Nationality American Role Author | Name Mary Kowal Signature | |
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Notable awards John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (2008), Hugo Award for Best Short Story (2011), Hugo Award for Best Novelette (2014) Books Shades of Milk and Honey, Glamour in Glass, Of Noble Family, Without a Summer, Valour and Vanity Similar People Howard Tayler, Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Seanan McGuire, Carrie Vaughn | ||
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Mary Robinette Kowal (born February 8, 1969 in Raleigh, N.C., as Mary Robinette Harrison) is an American author and puppeteer.
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- Author spotlight mary robinette kowal sword laser
- Extraordinary adventures of baron munchausen pt 1 mary robinette kowal
- Life and career
- Novels
- Novellas
- Novelettes
- Collections
- Short stories
- References
Extraordinary adventures of baron munchausen pt 1 mary robinette kowal
Life and career
Mary Harrison was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, and studied at East Carolina University. She graduated with a degree in Art Education with a minor in theater, and began work as a professional puppeteer in 1989. She has performed for the Center for Puppetry Arts, Jim Henson Productions, and her own production company, Other Hand Productions. She also worked in Iceland on the children's television show LazyTown for two seasons. She was recently accepted as a participant in a Sesame Puppetry Workshop.
Kowal served as art director for Shimmer Magazine and in 2010 was named art director for Weird Tales. She served as secretary of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for two years, and was elected to the position of SFWA vice-president in 2010. In 2008, her second year of eligibility, she won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
Kowal's work as an author includes "For Solo Cello, op. 12," (originally published in Cosmos Magazine and reprinted in Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition,) which made the preliminary ballot for the 2007 Nebula Awards. Her fiction has also appeared in Talebones Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Apex Digest, among other venues. Her debut novel Shades of Milk and Honey was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Novel. Two of her short fiction works have been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story: "Evil Robot Monkey" in 2009 and "For Want of a Nail," which won the award in 2011. Her novelette, The Lady Astronaut of Mars was ineligible for the 2013 Hugo Awards because it had only been released as part of an audiobook, but was later published in text format and went on to win the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.
In 2009, she donated her archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.
After appearing several times as a guest star in the podcast, Writing Excuses, she became a full-time cast member at the start of their sixth season in 2011.
Kowal is also a voice actor, having recorded audiobook versions of books written by authors such as John Scalzi, Seanan McGuire, Cory Doctorow and Kage Baker.