The Martian Contingency
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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
Phoenix Fan Fusion
Mary Robinette Kowal will be a guest at Phoenix Fan Fusion, June 6-8 in Phoenix, AZ. Here’s her schedule: Friday, June 6 PANEL: Keeping the Science in Science Fiction (3 PM MST) How does getting the science right affect a story’s premise? When should science bend to accommodate the story? Sci-fi authors discuss where science […]
4th Street Fantasy Convention
Mary Robinette Kowal will be at 4th Street Fantasy Convention, June 13-15 in Minneapolis, MN. From the event’s website: “We bring together a community of readers, writers, editors, and anyone else who loves the art of creating and enjoying fantasy fiction. Our convention participants are our program: 4th Street uses single-track programming to create a […]
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