- M. Rickert
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name = Mary Rickert
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pseudonym = M. Rickert
birthdate = birth date and age|1959|12|11
birthplace = Port Washington, Wisconsin
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occupation = Writer
nationality = American
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genre = Science Fiction, Fantasy
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website =Mary Rickert (
December 11 ,1959 inPort Washington, Wisconsin ) is an American writer offantasy fiction . Several of her stories have been published in "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ". Her first collection, "Map of Dreams," was published byGolden Gryphon Press in 2006. She lives in Wisconsin.Rickert's fiction has won or been nominated for several major awards. "Journey into the Kingdom" was nominated for the 2006
Nebula Award for Best Novelette and anInternational Horror Guild Award , and won the 2007World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction. "Map of Dreams" won the 2007 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection and the 2007Crawford Award , and the collection's title story was nominated for the 2007 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella.External links
* [http://www.strangehorizons.com/2006/20061211/rickert-int-a.shtml An interview with M. Rickert]
* [http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=41010 Another brief interview]
* [http://www.ideomancer.com/ft/Rickert/Rickert.htm A third interview]
*Online texts of Rickert's stories [http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/rickert/index.html "Anyway"] and [http://www.ideomancer.com/ss/Rickert-Girl/Rickert-Girl.htm "The Girl Who Ate Butterflies"]
* [http://www.goldengryphon.com/map-frame.html Golden Gryphon Press official site] - About "Map of Dreams"
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