Carrie Richerson
Carrie Richerson | |
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| Born | November 1, 1952 Mississippi |
| Died | February 2, 2019 Austin, Texas |
Carrie Richerson, (November 1, 1952-February 2, 2019), was an American science fiction fan and bookseller who was also a science fiction writer repeatedly nominated for international awards.
Biography
Born Carrie Richerson in Mississippi November 1, 1952, she got her degree from Rice University in Houston, Texas where she studied Mathematics. She lived in Austin where she was involved in the local science fiction fandom and where she worked as a bookseller. Richerson was involved in running conventions and she was part of the team that ran the 1997 Worldcon, LoneStarCon 2. She also wrote short fiction, beginning in the 1990s. Her work was published in a number of magazines like Amazing Stories, Asimov’s, F&SF, Pulphouse, and Realms of Fantasy. Richerson was nominated for a Campbell Award twice. Her work also appeared in a collection and other anthologies. Elizabeth Moon thanked her in her novel Against the Odds in 2000. Richerson died in 2019 in an Austin rehabilitation center due to years of poor health.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Bibliography
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Short fiction
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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| Geckos | 1994 | Richerson, Carrie (1994). Geckos. Roadkill Press. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)
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| No end in sight | 1995 | Richerson, Carrie. "No end in sight". In Gilliam, Richard; Greenberg, Martin H.; Kramer, Edward E.; Wendy Webb (eds.). More phobias : stories of unparalleled paranoia. Pocket Books. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
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| Nuestra Señora | 1997 | Richerson, Carrie (1997). "Nuestra Señora". In Grant, Charles L.; Wendy Webb (eds.). Gothic ghosts. Tor. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
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| The golden chain | 2001 | Richerson, Carrie (April 2001). "The golden chain". F&SF. 100 (4): 43–53. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authormask= (help)
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- Apotheosis, (1992)
- Phases, (1993)
- By the Waters of Lethe We Sat Down and Wept, (1993)
- The Emerald City, (1994)
- Sous La Mer, (1994)
- Artistic License, (1994)
- Healer, (1996)
- The Harrowing, (1996)
- Juanito, the Magic Beans, and the Giant, (1998)
- The City in Morning, (1998)
- Love on a Stick, (2001)
- A Birth, (2005)
- A Game of Cards, (2005)
- The Warrior and the King, (2006)
- ... With By Good Intentions, (2006)
- Sheriff Doris Webster & the Returning Dead
- A Dying Breed, (1992)
- The Light at the End of the Day, (1993)
- The Quick and the Dead, (1997)
Poetry
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
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| STAR-crossed lovers | 2006 | Richerson, Carrie (Mar 2006). "STAR-crossed lovers". Aeon (Six). {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)
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References and sources
- ^ "Summary Bibliography: Carrie Richerson". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "Carrie Richerson (1952-2019)". Locus Online. 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "Carrie Richerson". Best SF. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Walton, J. (2018). An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000. Tom Doherty Associates. p. 482. ISBN 978-1-4668-6573-0. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "sfadb : Carrie Richerson Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Moon, E. (2016). Against the Odds. Serrano Legacy. JABberwocky Literary Agency, Incorporated. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-62567-232-2. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Abbott, C. (2016). Imagining Urban Futures: Cities in Science Fiction and What We Might Learn from Them. Wesleyan University Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-8195-7672-9. Retrieved 2019-10-04.