Melissa Scott

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Melissa Scott (* 1960 in Little Rock , Arkansas ) is an American author . Scott writes books on fantasy and science fiction .

Life

After finishing school, she studied history at Harvard College and Brandeis University and received a Ph.D. in comparative history. She published her first novel in 1984 and has written around two dozen books since then, three of which she wrote with her partner Lisa A. Barnett .

In Scott's books, LGBT characters appear who are built into the stories, but are rarely the focus of their books. The book Shadow Man alone focuses on LGBT and sexuality among her books.

In addition to her literary work, Scott also teaches students to write and publishes in this area via the Internet and instruction books.

Scott lived with her partner Lisa A. Barnett in Portsmouth , New Hampshire , for 27 years until she died of breast cancer on May 2, 2006.

Awards

  • 1986: John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction
  • 1995: Lambda Literary Award for Trouble and Her Friends
  • 1996: Lambda Literary Award for Shadow Man
  • 1999: Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Shadow Man (audience award)
  • 2002: Lambda Literary Award for Point of Dreams (together with Lisa A. Barnett)
  • 2003: Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Shadow Man (Hall of Fame)
  • 2010: Gaylactic Spectrum Award for the short story The Rocky Side of the Sky
  • 2014: Lambda Literary Award for Death by Silver (with Amy Griswold)
  • 2014: Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Death by Silver (with Amy Griswold)
  • 2015: Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Fairs' Point

Works (selection)

  • The Game Beyond , 1984
  • A Choice of Destinies , 1986
  • The Kindly Ones , 1987 (German: Die Freundlichen, 1992)
  • Mighty Good Road , 1990
  • Dreamships , 1992
  • Burning Bright , 1993
  • Trouble and Her Friends,, 1994
  • Shadow Man , 1995
  • Dreaming Metal , 1997
  • Night Sky Mine , 1997
  • The Shapes of Their Hearts , 1998
  • The Jazz , 2000
  • The Silence Leigh Trilogy
    • The Empress of Earth , 1987
    • Five-Twelfths of Heaven , 1985
    • Silence in Solitude , 1986
together with Lisa A. Barnett
  • Armor of Light , 1988
  • Point of Hopes , 1995
  • Point of Dreams , ** 2001
Novels based on the Star Trek universe
Non-fiction
  • Conceiving the Heavens: Creating the Science Fiction Novel , (1997)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PointsMan.net
  2. ↑ Melissa Scott, Conceiving the Heavens: Creating the Science Fiction Novel (1997)
  3. ↑ http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070520/ENTERTAIN/705200308/-1/rss51
personal data
SURNAME Scott, Melissa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Little Rock , Arkansas