Pat Murphy (writer)
| Patrice Ann Murphy | |
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 Pat Murphy at Worldcon in Helsinki, 2017. | |
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March 9, 1955 Washington, US |
Patrice Ann "Pat" Murphy (born March 9, 1955) is an American science writer and author of science fiction and fantasy novels.
Early life
Murphy was born on March 9, 1955 in Washington state.
Career
Murphy has used the ideas of the absurdist pseudophilosophy pataphysics in some of her writings. Along with Lisa Goldstein and Michaela Roessner, she has formed The Brazen Hussies to promote their work. Together with Karen Joy Fowler, Murphy co-founded the James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 1991.
With her second novel, The Falling Woman (1986), she won the Nebula Award, and another Nebula Award in the same year for her novelette, "Rachel in Love." Her short story collection, Points of Departure (1990) won the Philip K. Dick Award, and her 1990 novella, Bones, won the World Fantasy Award in 1991.[1]
Personal life
She lives in San Francisco and, for more than 20 years, when she was not writing science fiction, she worked at the Exploratorium, San Francisco's museum of science, art, and human perception.[2] There, she published non-fiction as part of the museum staff.
She has a black belt in the martial art kenpō.[3][4]
Bibliography
Novels
- The Shadow Hunter (1982; partially rewritten and republished in 2002)
- The Falling Woman (1986)
- The City, Not Long After (1989)
- Nadya: The Wolf Chronicles (1996)
- There and Back Again (1999)
- Wild Angel (2001)
- Adventures in Time and Space with Max Merriwell (2002)
- The Wild Girls (children's novel) (2007)
Short fiction
- Collections
- Points of Departure (1990)
- Women Up to No Good (2013)
Anthologies edited
- The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1 (2005) with Debbie Notkin, Karen Joy Fowler and Jeffrey D. Smith. Anthology of winners of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. Tachyon Publications.
- The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2 (2006) with Debbie Notkin, Karen Joy Fowler and Jeffrey D. Smith. Tachyon Publications.
- The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3 (2007) with Debbie Notkin, Karen Joy Fowler and Jeffrey D. Smith. Tachyon Publications.
Nonfiction
- Joseph, James, Witold Klawe and Pat Murphy (1979). Tuna and billfish : fish without a country. Paintings by George Mattson. La Jolla, Calif.: Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission.
- Imaginary Friends (1996 essay)
- Before and After (1997 travel essay)
- Explorabook: A Kid's Science Museum in a Book by John Cassidy, Pat Murphy, and Paul Doherty (1991)
- Bending Light: An Exploratorium Toolbook (1993) by Pat Murphy
- By Nature's Design (1993) by Pat Murphy
- The Science Explorer (1996) by Pat Murphy, Ellen Klages, and Linda Shore
- The Color of Nature (1996) by Pat Murphy and Paul Doherty
- The Science Explorer Out and About (1997) by Pat Murphy, Ellen Klages, and Linda Shore
- Zap Science: A Scientific Playground in a Book (1997) by John Cassidy, Paul Doherty, & Pat Murphy
- Murphy, Pat and Paul Doherty (Aug 2000). "Playing with fire". Science. F&SF. 99 (2): 112–120.
- Exploratopia (2006, ISBN 0-316-61281-2)
Miscellaneous
- A Flock of Lawn Flamingos (2001 chapbook)
References
- ↑ World Fantasy Convention. "Award Winners and Nominees". Retrieved February 4, 2011.
- ↑ "Teen Book Review interview". Teenbookreview.wordpress.com. March 2008.
- ↑ "Inkwell: Authors and Artists". www.well.com. October 4, 2000. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
- ↑ Helen Merrick; Tess Williams (1999). Women of Other Worlds: Excursions Through Science Fiction and Feminism. University of Western Australia Press. pp. 342–. ISBN 978-1-876268-32-9.
