Mary Turzillo

Mary Turzillo
Pen name	Mary T. Brizzi
Genres	Speculative fiction
Notable work(s)	"Mars is No Place for Children"
Notable award(s)	Nebula Award Novelette division 2000 Mars is No Place for Children
Spouse(s)	Geoffrey A. Landis
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Mary A. Turzillo is an American science fiction writer noted primarily for short stories. She won the Nebula Award for Best Novelette in 2000 for her story Mars is No Place for Children,^[1][2] published originally in Science Fiction Age, and her story "Pride,"^[1] published originally in Fast Forward 1, was a Nebula award finalist for best short story of 2007.^[3] Her first novel, An Old Fashioned Martian Girl was serialized in Analog magazine in 2004.^[4]

She was formerly a professor of English at Kent State University, where she wrote articles and several books of science fiction criticism under the name Mary T. Brizzi, including Reader's Guide to Anne McCaffrey and Reader's Guide to Philip Jose Farmer.^[5] She attended the Clarion Workshop in 1985,^[6] and she founded the Cajun Sushi Hamsters writing workshop in Cleveland, OH.

Poetry

Turzillo is also a poet, published in a number of national publications. Her collection of poetry, Your Cat & Other Space Aliens, was published by VanZeno Press in 2007. A collaborative collection of poetry and fiction, Dragon Soup (written with artist and poet Marge Simon), appeared from VanZeno in 2008, and another collaboration with Simon, The Dragon's Dictionary, was published by Sam's Dot in 2010.

She has won several Ohio Poetry Day^[7] awards.

Personal life

She is married to fellow science fiction writer Geoffrey A. Landis.^[8]

Bibliography

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Short fiction

• "By Ben Cruachan". F&SF 97 (3). (Sep 1999). 
• "Chrysoberyl". F&SF 94 (6). (Jun 1998). 
• "Mate". F&SF 92 (2). (Feb 1997). 
• "Steak tartare and the cats of Gari Babakin". Analog 129 (4): 74–87. (Apr 2009). 

External links

• Official site
• Mary A. Turzillo at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees". Locusmag.com. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit138.html#5291. Retrieved March 14, 2011. 
2. ^ Charles Brown, "2000 Nebula Banquet," Locus Magazine, July 2000
3. ^ "Nebula Award Nominees," The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Spring 2007
4. ^ ""An Old-Fashioned Martian Girl (Part 1)" by Mary A. Turzillo". Analogsf.com. http://www.analogsf.com/0407_08/Martian.shtml. Retrieved March 14, 2011. 
5. ^ "The Official Philip José Farmer Home Page – What's New Archive". Pjfarmer.com. http://www.pjfarmer.com/wnew5.htm. Retrieved March 14, 2011. 
6. ^ "Nebula Award Nominees," The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Summer 2000
7. ^ "Welcome Home – Ohio Poetry Day Association". Ohiopoetryday.webs.com. http://ohiopoetryday.webs.com/. Retrieved March 14, 2011. 
8. ^ "Geoffrey A. Landis: Hands-On Science," Locus Magazine, January 2000

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