Catherine Asaro

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Catherine Asaro

Catherine Ann Asaro (born November 6, 1955 in Oakland , California ) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

Life

Catherine Asaro was born in Oakland, California. She grew up in El Cerrito , a small town north of Berkeley (California) .

She was trained in ballet when she was young and at the age of 15 she passed the entrance test for admission to the Royal Academy in London . But she decided not to study ballet there because her love for the natural sciences won out.

Instead, she studied at Harvard University , where she earned a master's degree in physics and a doctorate in chemical physics, and the University of California , where she was awarded a bachelor's degree with Highest Honors in chemistry .

During her student days at Harvard, she worked as a prima ballerina and choreographer for "The Mainly Jazz Dancers" and "The Harvard University Ballet". They made appearances on the east and west coasts of America as well as in Ohio . After their graduation, the Mainly Jazz Dancers were taken over by other (not yet graduated) students and converted into a permanent establishment of the university.

Catherine Asaro has conducted research at the University of Toronto in Canada , the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in the USA (applied quantum physics to describe the behavior of atoms and molecules) . Catherine Asaro was a physics professor at Kenyon College until 1990 . At that time she founded Molecudyne Research, a research facility that she still runs today.

Catherine Asaro was meanwhile President of SFWA . When she's not writing or doing guest appearances at various conferences, she teaches a math club for homeschool children of all ages.

She lives with her husband, John Kendall Cannizzo ( astrophysicist of NASA ) and her daughter (ballet dancer and mathematician) in Maryland .

Catherine Asaro is predominantly a representative of speculative romance . Depending on your point of view, she writes

Awards

  • 1998 Analog Award for Aurora in Four Voices for best narrative
  • 1999 HOMer Award for Aurora in Four Voices for best story
  • 2000 Analog Award for A Roll of the Dice for best story
0000HOMer Award for The Veiled Web for best novel
  • 2001 HOMer Award for A Roll of the Dice as best story
  • 2002 Nebula Award for The Quantum Rose for best novel
  • 2003 Analog Award for Walk in Silence as best story
  • 2009 Nebula Award for The Spacetime Pool for best story

bibliography

Saga of the Skolian Empire

German translations by Ulf Ritgen.

  • 1 Skyfall (2003)
  • 2 Schism (2004)
  • 3 The Final Key (2005)
  • 4 The Last Hawk (1997)
    • German: the last falcon. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction # 24319, 2004, ISBN 3-404-24319-6 .
  • 5 Primary Inversion (1995)
    • German: The PSI factor. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei-Lübbe SF Special # 24309), Bergisch Gladbach 2002, ISBN 3-404-24309-9 .
  • 6 The Radiant Seas (1999)
    • German: The Radiant Sea. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei-Lübbe SF Special # 24329), Bergisch Gladbach 2004, ISBN 3-404-24329-3 .
  • 7 Ascendant Sun (2000)
    • German: The third lock. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei-Lübbe SF Special # 24334), Bergisch Gladbach 2005, ISBN 3-404-24334-X .
  • 8 Spherical Harmonic (2001)
    • German: music of the spheres. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei-Lübbe SF Special # 24347), Bergisch Gladbach 2006, ISBN 3-404-24347-1 .
  • 9 the moon's shadow (2003)
  • 10 The Quantum Rose (3 parts in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 1999  ff.)
    • German: The Quantum Rose. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei-Lübbe SF Special # 24342), Bergisch Gladbach 2005, ISBN 3-404-24342-0 .
  • 11 The Ruby Dice (2008)
  • 12 Diamond Star (2009)
  • 13 Carnelians (2011)
  • 14 Catch the Lightning (1996; also: Lighning Strike I , 2014)
    • German: Hunter of the Light. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei-Lübbe SF Special # 24317), Bergisch Gladbach 2003, ISBN 3-404-24317-X .

Short stories:

  • Light and Shadow (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 1994 )
  • Aurora in Four Voices (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 1998 )
  • A Roll of the Dice (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2000 )
  • Ave de Paso (2001, in: Al Sarrantonio (Ed.): Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction )
  • Soul of Light (2001, in: Cecilia Tan (Ed.): Sextopia: Stories of Sex and Society )
  • Walk in Silence (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2003 )
  • The Edges of Never-Haven (2004, in: Al Sarrantonio (Ed.): Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy )
  • Stained Glass Heart (2004, in: Catherine Asaro: Irresistible Forces )
  • The City of Cries (2005, in: Mike Resnick (Ed.): Down These Dark Spaceways )
  • The Shadowed Heart (2005, in: Mary Kirk (Ed.): The Journey Home )
  • Echoes of Pride (2006, in: Mike Resnick (Ed.): Space Cadets )
  • The Ruby Dice (in: Jim Baen's Universe, August 2006 )
  • The Pyre of New Day (2012, in: Ian Watson and Ian Whates (Eds.): The Mammoth Book of SF Wars )
  • The Wages of Honor (2017, in: Bryan Thomas Schmidt (Ed.): Infinite Stars )

Major Bhaajan:

  • 1 Undercity (2014)
  • 2 The Bronze Skies (2017)
  • Children of the Dust (in: Baen Books: Free Stories 2017 )
Aronsdale / The Lost Continent
  • 1 The Charmed Sphere (2004)
  • 2 The Misted Cliffs (2005)
  • 3 The Dawn Star (2006)
  • 4 The Fire Opal (2007)
  • 5 The Night Bird (2008)
  • Moonglow (2003, in: Mercedes Lackey , Rachel Lee and Catherine Asaro (Eds.): Charmed Destinies )
Sunrise Alley
  • 1 Sunrise Alley (2004)
  • 2 Alpha (2006)
Novels
  • The Veiled Web (1999)
  • The Phoenix Code (2000)
  • The third lock. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei-Lübbe SF Special # 24334), Bergisch Gladbach 2005, ISBN 3-404-24334-X .
  • Catch the league
    • German: Hunter of the Light. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei-Lübbe SF Special # 24317), Bergisch Gladbach 2003, ISBN 3-404-24317-X .
  • Sherical Harmonic
    • German: music of the spheres. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei-Lübbe SF Special # 24347), Bergisch Gladbach 2006, ISBN 3-404-24347-1 .
Collections
  • Aurora in Four Voices (2011)
  • The Spacetime Pool (2012)
Short stories
  • Dance in Blue (1993, in: David G. Hartwell (Ed.): Christmas Forever )
  • Boot Hill (2000, in: Martin H. Greenberg (Ed.): Civil War Fantastic ; with Mike Resnick)
  • The Spacetime Pool (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2008 ; also: The Space Time Pool , 2010)
  • The Topaz Desert (2008, in: Deborah J. Ross (Ed.): Lace and Blade )
  • Carnelians (excerpts) (2012, in: Eeriecon Chapbook Twelve )
  • Corn Fed Blues (2015, in: Thomas A. Easton and Judith K. Dial (eds.): Deco Punk: The Spirit of the Age ; with Kate Dolan)
  • The Alder Tree (2017, in: Seat 14C )
Anthologies
  • Charmed Destinies (2003; with Mercedes Lackey and Rachel Lee)
  • Irresistible Forces (2004)
  • Nebula Awards Showcase 2013 (2013)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catherine Asaro Author: Bio. (No longer available online.) In: www.catherineasaro.net. Archived from the original on December 28, 2015 ; accessed on January 8, 2016 . 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.catherineasaro.net
  2. ↑ www.catherineasaro.net: Biography. Archived from the original on May 18, 2013 ; accessed on January 8, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Asaro, Catherine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Asaro, Catherine Ann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction and fantasy writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Oakland, California , USA