Name Eugie Foster | Role Short story writer | |
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Born December 30, 1971Urbana, Illinois, United States ( 1971-12-30 ) Occupation Writer, Columnist and Editor Died September 27, 2014, Atlanta, Georgia, United States Books Returning My Sister's Face: And Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice Nominations Nebula Award for Best Short Story, Hugo Award for Best Novelette | ||
Oranges, Lemons, and Thou Beside Me - Eugie Foster
Eugie Foster (December 30, 1971 – September 27, 2014) was an American short story writer, columnist, and editor. Her stories were published in a number of magazines and book anthologies, including Fantasy Magazine, Realms of Fantasy, Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, and Interzone. Her collection of short stories, Returning My Sister's Face and Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice, was published in 2009. She won the 2009 Nebula Award and was nominated for multiple other Nebula, BSFA, and Hugo Awards. The Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction is given in her honour.
Contents
- Oranges Lemons and Thou Beside Me Eugie Foster
- Writing for Fun and Profit AnachroCon 2013
- Life and career
- Short stories
- Short fiction
- Anthologies
- Collections
- Magazines
- Podcasts
- References
Writing for Fun and Profit - AnachroCon 2013
Life and career
Born December 30, 1971 in Urbana, Illinois, Foster lived in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned a master's degree in developmental psychology at Illinois State University and worked as an editor for the Georgia General Assembly. In 1992 she married her husband, Matthew M. Foster.
In the science fiction and fantasy field Foster worked as the managing editor for both Tangent Online and The Fix, two online short fiction review magazines. She was also a director for Dragon Con and edited their onsite newsletter, the Daily Dragon. Foster wrote "Writing for Young Readers," a monthly column for children's literature and young adult literature writers.
Foster died at Emory University Hospital on September 27, 2014 from respiratory failure, a complication of treatments for large B-cell lymphoma, with which she was diagnosed on October 15, 2013.
A plaque and bench in Foster's memory are located in Hessel Park in Champaign, IL. An unknown person leaves flowers there on a daily basis.
Short stories
Foster's short stories were published in a number of magazines and books, including Fantasy Magazine, Realms of Fantasy, Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, Interzone, Best New Romantic Fantasy 2, and Apex Magazine. Her story "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" won the 2009 Nebula Award and was also a finalist for the Hugo and BSFA Awards.
The day Foster died, Daily Science Fiction published her last story, "When It Ends, He Catches Her." The story was later named a finalist for the 2015 Nebula Awards.
Short fiction
Eugie Foster's short fiction appeared in the following: