David Marusek (born January 21, 1951 in

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) is an American author.

Biography

Marusek worked as a

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for about twenty years and for eleven years he also taught graphic design at the

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. He became serious about a writing career around 1986; success began soon after he attended

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in 1992. His third published story, "We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy," garnered attention. In 1999 his novella "

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" won the

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and was nominated for the

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. His first novel, '' Counting Heads'' (a much bigger expansion of "...Joy"), was published by

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in 2005, and was the subject of

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's debut "Across the Universe" column in the March 5, 2006 ''

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''. A second novel titled '' Mind Over Ship'' (a sequel to '' Counting Heads'') was released by Tor Books on January 20, 2009. A short story collection, '' Getting to Know You'', was published by

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in 2007 and was reprinted by

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in 2008. A new novel titled ''Upon This Rock: Book 1--First Contact (Volume 1)'' was released on June 29, 2017, followed by two more volumes: ''Upon this Rock: Book 2--Glassing the Orgachine'' on February 2, 2019, and ''Upon this Rock: Book 3--Consider Pipnonia'' on June 18, 2021.

Personal life

Marusek lived in various places in youth. He is divorced. He has a daughter. He has lived in

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since 1973 and that is the state he is most associated with.

Works

Short fiction

*"The Earth Is on the Mend" (1993) *"She Was Good--She Was Funny" (1994) *"We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy" (1995) *" Getting to Know You" (1998) *"Yurek Rutz, Yurek Rutz, Yurek Rutz" (1999) *"Cabbages and Kales, or, How We Downsized North America" (1999) *"

" (1999) *"VTV" (2000) *"A Boy in Cathyland" (2001) *"Listen to Me" (2003) *"My Morning Glory"(2006) *"HealthGuard" (2007) *"Osama Phone Home"(2007)online text
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Novels

*'' Counting Heads'' (2005) *''Mind Over Ship'' (2009) *''Upon This Rock: Book 1 — First Contact'' (2017) *''Upon This Rock: Book 2 — Glassing the Orgachine'' (2019) *''Upon This Rock: Book 3 — Consider Pipnonia'' (2021)

Collections

*'' Getting to Know You'' (2007)

References

External links

Personal siteCounting Heads blog
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marusek, David Living people 21st-century American novelists American male novelists American science fiction writers Writers from Buffalo, New York Writers from Alaska American male short story writers 1951 births 21st-century American short story writers 21st-century American male writers Novelists from New York (state)