Buckner's fourth novel, Watermind, won the Barnes & Noble SF Top Ten ranking for 2009.
Buckner's work has been published in five languages: Japanese, Chinese, German, Spanish and English.
According to a review in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,[1] Buckner is "one of the best writers working in our genre today."
Buckner studied English at Memphis State University and earned an M.A.
Twice, she has been interviewed on the podcast The Future And You: first in December 2005 concerning global warming and then in May 2006, shortly after winning the Philip K. Dick Award, to describe the experience.