The Windup Girl

The Windup Girl
	Hardcover edition
Author	Paolo Bacigalupi
Cover artist	Raphael Lacoste
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction, Biopunk
Publisher	Night Shade Books
Publication date	September 1, 2009
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	361
Awards	Hugo Award for Best Novel; Nebula Award for Best Novel; John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel; Seiun Award for Best Translated Novel; Compton Crook Award; Locus Award for Best First Novel; Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Best Foreign Work; Planete-SF Blogger's Award
ISBN	978-1-59780-158-4

The Windup Girl is a biopunk science fiction novel by American writer Paolo Bacigalupi. It was his debut novel and was published by Night Shade Books on September 1, 2009. The novel is set in a future Thailand and covers a number of contemporary issues such as global warming and biotechnology.

The Windup Girl was named as the ninth best fiction book of 2009 by Time magazine.^[1] It won the 2010 Nebula Award^[2] and the 2010 Hugo Award (tied with The City & the City by China Miéville),^[3] both for best novel. The book also won the 2010 Campbell Memorial Award,^[4] the 2010 Compton Crook Award and the 2010 Locus Award for best first novel.

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^ "2010 Nebula Awards". The Locus Index to SF Awards. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
^ Flood, Alison (September 6, 2010). "China Miéville and Paolo Bacigalupi tie for Hugo award". The Guardian. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
^ "Campbell Award winners". The Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas. Archived from the original on December 29, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2019.