Emma Bull

Emma Bull at 4th St Fantasy, 2008. Photo by Mark Olson

(1954 --)

An American pro writer whose best-known novel is War for the Oaks, a pioneering work of urban fantasy who, after many years in Minneapolis, lived in Tucson, AZ before moving back to Minneapolis, where she now lives. She is a member of The Scribblies and the Pre-Joycean Fellowship. She was one of the founders of Steeldragon Press. She is married to fellow pro Will Shetterly.

She was nominated for the 1992 Best Novel Hugo.

Besides being a writer, she is a musician who sang in the band Cats Laughing, and both sang and played guitar in the folk duo The Flash Girls. She was a member of Albany Free Traders.

An interview with her appears in the April 1992 issue of Locus.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1990 -- WisCon 14
• 1991 -- OryCon 13, Archon 15, Toastmaster at ArmadilloCon 13, Toastmaster at Rivercon XVI
• 1992 -- MileHiCon 24, Best Novel Hugo (nominee)
• 1993 -- DeepSouthCon 31
• 1994 -- Boskone 31
• 1996 -- ICON 21, Arisia '96
• 2002 -- Minicon 37, Con-Dor IX
• 2004 -- DemiCon 15
• 2005 -- 31 Flavors of ConFusion
• 2006 -- TusCon 33
• 2007 -- ConDFW VI, LepreCon 33
• 2009 -- GAFilk 11, Odyssey Con IX
• 2010 -- Loscon 37, LepreCon 36, Foolscap 12
• 2011 -- ArmadilloCon 33
• 2013 -- Minnesota Fantasy Award
• 2014 -- Featured Author at METHOD Con 2

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