#Adult Literature winners and nominees (1992–present)|Adult Literature]] 
| align=center | 2012
| ''[[Digger (webcomic)|Digger]]'' 
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name=MYTHO>{{cite web |url=http://www.mythsoc.org/news/mythopoeic-awards-201-winners-announced/ |title=Mythopoeic Awards: 2013 Winners Announced |work=[[Mythopoeic Society]] |access-date=June 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006191940/http://www.mythsoc.org/news/mythopoeic-awards-201-winners-announced/ |archive-date=October 6, 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Mythopoeic Awards#Children's Literature winners and nominees (1992–present)|Children's Literature]] 
| align=center | 2017
| ''Castle Hangnail'' 
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Mythopoeic Awards |url=http://www.mythsoc.org/awards/awards-fantasy.htm |work=[[Mythopoeic Society]] |access-date=July 28, 2019}}</ref> 
|-
| align=center | 2021
| ''A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking'' 
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name=mythopoeic-2021>{{cite web |url=https://mythsoc.org/awards/awards-2021.htm |title=Mythopoeic Awards — 2021 |work=[[The Mythopoeic Society]] |access-date=October 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! style="font-weight: normal" rowspan=3 | [[Nebula Award]]
| [[Nebula Award for Best Novel|Novel]]
| align=center | 2023
| ''[[Nettle and Bone]]''
| {{nom}}
| align=center | <ref>{{cite web |date=March 7, 2023 |title=SFWA Names the 58th Nebula Award Finalists |url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/58th-nebula-awards-finalists/ |work=[[Nebula Awards]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Andre Norton Award]]{{efn|In 2019, [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America|SFWA]] announced that the [[Andre Norton Award]] is considered a [[Nebula Award|Nebula]] category.<ref name="NEBrules">{{cite web |title=Nebula Rules |url=http://www.sfwa.org/nebula-awards/rules/ |work=[[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]] |access-date=December 12, 2011 |date=October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701111708/http://www.sfwa.org/nebula-awards/rules/ |archive-date=July 1, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NamedCategories">{{cite web |title=I am now officially a Nebula Award winner! |url=https://daviddlevine.com/2019/04/i-am-now-officially-a-nebula-award-winner/ |last=Levine |first=David D. |author-link=David D. Levine |date=April 10, 2019 |website=daviddlevine.com |access-date=February 24, 2020 |archive-date=February 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225042041/https://daviddlevine.com/2019/04/i-am-now-officially-a-nebula-award-winner/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It is awarded for middle grade or young adult science fiction or fantasy (or related genre), including graphic novels.}}
| align=center | 2021
| ''A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking'' 
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref>{{cite web | title=2020 Andre Norton Award| url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award/andre-norton-award/ |work=Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America |access-date=June 9, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Nebula Award for Best Short Story|Short Story]] 
| align=center | 2015
| ''[[Jackalope Wives]]'' 
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref name=NEBULA>{{cite web |url=https://www.sfwa.org/2015/06/nebula-award-winners-announced-2/ |title=2014 Nebula Award Winners Announced |date=June 6, 2015 |work=[[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]] |access-date=June 8, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope=row style="font-weight: normal" rowspan=1 | [[World Fantasy Award]]
| [[World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction|Short Fiction]] 
| align=center | 2015
| ''[[Jackalope Wives]]'' 
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center" | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfadb.com/World_Fantasy_Awards_2015 |title=World Fantasy Awards 2015 |work=[[Science Fiction Awards Database]] |publisher=Locus Science Fiction Foundation |access-date=November 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102162315/http://www.sfadb.com/World_Fantasy_Awards_2015 |archive-date=November 2, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

Vernon has also received the following accolades:
* Her cover for ''[[WikiFur:Best in Show|Best in Show]]'' won the 2003 Ursa Major Award for ''Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration''.<ref name=UMA>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2003.htm
|title=Award Winners 2003
|work=Ursa Major Awards
|access-date=April 20, 2010}}</ref> 
* For her work on ''[[Digger (webcomic)|Digger]]'', Vernon was nominated for the 2006 [[Eisner Award]]s in the category "Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition",<ref name=EA>
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners06nom.shtml
 |title       = Master Nominee List 2006 Eisner Awards
 |work   = [[San Diego Comic-Con International]]
 |access-date  = April 20, 2010
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20060614205557/http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners06nom.shtml
 |archive-date = June 14, 2006
|df          = mdy-all
}}</ref> and won the 2005 [[Web Cartoonists' Choice Award]] for "Outstanding Black and White Art". ''[[Digger (webcomic)|Digger]]'' has also been nominated in the "Outstanding Anthropomorphic Comic" category.<ref name=WCCA1>
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.ccawards.com/2005.htm
 |title       = 2005 Results
 |work        = Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards
 |access-date  = April 20, 2010
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175132/http://www.ccawards.com/2005.htm
 |archive-date = March 3, 2016
|df          = mdy-all
}}</ref><ref name=WCCA2>
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.ccawards.com/2007.htm
 |title       = 2007 Results
 |work        = Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards
 |access-date  = April 20, 2010
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100204090116/http://ccawards.com/2007.htm
 |archive-date = February 4, 2010
|df          = mdy-all
}}</ref> 
* "[[Jackalope Wives]]" (2014), "[[The Tomato Thief]]" (2016) and "Metal Like Blood in the Dark" (2020) won the [[WSFA Small Press Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |website=[[Locus Magazine]] |title=WSFA Small Press Award Winner |date=October 12, 2015 |url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2015/10/wsfa-small-press-award-winner-2/ |access-date=October 12, 2015}}</ref><ref name=SFADB-Vernon/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wsfasmallpressaward.org/The_History.php |title=WSFA Small Press Award - The History |work=[[Washington Science Fiction Association]] |access-date=October 2, 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal bar |Children's literature|Comics |Speculative fiction}}

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name=SFADB-Vernon>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Ursula_Vernon |title=Ursula Vernon Awards |work=[[Science Fiction Awards Database]] |publisher=Locus Science Fiction Foundation |access-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702032050/http://www.sfadb.com/Ursula_Vernon |archive-date=July 2, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
Personal websites
* [https://www.redwombatstudio.com/ RedWombatStudio.com]
* [http://ursulav.livejournal.com Bark Like a Fish, Damnit!], public [[Livejournal]] blog (last updated 2017)
* [https://diggercomic.com/ ''Digger'' webcomic]
Socials
* {{Twitter|id=ursulav}}
* [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/36276.Ursula_Vernon Ursula Vernon] on [[Goodreads]]
* [https://www.deviantart.com/ursulav Ursula Vernon] on [[DeviantArt]]
Catalogs
* {{ISFDB name|83177}}
* {{LCAuth|n2007060490|Ursula Vernon|}}
* [https://www.fantasticfiction.com/v/ursula-vernon/ Ursula Vernon] at Fantastic Fiction
* [https://www.freesfonline.net/authors/Ursula_Vernon.html Free Speculative Fiction Online], accessed March 4, 2022,
Publishers

* [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/246185/ursula-vernon/ Ursula Vernon] at [[Penguin Random House|Penguin Random]]
* [https://argyllproductions.com/product-cat/books/t-kingfisher/ Ursula Vernon] at [[Argyll productions|Argyll]]
* [https://www.uncannymagazine.com/authors/ursula-vernon/ Ursula Vernon] on ''[[Uncanny Magazine|Uncanny Mag]]''
* [https://www.audible.com/author/Ursula-Vernon/B001JRWD2G Ursula Vernon] on [[Audible (service)|Audible]]
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