Siobhan Carroll (born 1980) is a Canadian writer and professor of English at University of Delaware. She specializes in British literature from 1750 to 1850.
Early years
Carroll was raised in Vancouver and moved to the United States in 2005, where she received her Ph.D. in English from Indiana University at Bloomington. In 2008 she joined the faculty at University of Delaware. She published her first short story at age 20.
Career
Carroll is a humanities scholar and as a professor, specializes in British literature from 1750 to 1850. She teaches British Literature, Literature and Drama, Cultural Studies, Transatlantic/Transnational Studies, Environmental Humanities, Creative Writing and American Literature.
In 2015 Carroll released a nonfiction text titled An Empire of Air and Water: Uncolonizable Space in the British Imagination, 1750-1850 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015), which describes the relationship between science, literature and exploration in the expansion of the British Empire. She is also the author of essays, reviews and peer-reviewed articles.
Carroll has published a number of short stories in magazines including Asimov's, Lightspeed and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. In 2020 her fantasy novelette from Tor.com For He Can Creep won the 2020 Eugie Award, and was a finalist for the 2019 Nebula Award for Best Novelette, the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, and the 2020 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction.
In 2016 Carroll was recipient of a fellowship grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts. She has taught at Clarion West.
Personal life
Carroll is married and lives in Philadelphia.