Mary Robinette Kowal

(February 8, 1969 --)

Mary Robinette Kowal (born in Raleigh, N.C., as Mary Robinette Harrison) is an American SF author and puppeteer. She also served as art director for Shimmer Magazine, and in 2010 was named art director for Weird Tales. A collection of her short fiction, Scenting the Dark and Other Stories, was published by Subterranean Press in 2009.

She served as secretary of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for two years, served as SFWA vice-president from 2010 to 2012, and was elected president of SFWA in 2019.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 2008 -- 2008 Campbell Award
• 2009 -- 2009 Best Short Story Hugo nomination
• 2011 -- Baycon 2011, MidSouthCon 29, 2011 Best Short Story Hugo "For Want of a Nail"
• 2012 -- JordanCon III, Life, the Universe, & Everything 30, 2012 Best Related Work Hugo nomination, 2012 Best Novella Hugo nomination
• 2013 -- DeepSouthCon 51, Immortal ConFusion, 2013 Best Related Work Hugo
• 2014 -- illogiCon iii, Westercon 67, TM at 2014 World Fantasy Convention, 2014 Best Novelette Hugo
• 2015 -- World Fantasy Convention 2014, Toastmistress at Bubonicon 47
• 2017 -- Con*Stellation XXXV
• 2018 -- Bubonicon 50, Boskone 55, Nebula Award for Best Novel
• 2019 -- Norwescon 42, 2019 Best Novel Hugo, Nebula Award, and Sidewise Award for The Calculating Stars
• 2021 -- IceCon 2021

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