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Mary Turzillo
Born1940
Pen nameMary T. Brizzi
GenreSpeculative fiction
Notable works"Mars is No Place for Children"
Notable awardsNebula Award
Novelette division
2000 Mars is No Place for Children
SpouseGeoffrey A. Landis
Website
www.duelingmodems.com/~turzillo

Mary A. Turzillo (born 1940)[1] is an American science fiction writer noted primarily for short stories. She won the Nebula Award for Best Novelette in 2000 for her story Mars is No Place for Children,[2][3] published originally in Science Fiction Age, and her story "Pride,"[2] published originally in Fast Forward 1, was a Nebula award finalist for best short story of 2007.[4]

She was formerly a professor of English at Kent State University, where she wrote articles and several books of science fiction criticism under the name Mary T. Brizzi, including Reader's Guide to Anne McCaffrey and Reader's Guide to Philip José Farmer.[5] She attended the Clarion Workshop in 1985,[6] and she founded the Cajun Sushi Hamsters writing workshop in Cleveland, Ohio.[7]

Fiction

Although Mary had published poetry and academic works before attending the Clarion Writers workshop, her main publications in science fiction occurred following Clarion, with the publication of the stories “What Do I See In You” in Writers of the Future Volume IV, and “Kings” in Pulphouse: the Hardback magazine. After this her work appeared regularly in the SF magazines such as The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Fact, as well as original anthologies such as Universe and Fast Forward.

Her first novel, An Old Fashioned Martian Girl was serialized in Analog magazine in 2004.[8]

Poetry

Turzillo is also a poet, published in a number of national publications. Her collection of poetry, Your Cat & Other Space Aliens, was published by VanZeno Press in 2007. A collaborative collection of poetry and fiction, Dragon Soup (written with artist and poet Marge Simon), appeared from VanZeno in 2008, and another collaboration with Simon, The Dragon's Dictionary, was published by Sam's Dot in 2010.

She has won several Ohio Poetry Day[9] awards. In 2013, she won the Science Fiction Poetry Association's Elgin Award for best poetry book for her collection Lovers and Killers (Dark Regions, 2012).[10]

Personal life

She is married to fellow science fiction writer Geoffrey A. Landis.[11]

Bibliography

Fiction

Novels

  • Turzillo, Mary (2004). An old-fashioned Martian girl. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authormask= (help) Not yet published as monograph, serialized in Analog (see below).

Short fiction

Title Year First published in Reprinted/collected in
Crimes against nature 1994 Interzone. 80. February 1994. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
An old-fashioned Martian girl - part I of IV 2004 Analog. 124 (7&8). July–August 2004. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
An old-fashioned Martian girl - part II of IV 2004 Analog. 124 (9). September 2004. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
An old-fashioned Martian girl - part III of IV 2004 Analog. 124 (10). October 2004. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
An old-fashioned Martian girl - part IV of IV 2004 Analog. 124 (11). November 2004. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
The Guatemala cure 1995 Sheffield, Charles, ed. (1995). How to save the world. Pyr. ISBN 0-312-85577-X. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authormask= (help) Sheffield, Charles, ed. (1999). How to save the world (pbk ed.). Pyr. ISBN 0-312-86784-0. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authormask= (help)
Mate 1997 F&SF. 92 (2). February 1997. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
Chrysoberyl 1998 F&SF. 94 (6). June 1998. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
Mars is no place for children

Nebula Award winner, 2000[2]

1999 Science Fiction Age. May 1999. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) Silverberg, Robert, ed. (2001). Nebula Awards showcase 2001. Harcourt. ISBN 0-15-100581-8. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |editormask= (help)

Silverberg, Robert, ed. (2001). Nebula Awards showcase 2001 (pbk ed.). Harcourt. ISBN 0-15-601335-5. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editormask= ignored (|editor-mask= suggested) (help)

By Ben Cruachan 1999 F&SF. 97 (3). September 1999. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
Pride

Nebula Award nominee, 2008[4]

2007 Anders, Lou, ed. (2007). Fast forward 1 : future fiction from the cutting edge. Pyr. ISBN 978-1-59102-486-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |editormask= (help) Datlow, Ellen, ed. (2010). Tails of wonder and imagination. Night Shade Books. ISBN 978-1-59780-170-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |editormask= (help)

Betancourt, John Gregory, ed. (2013). The sixth science fiction megapack : 25 modern & classic stories (ebook). Wildside Press. ISBN 978-1-4344-4723-4. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |editormask= (help)

Zora and the Land Ethic Nomads 2007 Mann, George, ed. (2007). The Solaris book of new science fiction. Solaris. ISBN 978-1-84416-448-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |editormask= (help) Betancourt, John Gregory, ed. (2012). The fourth science fiction megapack : 25 modern & classic stories (ebook). Wildside Press. ISBN 978-1-4344-4881-1. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |editormask= (help)
Steak tartare and the cats of Gari Babakin 2009 Analog. 129 (4): 74–87. April 2009. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Poetry

Collections

  • Turzillo, Mary A. (2007). Your cat & other space aliens. vanZeno Press. ISBN 9780978924409. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authormask= (help)
  • Simon, Marge; Turzillo, Mary A. (2008). Dragon soup. vanZeno Press. ISBN 9780978924454. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authormask= (help)
  • Turzillo, Mary A. (2012). Lovers & killers. Dark Regions Press. ISBN 9781937128326. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authormask= (help)

Poems

Title Year First published in Reprinted/collected in
If we are alone 2013 Analog. 133 (5): 37. May 2013. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

References

  1. ^ Turzillo, Mary A., 1940- - LC Linked Data Service (Library of Congress)
  2. ^ a b c "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees". Locusmag.com. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  3. ^ Charles Brown, "2000 Nebula Banquet," Locus, July 2000
  4. ^ a b "Nebula Award Nominees," The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Spring 2007
  5. ^ "The Official Philip José Farmer Home Page – What's New Archive". Pjfarmer.com. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  6. ^ "Nebula Award Nominees," The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Summer 2000
  7. ^ S. Andrew Swann, Genrewonk interviews: Mary A. Turzillo, February 20, 2009 retrieved Oct. 3, 2013
  8. ^ ""An Old-Fashioned Martian Girl (Part 1)" by Mary A. Turzillo". Analogsf.com. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  9. ^ "Welcome Home – Ohio Poetry Day Association". Ohiopoetryday.webs.com. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  10. ^ Science Fiction Poetry Association, 2013 Elgin Awards For books published in 2012 (Retrieved October 3, 2013)
  11. ^ "Geoffrey A. Landis: Hands-On Science," Locus, January 2000
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