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Kelley Eskridge (born 21 September 1960) is an American writer of fiction, non-fiction and screenplays. Her work is generally regarded as speculative fiction and is associated with the more literary edge of the category, as well as with the category of
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fiction.


Early life and education

Eskridge was born in
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on 21 September 1960. She attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire,
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, and the
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where she earned a
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degree in Theatre Performance.


Career

Eskridge attended the
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in 1988 where she met her future wife, English novelist
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. Eskridge has published short fiction and essays since 1990. Her story "And Salome Danced" received the $11,000 Astraea Prize and was nominated for the
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in 1995, and her story "Alien Jane" was a finalist for the
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, also in 1995. ''Alien Jane'' also received a TV adaptation on the short-lived
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Series ''
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''. Her first collection of short fiction, ''Dangerous Space'', was published in 2007; the title novella "Dangerous Space" was a Nebula Award finalist in 2009. Her first novel '' Solitaire'' was published in 2002 by
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Eos. ''Solitaire'' is character-driven science fiction set in a near-future corporate state. It was a
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Notable Book, a
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Original Voices selection, and was a finalist for the Nebula, Endeavour, and
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awards. ''Solitaire'' was the basis for the 2017 feature film '' OtherLife'' co-written by Eskridge, directed by Ben C. Lucas, and starring Jessica De Gouw. Eskridge has been a full-time writer, screenwriter and independent editor/writing coach. She previously worked in a series of corporate positions, most recently as Vice President of Project Management at
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. She served on the board of the
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from late 2009 to 2014, and was board chair from 2010 to 2013. She taught at Clarion West in 2007. Eskridge is the co-founder (with
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) and managing partner of Sterling Editing (established 2009) with an international client list of established and emerging writers. Eskridge is the creator of the Humans At Work program to help new managers learn people management skills. Management guru
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(author of '' The No Asshole Rule'') quoted Eskridge's views on management in his book ''Good Boss, Bad Boss'' (Chapter 1).


Personal life

Eskridge's commitment ceremony to Nicola Griffith in Atlanta on September 4, 1993 was announced in ''
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'', perhaps the first same-sex commitment announcement the paper had published. They were legally married twenty years later on September 4, 2013 in
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where they live today.


Awards and honors

* Astraea Prize, 1993 for "And Salome Danced" *
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, 1995 for "Strings" *
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Notable Book, 2002 for '' Solitaire'' *
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Original Voices selection, 2002 *
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Best of Year Selection *
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, 2003 for '' Solitaire' *
Spectrum Award The Spectrum Awards were established in 1994 by Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner to recognize the best in fantasy, science fiction, and horror artwork created each year. Spectrum Award categories * Grand Master * Advertising * Book * Comics * Concept ...
Finalist, 2003 for '' Solitaire'' * Tiptree Prize Finalist/Honor List, 2007 for "Dangerous Space", 1998 for "The Eye of the Storm", 1995 for "And Salome Danced" * Nebula Award Finalist, 2009 for "Dangerous Space", 2003 for '' Solitaire'', 1996 for "Alien Jane" * Writer Guest of Honor (with Nicola Griffith) at
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66, 2013


Bibliography

* "The Hum of Human Cities" (1990). '' Pulphouse: A Hardback Magazine'', Vol. 9. * "Somewhere Down the Diamondback Road" (1993). ''Pulphouse: A Hardback Magazine'', Issue 15. * "Strings" (February 1994). ''
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''. * "And Salome Danced" (1994). ''Little Deaths'', Ellen Datlow, ed. UK: Orion. * "Alien Jane" (1995). ''Century Magazine'', Vol. 1. * "The Eye of the Storm" (1998). ''Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers'', Ellen Datlow, ed. USA:
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. * "Identity and Desire" (essay, 1999). ''Women of Other Worlds'', Tess Williams and Helen Merrick, eds. Australia:
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. * '' Solitaire'' (2002, 2004). USA: HarperCollins Eos, September 2002 (hc), February 2004 (tp). * "As We Mean to Go On," with Nicola Griffith (essay, 2005). ''Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times'', Kevin Smokler, ed. USA: Basic Books. * ''Dangerous Space'' (collection, 2007). USA:
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. * ''Solitaire'' (2011). Small Beer Press; Reprint edition * "Eye of the Storm" (2012). ''Beyond Binary'', Lee Mandelo, ed. United States
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