Mary Robinette Kowal

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Mary Robinette Kowal (Template:Nee; born February 8, 1969)[1] is an American author, translator, art director, and puppeteer.[2] She has worked on puppetry for shows including Jim Henson Productions and the children's show LazyTown. As an author, she is a four-time Hugo Award winner, and served as the president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America from 2019-2021.

Early life

Mary Robinette Harrison was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. She was named after both of her grandmothers, and describes her given name, "Mary Robinette," as a double first name.[3] She attended William G. Enloe High School,[4][5] 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.

Career

Puppetry and art direction

Kowal has performed for the Center for Puppetry Arts, Jim Henson Productions; and her own production company, Other Hand Productions.[6] She also worked in Iceland on the children's television show LazyTown for two seasons.[7] She was accepted as a participant in a Sesame Puppetry Workshop.[8]

Kowal served as art director for Shimmer Magazine and in 2010 was named art director for Weird Tales.[9]

Literary work

In 2008, Kowal won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.[10]

Kowal's work as an author includes "For Solo Cello, op. 12",[11] (originally published in Cosmos Magazine and reprinted in Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition,[12]) which made the preliminary ballot for the 2007 Nebula Awards.[13] Her fiction has also appeared in Talebones Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Apex Digest, among other venues.[14] Her debut novel Shades of Milk and Honey was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Novel.[15] Two of her short fiction works have been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story: "Evil Robot Monkey" in 2009[16] and "For Want of a Nail", which won the award in 2011.[17] Her novelette "The Lady Astronaut of Mars" won the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.[18] The Calculating Stars, the first novel in her Lady Astronaut series, won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novel, the 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the 2018 Sidewise Award for Alternate History.[19][20][21]

Kowal translated the 2021 novel The Night Guest, by Hildur Knútsdóttir, from Icelandic into English, which was published in 2024. Kowal studied Icelandic while living in Reykjavík and working for the show LazyTown. It is Kowal's first work of translation.[22]

Kowal served as secretary of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for two years. She was elected to the position of SFWA Vice President in 2010, and was elected SFWA President in 2019.[23] In July 2018, after criticism[24] that many authors who were Hugo award finalists at the August 2018 World Science Fiction Convention had not been selected to participate on that year's panels, Kowal took over as programming chair.[25] She also served as chair of the DisCon III the 2021 Worldcon after the original chairs resigned.[26]

Audio work

After appearing several times as a guest on the podcast Writing Excuses, Kowal became a full-time cast member at the start of the sixth season in 2011.[27]

Kowal is a voice actor and has recorded audiobooks for authors including John Scalzi, Seanan McGuire, Cory Doctorow and Kage Baker.[28]

Awards and nominations

Year[29] Title Award Category Result Ref
2008 — John W. Campbell Award — Won [30]
"Evil Robot Monkey" Hugo Award Hugo–Short Story Template:Sho [31]
2009 "First Flight" Locus Award Locus–Novelette Nominated [32]
2010 Shades of Milk and Honey Nebula Award Nebula–Novel Template:Sho [33]
Locus Award Locus–First Novel Nominated [34]
"For Want of a Nail" Hugo Award Hugo–Short Story Won [35]
2011 "Kiss Me Twice" Hugo Award Hugo–Novella Template:Sho [36]
Locus Award Locus–Novella Nominated [37]
Nebula Award Nebula–Novella Template:Sho [38]
2012 Writing Excuses (Season 6) Hugo Award Hugo–Related Work Template:Sho [39]
Glamour in Glass Nebula Award Nebula–Novel Template:Sho [40]
Locus Award Locus–Fantasy Novel Nominated [41]
The Lady Astronaut of Mars Hugo Award Hugo–Novelette Won [42]
Locus Award Locus–Novelette Nominated [41]
2013 Writing Excuses (Season 7) Hugo Award Hugo–Related Work Won [43]
2014 Writing Excuses (Season 8) Hugo Award Hugo–Related Work Template:Sho [44]
2015 "For Want of a Nail" Seiun Award Translated Story Template:Sho [45]
2016 Ghost Talkers Mythopoeic Award Best Fantasy Novel Template:Sho [46]
2017 "The Worshipful Society of Glovers" Locus Award Locus–Novelette Nominated [47]
2018 The Calculating Stars Hugo Award Hugo–Novel Won [48]
Nebula Award Nebula–Novel Won [49]
Locus Award Locus–Scifi Novel Won [50]
John W. Campbell Memorial Award — Template:Sho [51]
2020 The Relentless Moon Hugo Award Hugo–Novel Template:Sho [52]
Locus Award Locus–Scifi Novel Nominated [53]
2021 The Lady Astronaut Universe Hugo Award Hugo–Series Template:Sho [52]
2023 The Spare Man Hugo Award Hugo–Novel Nominated [54]
2025 Marginalia Hugo Award Short Story Template:Pending [55]

Bibliography

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Novels

Glamourist Histories series
Lady Astronaut Universe

Short fiction

Collections
Stories[59]
Title Year First published Notes
"Kiss Me Twice" 2011 Asimov's Science Fiction Finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novella
"Forest of Memory" 2014 Tor.com Novella
"A Fire in the Heavens" 2014 Shadows Beneath Novelette
"Like Native Things" 2015 Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1". Novelette
"The Worshipful Society of Glovers" 2017 Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1". Novelette

Children's books

Audio books

  • Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal. "The Original" (Recorded Books, 2020) ISBN 9781980062738

References

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