Laura J. Mixon

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Laura J. Mixon (* 8. December 1957 in Roswell , New Mexico ) is an American science fiction - writer and chemical and environmental engineer . She has been writing under the pseudonym Morgan J. Locke since 2011 . She also writes under this name in the group blog Eat Our Brains .

Mixon writes about the impact of changes in technology and the environment on identity and social structure . Her work has been the subject of academic studies on technology, feminism and gender . Together with game developer Chris Crawford , she also experimented with hypertext fiction . In 2015, she received the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer for her report on the online activities of her fellow writer Benjanun Sriduangkaew .

biography

Mixon was born in December 1957. She studied chemical and environmental engineering. In the 1980s she served in the Peace Corps in East Africa for a number of years . Her first book Astropilots was published in 1987 as part of a youth literature series by Scholastic / Omni. Her second novel, Glass Houses , first appeared in several episodes of Analog magazine in 1991 and in book form with Tor Books the following year. Proxies , her next book, is set in the same universe as Glass Houses . The sequel Burning the Ice takes place many years later.

Mixon is married to science fiction writer Steven Gould , with whom she wrote the novel Greenwar . The couple live in Albuquerque , New Mexico and have two daughters.

Mixon received the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 2015 for an online contribution that "describes the malicious behavior of a female left-wing Internet troll". George RR Martin praised Mixon's “detailed, eloquent and devastating exposure of the nasty internet troll known as 'Requires Hate' and 'Winterfox'”, describing it as “a great journalistic contribution, an important contribution to the issues of growing concern to them Appeals to a fan base in this Internet age. "

Works (selection)

Novels:

  • Astropilots (USA: Omni Odysseys / Scholastic pb, June 1987; UK: Dragon Books pb, 1987; Japan: Hayakawa Books pb, 1989)
  • Glass Houses ( Analog Magazine, December 1991; Tor Books pb, May 1992)
  • Greenwar , with Steven Gould (Forge Books, June 1997)
  • Proxies (Tor Books, September 1998)
  • Burning the Ice (Tor Books, August 2002)
  • Up Against It (Tor Books, March 2011) as Morgan J. Locke

Short novels:

Stories:

  • The Lamia's Tale ( Wild Cards XIII , Baen Books, March 1993)
  • At Tide's Turning ( Asimov’s , April 2001; Worldmakers , St. Martin's Press, December 2001)

Short stories:

  • True North as Morgan J. Locke ( Welcome to the Greenhouse , edited by Gordon van Gelder, O / R Press February 2011)

Non-fiction:

  • A Pilgrim's Progress: My Experiments with a New Interactive Storytelling Technology. In: The SFWA Bulletin , May 1997.
  • Writing on the Edges: The Science in Science Fiction. In: The SFWA Bulletin , June 1999.
  • A Report on Damage Done by One Individual Under Several Names. on Mixon's LiveJournal

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Viable Paradise profile: Laura J. Mixon ( Memento of the original from November 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 12, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sff.net
  2. ^ A conversation in 140 character bites.
  3. ↑ About Me.
  4. ↑ a b Storytron Online - Team Member Bio of Laura J. Mixon ( Memento of the original from September 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.storytron.com
  5. ↑ a b Amy Wallace: Who Won Science Fiction's Hugo Awards, and Why It Matters (wired.com - August 23, 2015)
  6. ↑ Steven Gould & Laura J. Mixon: Two by Two.
  7. ↑ Green Dreams, with Explosions Interview by Mixon and Steven Gould with Jayme Lynn Blaschke.
  8. ↑ Not A Blog: For Your Consideration: Stuff Not By Me , March 8, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Mixon, Laura J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Locke, Morgan J. (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer and chemical and environmental engineer
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1957