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Mary Soon Lee

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Occupation
  
Writer, poet

Name
  
Mary Lee

Nationality
  
British

Role
  
Fiction writer

Genre
  
speculative fiction

Spouse
  
Andrew Moore


Alma mater
  
Trinity Hall, Cambridge University

Books
  
Sword and Sorceress XX, Sword and Sorceress XIV, Sword and Sorceress XVIII, Winter Shadows and Other, Ebb Tides and Other Tales

Similar People
  
Diana L Paxson, Deborah J Ross, Elisabeth Waters, Lawrence Watt‑Evans, Winifred Phillips

Education
  
Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Mary Soon Lee (born 1965) is a British speculative fiction writer and poet.

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Life and career

Mary Soon Lee was born in London, England, and attended Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, where she graduated with a Master of Arts in mathematics and a diploma in computer science. After graduating, she worked as a Lisp programmer at the software company Harlequin. She began writing in 1991 on TV scripts, and in 1992 turned to short stories, making her first short story sale to Strange Days magazine. Her work has appeared in several professional magazines and anthologies including Fantasy & Science Fiction, Interzone and Analog. She currently resides in the United States.

Honors and awards

  • "Shen's Daughter" - included in The Year's Best Fantasy #4
  • "Homecoming" - included in the Best of the Rest 3: The Best Unknown SF and Fantasy of 2001
  • "Insignificant Others" - nominated for the Rhysling Award, 2001
  • "PauseTime" - Honorable Mention in the Year's Best Science Fiction #18
  • "Lifework" - reprinted in The Year's Best SF #5
  • "Cause and Consequence" - 1st place in the Best of Soft SF Contest, 1998
  • "The Day Before They Came" - reprinted in The Year's Best SF #4, shortlist for the British Science Fiction Association Awards, Honorable Mention in the Year's Best Science Fiction #16
  • "Mail-A-Day" - 3rd place in the Best of Soft SF Contest, 1996
  • "To Have And To Hold"- 2nd place in the Best of Soft SF Contest, 1995.
  • "Interregnum" - Rhysling Award for Best Long Poem, 2014

    • References

    Mary Soon Lee Wikipedia
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