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
Beyond the Cradle: Envisioning a New Space Age
I’m honored to be speaking at Beyond the Cradle: Envisioning a New Space Age, MIT’s flagship event exploring humanity’s future beyond Earth. I will be on the “Our SciFi Space Future” panel. This is a private, ticketed, invitation-only event. Tickets are non-transferable. MIT Community Members are invited to join at no cost. If you are requesting […]
Pikes Peak Writers Conference
I’m returning to the Pikes Peak Writers Conference, April 17-19, in Colorado Springs, CO. In addition to being a Keynote Speaker, I’ll be teaching the following workshops: MICE Quotient – Craft of Writing – All Levels In this workshop, we learn about the simple organizational structure of the MICE Quotient. Pretty much every story, fictional […]
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