Apprehension/Red Star Hustle
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About Mary Robinette Kowal
Author, Puppeteer, Narrator
Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of the Lady Astronaut Universe, The Spare Man, and historical fantasy novels: The Glamourist Histories series and Ghost Talkers. She’s a member of the award-winning 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 The Calculating Stars is one of only eighteen novels to win the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards in a single year. Additionally, she us a USA TODAY bestselling author.
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.
As an audiobook narrator, she records fiction for authors such as Seanan McGuire, Cory Doctorow, and John Scalzi.
Mary Robinette lives in Denver with her husband Robert, their dog Guppy, their “talking” cat Elsie, and a dozen manual typewriters.
Events
MRK at Aspen Writers
I am looking forward to being a guest at the Aspen Writers Networks Third Thursday meeting in Aspen, CO on Thursday, October 15 at 6:30 PM. I’ll be talking about writing science fiction and fantasy with the gathered attendees. Writers of all genres can improve the appeal of their writing by applying SFF techniques. Learn […]
MRK at Surrey International Writers Conference (SIWC)
I’m so delighted to be rejoining the Surrey International Writers Conference (SIWC) in 2026, my favorite conference! Here’s my schedule (subject to change): Wednesday, October 21: Short Story Intensive masterclass (1:30 – 4:30 PM PT) Thursday, October 23: How to Pretend to Be Human and Actually Talk to People workshop (10:00 – 11:15 AM PT) […]
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