Maureen F. McHugh

Maureen F. McHugh(born February 13, 1959) is an Americanscience fictionandfantasywriter.

Maureen F. McHugh
Maureen McHugh in 2006.
Born	(1959-02-13)February 13, 1959
Occupation	Writer, novelist
Nationality	American
Period	1988–present
Genre	Science fiction, fantasy

Career

McHugh's first published story was published as aTwilight Zoneunder a male pseudonym in 1988.It was followed by a pair of publications under her own name inIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazinein 1989. Since then, she has written four novels and over twenty short stories.

Her first novel,China Mountain Zhang(1992), was nominated for both theHugo Awardand theNebula Award,and won theJames Tiptree, Jr. Award.In 1996 she won aHugo Awardfor her short story "The Lincoln Train"(1995). Her short story collectionMothers and Other Monsterswas shortlisted as a finalist forThe Story Prizein December 2005.

McHugh has worked as a writer and/or managing editor for numerousalternate reality gameprojects, includingYear ZeroandI Love Beesfor42 Entertainment.Since 2009 she has been a partner at No Mimes Media, an alternate reality game company that she co-founded withSteve Petersand Behnam Karbassi.

Biblio

Novels

• China Mountain Zhang(1992)James Tiptree, Jr. Award,Locus Award,Lambda Literary Award
• Half the Day Is Night(1994)
• After The Apocalypse(1995)
• Mission Child(1998)ReviewbyJo Walton.
• Nekropolis(2001)Reviewby James Schellenberg.

Collections

• Mothers and Other Monsters,Small Beer Press(2005)
• After the Apocalypse,Small Beer Press(2011)Shirley Jackson Award,Best Single-Author Collection.

Stories (Partial List)

• "Kites" (1989)
• "Baffin Island" (1989)
• "The Queen of Marincite" (1990)
• "Render unto Caesar" (1992)
• "Protection" (1992)
• "The Missionary's Child" (1992)
• "The Beast" (1992)
• "Tut's Wife" (1993) (collected inMike Resnick's 1993 alternate history anthologyAlternate Warriors)
• "A Foreigner's Christmas in China" (1993)
• "Whispers" (1993)
• "A Coney Island of the Mind" (1993)
• "Virtual Love" (1994)
• "Nekropolis" (1994)
• "The Ballad of Ritchie Valenzuela" (1994) (collected in Mike Resnick's 1994 alternate history anthologyAlternate Outlaws)
• "The Lincoln Train"(1995) (collected in Mike Resnick's 1997 alternate history anthologyAlternate Tyrants)Hugo Award,Locus Award
• "Joss" (1995)
• "In the Air" (1995)
• "Learning to Breathe" (1995)
• "Homesick" (1996)
• "The Cost to Be Wise" (1996)
• "Interview: On Any Given Day" (2001)
• "Presence" (2002)
• "Ancestor Money" (2003)
• "Eight-Legged Story" (2003)
• "Frankenstein's Daughter" (2003)
• "Cannibal Acts" (2017)

Alternate Reality Games

• Year Zero:Writer (2007)
• Last Call Poker:Writer and Managing Editor (2005)
• I Love Bees:Writer and Managing Editor (2004)

External links

• Maureen McHugh's blog
• No Mimes Media
• Maureen F. McHughat theInternet Speculative Fiction Database