Maureen F. McHugh

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Maureen F. McHugh
File:Maureen McHugh.jpg
Maureen McHugh in 2006.
Born February 13, 1959
Occupation Writer, novelist
Nationality American
Period 1988—Present
Genre Science Fiction, Fantasy
Website
maureenfmchugh.com

Maureen F. McHugh (born February 13, 1959[1]) is a science fiction and fantasy writer.

Career

Her first published story was published as a Twilight Zone first under a male pseudonym in 1988,[1] followed quickly by a pair of publications under her own name in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1989. Since then, she has written four novels and over twenty short stories. Her first novel, China Mountain Zhang (1992), was nominated for both the Hugo and the Nebula Award, and won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award.[1] In 1996 she won a Hugo Award for her short story "The Lincoln Train" (1995). McHugh's short story collection Mothers and Other Monsters was shortlisted as a finalist for the Story Prize in December, 2005.[2]

Maureen is currently a partner at No Mimes Media, an Alternate Reality Game company which she co-founded with Steve Peters and Behnam Karbassi in March 2009.[3] Prior to founding No Mimes, Maureen worked for 42 Entertainment, where she was a Writer and/or Managing Editor for numerous Alternate Reality Game projects, including Year Zero and I Love Bees.

Novels

Stories (Partial List)

  • "Kites" (1989)
  • "Baffin Island" (1989)
  • "The Queen of Marincite" (1990)
  • "Render unto Caesar" (1992)
  • "Protection" (1992)
  • "The Missionary's Child" (1992)
  • "The Beast" (1992)
  • "Tut's Wife" (1993)
  • "A Foreigner's Christmas in China" (1993)
  • "Whispers" (1993)
  • "A Coney Island of the Mind" (1993)
  • "Virtual Love" (1994)
  • "Nekropolis" (1994)
  • "The Ballad of Ritchie Valenzuela" (1994)
  • "The Lincoln Train" (1995) Hugo Award, Locus Award
  • "Joss" (1995)
  • "In the Air" (1995)
  • "Learning to Breathe" (1995)
  • "Homesick" (1996)
  • "The Cost to Be Wise" (1996)
  • "Interview: On Any Given Day" (2001)
  • "Presence" (2002)
  • "Ancestor Money" (2003)
  • "Eight-Legged Story" (2003)
  • "Frankenstein's Daughter" (2003)

Collections

Alternate Reality Games

References

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