M. Shayne Bell

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occupation = Writer, Editor
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debut_works = "Jacob's Ladder" (1987)
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M. Shayne Bell (1957-) is an American science fiction writer.

He debuted with the story "Jacob's Ladder" in 1986 in the Writers of the Future book and contest, in which it won first prize for the year. He has written only one novel, "Nicoji", in 1991, but has remained active at shorter lengths. He was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1995 for "Mrs. Lincoln's China", and nominated for a Nebula Award for Best Novelette in 2002 for "The Pagodas of Ciboure". He won an AML award for editorial excellence from the Association for Mormon Letters (AML) for editing ', a collection of science fiction short stories by people who lived or had lived in Utah. His 2000 story "The Thing About Benny" was selected for ', and his 2003 story "Anomalous Structures Of My Dreams" was selected for "".

Chris Moriarty called Bell "one of the central figures in GLBT and AIDS-related science fiction", and Orson Scott Card called him "one of the most wise and decent human beings it's been my pleasure to know on this planet". [ [http://www.glbtfantasy.com/?section=scifi&auth=M.+Shayne+Bell Science-Fiction - M. Shayne Bell ] ] [ [http://www.hatrack.com/osc/reviews/f&sf/91-07.html Fantasy & Science Fiction - July 1991 - Books to Look For ] ]

Bell worked for six years as the poetry editor for Sunstone Magazine. [http://www.ereader.com/author/detail/2532] Bell holds a master's degree in English from Brigham Young University, and lives in Salt Lake City. [Introduction by Gardner Dozois to "Anomalous Structures Of My Dreams" by Bell in "The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection", p. 319]

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