Mary Robinette Kowal

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Mary Robinette Kowal , a native of Mary Robinette Harrison (born February 8, 1969 in Raleigh , North Carolina ) is an American writer and puppeteer .

She was Art Director of Weird Tales' Shimmer Magazine since 2010 and Secretary from 2008 to 2010 and then Vice President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America until June 2012 . In 2008 she received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and in 2019 The Calculating Stars received the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for "Best Novel".

Life

Since 1989 Kowal has worked as a professional puppeteer for the “Center for Puppetry Arts”, “Jim Henson Productions” and her own production company “Other Hand Productions”. She appeared in two seasons of the children's television series LazyTown in Iceland . In 2012 she took part in a sesame puppetry workshop .

Kowal's literary work includes For Solo Cello, op.12 , ( Cosmos Magazine reissued in Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition ,) which was nominated for the 2007 Nebula Award . Her works have been published in Talebones Magazine , Strange Horizons , Apex Digest , among others . Her debut novel Shades of Milk and Honey was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award. Two of her short stories were nominated for the Hugo Award : Evil Robot Monkey 2009 and For Want of a Nail , Prize Winner 2011. Her short story The Lady Astronaut of Mars was not nominated for the Hugo Award 2013 because the story was only part of an audio book had been published. After its later publication in text form, it won the Hugo Award in 2014 in the category “Best Novelette” (best story). In 2019 she won the Hugo in the category "Best Novel" with The Calculating Stars .

In 2009 she donated her archive to the Rare Books & Special Collections Department at Northern Illinois University.

After several guest appearances on the podcast Writing Excuses , she became a member of the regular cast at the beginning of the sixth season in 2011.

Publications

Novels
stories
Collections
Short stories
  • Just right. In: The First Line. 2004.
  • Rampion. In: The First Line , 2004.
  • The Shocking Affair of the Dutch Steamship Friesland. In: The First Line , 2004.
  • Portrait of Ari. In: Strange Horizons , 2006.
  • Bound Man. In: Twenty Epics , 2006.
  • Cerbo in Vitra ujo. In: Apex Digest , 2006.
  • Locked In. In: Apex Digest , 2006.
  • This little pig. In: Cicada , 2007.
  • For Solo Cello, op.12. In: Cosmos , 2007.
  • Horizontal rain. In: Apex Online , 2007.
  • Death Comes But Twice. In: Talebones , 2007.
  • Some other day. In: All Possible Worlds , 2007.
  • Tomorrow and Tomorrow. In: Gratia Placenti , 2007.
  • Suspension and disbelief. In: Doctor Who: Short Trips: Destination Prague , 2007.
  • Clockwork Chickadee. In: Clarkesworld Magazine , 2008.
  • Scenting the Dark. In: Apex Online , 2008.
  • Waiting for Rain. In: Subterranean Magazine , 2008.
  • Chrysalis. In: Aoife's Kiss , 2008.
  • Evil Robot Monkey. In: The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Vol. 2 , 2008.
  • At the Edge of Dying. In: Clockwork Phoenix 2: More Tales of Beauty and Strangeness , 2009.
  • Body Language. In: InterGalactic Medicine Show , 2009.
  • The consciousness problem. In: Asimov's Science Fiction , 2009.
  • First flight. In: Tor.com , 2009.
  • Ginger Stuyvesant and the Case of the Haunted Nursery. In: Talebones , 2009.
  • Jaiden's Weaver. In: Diamonds in the Sky: An Astronomical Anthology , 2009.
  • Prayer at Dark River. In: Innsmouth Free Press , 2009.
  • Ring Road. In: Dark Faith Anthology , 2010.
  • The Bride Replete. In: Apex Online , 2010.
  • Beyond the Garden Close. In: Apex Online , 2010.
  • Typewriter triptych. In: Sharable.net , 2010.
  • For want of a nail. In: Asimov's Science Fiction , 2010 (winner of the Hugo Award for “Best Short Story”).
  • Salt of the Earth. In: Redstone SF , 2010.
  • American changeling. In: Daily Science Fiction , 2010.
  • Changement d'itinéraire (Changed Itinerary). In: Légends , 2010.
  • Birthright. In: 2020 Visions , 2010.
  • Water to Wine. In: METAtropolis: Cascadiopolis , 2010.
  • We interrupt this broadcast. In: The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination , 2013.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mary Robinette Kowal website at maryrobinettekowal.com
  2. ↑ VanderMeer promoted to editor in chief on Capclave.org . January 25, 2010.
  3. ↑ An Interview With Mary Robinette Kowal on patrickrothfuss.com
  4. ↑ The Hugo Awards on thehugoawards.org
  5. ^ Mary Robinette Kowal (Web Lackey, Actor, Writer) ( Memento October 14, 2007 on the Internet Archive ) on Williamette Radio Workshop
  6. ↑ Mary Robinette Kowal FAQs on maryrobinettekowal.com
  7. ↑ Kowal, Mary Robinette. on maryrobinettekowal.com
  8. ↑ For Solo Cello, op.12 on maryrobinettekowal.com April 15, 2012
  9. ^ Rich Horton: Science fiction. The best of the year . Prime, Rockville 2008, ISBN 978-0-8095-7250-2 .
  10. ↑ Nebula Awards preliminary ballot released on sfscope.com January 11, 2008
  11. ↑ Mary Robinette Kowal Bibliography on maryrobinettekowal.com
  12. ↑ SFWA announces the 2010 Nebula Award Nominees. on sfwa.org
  13. ^ The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Hugo Awards. ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on locusmag.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.locusmag.com
  14. ↑ 2011 Hugo and Campbell Awards Winners. on Locus Publications.com
  15. ↑ The Lady Astronaut of Mars. on tor.com
  16. ↑ 2014 Hugo Award Winners. on thehugoawards.org
  17. ^ Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Collection. Northern Illinois University. on archon.lib.niu.edu
  18. ↑ 6.1: Can Creativity be Taught? on writingexcuses.com.
personal data
SURNAME Kowal, Mary Robinette
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harrison, Mary Robinette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer and puppeteer
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Raleigh , North Carolina