Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal
Born	February 8, 1969 Raleigh, North Carolina
Occupation	Professional puppeteer, Author
Nationality	American
Genres	Science fiction, fantasy
Notable work(s)	Shades of Milk and Honey, "Evil Robot Monkey", "For Want of a Nail"
Notable award(s)	John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (2008), Hugo Award for Best Short Story (2011)
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Mary Robinette Kowal (born February 8, 1969 in Raleigh, N.C., as Mary Robinette Harrison^[1]) is an American author and puppeteer.^[2] She also served as art director for Shimmer Magazine and in 2010 was named art director for Weird Tales.^[3] She served as secretary of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for two years, and was elected to the position of SFWA vice-president in 2010.^[4] In 2008, her second year of eligibility, she won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.^[5]

Kowal has worked as a professional puppeteer since 1989. She has performed for the Center for Puppetry Arts, Jim Henson Productions, and her own production company, Other Hand Productions.^[6] She also worked in Iceland on the children's television show LazyTown for two seasons.^[7]

Kowal's work as an author includes "For Solo Cello, op. 12,"^[8] (originally published in Cosmos Magazine and reprinted in Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition,^[9] which made the preliminary ballot for the 2007 Nebula Awards.^[10] Her fiction has also appeared in Talebones Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Apex Digest, among other venues.^[11] Her debut novel Shades of Milk and Honey was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Novel.^[12] Two of her short fiction works have been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story: "Evil Robot Monkey" in 2009^[13] and "For Want of a Nail," which won the award in 2011.^[14]

In 2009, she donated her archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.^[15]

After appearing several times as a guest star in the podcast, Writing Excuses, she became a full-time cast member at the start of their sixth season in 2011.^[16]

Publications

Novels

• Shades of Milk and Honey, Tor Books, 2010, ISBN 978-0765325563

Collections

• Scenting the Dark and Other Stories, Subterranean Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-59606-267-2

Short stories

• "Just Right", The First Line, 2004
• "Rampion", The First Line, 2004
• "The Shocking Affair of the Dutch Steamship Friesland", The First Line, 2004
• "Portrait of Ari", Strange Horizons, 2006
• "Bound Man", Twenty Epics, 2006
• "Cerbo in Vitra ujo", Apex Digest, 2006
• "Locked In", Apex Digest, 2006
• "This Little Pig", Cicada, 2007
• "For Solo Cello, op. 12", Cosmos, 2007
• "Horizontal Rain", Apex Online, 2007
• "Death Comes But Twice", Talebones, 2007
• "Some Other Day", All Possible Worlds, 2007
• "Tomorrow and Tomorrow", Gratia Placenti, 2007
• "Suspension and Disbelief", Doctor Who: Short Trips: Destination Prague, 2007
• "Clockwork Chickadee", Clarkesworld Magazine, 2008
• "Scenting the Dark", Apex Online, 2008
• "Waiting for Rain", Subterranean Magazine, 2008
• "Chrysalis", Aoife’s Kiss, 2008
• "Evil Robot Monkey", The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Vol. 2, 2008 (nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story)
• "At the Edge of Dying", Clockwork Phoenix 2: More Tales of Beauty and Strangeness, 2009
• "Body Language", InterGalactic Medicine Show, 2009
• "The Consciousness Problem", Asimov's Science Fiction, 2009
• "First Flight", Tor.com, 2009
• "Ginger Stuyvesant and the Case of the Haunted Nursery", Talebones, 2009
• "Jaiden’s Weaver", Diamonds in the Sky: An Astronomical Anthology, 2009
• "Prayer at Dark River", Innsmouth Free Press, 2009
• "Ring Road", Dark Faith Anthology, 2010
• "The Bride Replete", Apex Online, 2010
• "Beyond the Garden Close", Apex Online, 2010
• "Typewriter Triptych", Sharable.net, 2010
• "For Want of a Nail", Asimov's Science Fiction, 2010 (winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story)
• "Salt of the Earth", Redstone SF, 2010
• "American Changeling", Daily Science Fiction, 2010
• "Changement d’itinéraire (Changed Itinerary)", Légendes, 2010
• "Birthright", 2020 Visions, 2010
• "Water to Wine", METAtropolis: Cascadiopolis, 2010
• "Kiss Me Twice", Asimov's Science Fiction, 2011

References

1. ^ Biography for Mary Robinette Kowal at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ Mary Robinette Kowal Website
3. ^ VanderMeer promoted to editor in chief, Weird Tales, 2010-01-25.
4. ^ SFWA Contacts
5. ^ The Hugo Awards
6. ^ Cast List
7. ^ Mary Robinette Kowal FAQs
8. ^ Cosmos
9. ^ Amazon.com
10. ^ Nebula Preliminary Ballot, 2007
11. ^ Mary Robinette Kowal Bibliography
12. ^ http://www.sfwa.org/2011/02/2010-nebula-nominees/
13. ^ http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo2009.html
14. ^ http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/08/2011-hugo-and-campbell-awards-winners/
15. ^ Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Collection, Northern Illinois University
16. ^ http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/06/05/writing-excuses-6-1-can-creativity-be-taught/

External links

• Mary Robinette Kowal's official Web site
• Mary Robinette Kowal's Weekly Fantasy Column at AMCtv.com
• Mary Robinette Kowal at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Other Hand Productions' official Web site
• "Clockwork Chickadee" (short story) Clarkesworld Magazine, June 2007
• Writing Excuses

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Name	Kowal, Mary Robinette
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Date of birth	February 8, 1969
Place of birth	Raleigh, North Carolina
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