The Martian Contingency
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About Mary Robinette Kowal
Author, Puppeteer, Narrator
Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of the Lady Astronaut duology and historical fantasy novels: The Glamourist Histories series and Ghost Talkers.
She’s a member of the awardwinning podcast Writing Excuses and has received the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, four Hugo awards, the RT Reviews award for Best Fantasy Novel, the Nebula, and Locus awards. Stories have appeared in Strange Horizons, Asimov’s, several Year’s Best anthologies and her collections Word Puppets and Scenting the Dark and Other Stories.
Her novel Calculating Stars is one of only eighteen novels to win the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards in a single year. As a professional puppeteer and voice actor (SAG/AFTRA), Mary Robinette has performed for LazyTown (CBS), the Center for Puppetry Arts, Jim Henson Pictures, and founded Other Hand Productions. Her designs have garnered two UNIMA-USA Citations of Excellence, the highest award an American puppeteer can achieve. She records fiction for authors such as Seanan McGuire, Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi.
Mary Robinette lives in Nashville with her husband Rob and over a dozen manual typewriters.
Events
On Tour: Powell’s Bookstores
Mary Robinette Kowal will launch her book tour for the release of The Martian Contingency on March 18th in Portland, OR, at Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing Event will be held at 7 PM local time. They will ship signed copies after the event. Find out more here.
Book Tour: Eagle Eye Books
Join Mary Robinette Kowal on March 19th at Eagle Eye Books in Decatur, GA. 7 PM local time Must purchase a copy of The Martian Contingency from their store in order to attend Will ship pre-ordered signed and numbered books after the event (and include a Bradbury Base mission patch) Their event page
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