Lucy A. Snyder (born 1971) is an American

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...

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, horror, and

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writer.

Biography

Born in

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, Snyder grew up in

San Angelo, Texas San Angelo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States. Its location is in the Concho Valley, a region of West Texas between the Permian Basin to the northwest, Chihuahuan Desert to the southwest, Osage Plai ...

, after her father was briefly assigned to

Goodfellow Air Force Base Goodfellow Air Force Base is a nonflying United States Air Force base located in San Angelo, Texas, United States. As part of Air Education and Training Command, Goodfellow's main mission is cryptologic and intelligence training for the Air Forc ...

. She graduated from

Angelo State University Angelo State University is a public university in San Angelo, Texas. It was founded in 1928 as San Angelo College. It gained university status and awarded its first baccalaureate degrees in 1967 and graduate degrees in 1969, the same year it too ...

and then moved to

Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County, Indiana, Monroe County in the central region of the U.S. state of Indiana. It is the List of municipalities in Indiana, seventh-largest city in Indiana and the fourth-largest outside ...

, for graduate studies in environmental science and journalism at

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. Campuses Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI. *Indiana Universit ...

. She is a graduate of the 1995

Clarion Workshop Clarion is a six-week workshop for aspiring science fiction and fantasy writers. Originally an outgrowth of Damon Knight's and Kate Wilhelm's Milford Writers' Conference, held at their home in Milford, Pennsylvania, United States, it was founded i ...

; authors

Nalo Hopkinson Nalo Hopkinson (born 20 December 1960) is a Jamaican-born Canadian speculative fiction writer and editor. Her novels ('' Brown Girl in the Ring'', ''Midnight Robber'', '' The Salt Roads'', ''The New Moon's Arms'') and short stories such as thos ...

and

Kelly Link Kelly Link (born July 19, 1969) is an American editor and author of short stories. While some of her fiction falls more clearly within genre categories, many of her stories might be described as slipstream or magic realism: a combination of sci ...

were among her classmates. She lives in

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

, with her husband and occasional coauthor Gary A. Braunbeck.

Writings

Over 80 of her short stories have appeared in various magazines, anthologies, and collections, including ''

Apex Magazine ''Apex Magazine'', also previously known as ''Apex Digest'', is an American horror and science fiction magazine. This subscription webzine, ''Apex Magazine'', contains short fiction, reviews, and interviews. It has been nominated for several awa ...

'', '' Nightmare Magazine'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Short Trips: Destination Prague''. One of her online humor stories, "Installing Linux on a Dead Badger", became the basis for a short humor collection of the same name published in 2007. Her 2012 horror story "Magdala Amygdala" won the

Bram Stoker Award The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing. History The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since 1 ...

for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction and was selected to appear in ''

The Best Horror of the Year ''The Best Horror of the Year'' is a series of horror fiction anthologies edited by Ellen Datlow. ...

'' Volume Five (edited by

Ellen Datlow Ellen Datlow (born December 31, 1949) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist. She is a winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Bram Stoker Award (Horror Writers Association). Career Datlow began her career ...

). Her poetry has appeared in ''

Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet ''Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet'' (''LCRW'') is a twice-yearly small press zine published by Small Beer Press, edited by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link. It contains an eclectic mix of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, with an emphasis on speculativ ...

'', ''

GUD Magazine ''Greatest Uncommon Denominator Magazine'' (also known as ''GUD Magazine'') is an American literary magazine, the first publication from Greatest Uncommon Denominator Publishing, founded in Laconia, New Hampshire in July 2006. Format and periodi ...

'' and ''

Weird Tales ''Weird Tales'' is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine founded by J. C. Henneberger and J. M. Lansinger in late 1922. The first issue, dated March 1923, appeared on newsstands February 18. The first editor, Edwin Baird, prin ...

''. In March 2010, Snyder was awarded a

for Superior Achievement in Poetry for her collection ''Chimeric Machines''.Horror Writers Association List of Past Bram Stoker Award Nominees and Winners
/ref> Snyder served as an editor for ''

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'', an online bioscience publication produced by

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, and briefly served as a contributing editor for ''

Strange Horizons ''Strange Horizons'' is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and nonfiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables. History and profile It was launched in September 2000, and ...

''. Since January 2010, she has mentored students in

Seton Hill University Seton Hill University is a private Catholic university in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Formerly a women's college, it became a coeducational university in 2002 and enrolls about 2,200 students. History The school was founded in 1885 by the Sist ...

's MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Spellbent'' (

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, 2009, nominated for a

Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel The Bram Stoker Award for First Novel is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for an author's first horror novel. Winners and nominees References {{Bram Stoker Award Firs ...

) * ''Shotgun Sorceress'' (Del Rey Books, 2010) * ''Switchblade Goddess'' (Del Rey Books, 2011) * ''Devils' Field'' (Alliteration Ink, 2015)

Serials

* ''A Glimpse of Darkness'' (

, 2010, co-written with

Lara Adrian Tina St. John (born 1966 in Michigan, United States), is an author of historical and paranormal romance novels. As Tina St. John she wrote seven historical romances, and under the pseudonym Lara Adrian she currently writes the New York Times and ...

, Harry Connolly, Kelly Meding, and

Stacia Kane Stacia Kane is an American writer of romantic erotica, urban fantasy Urban fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy which places imaginary and unreal elements in an approximation of a contemporary urban setting. The combination provides the writer ...

)

Collections

* ''Blood Magic'' (2001) * ''Sparks and Shadows'' (2007) * ''Installing Linux on a Dead Badger'' (2007) * ''Chimeric Machines'' (2009,

winner) * ''Orchid Carousals'' (2013) * ''Soft Apocalypses'' (2014,

winner) * ''While the Black Stars Burn'' (2015) * ''Garden of Eldritch Delights'' (2018)

Nonfiction books

* ''Shooting Yourself in the Head For Fun and Profit: A Writer's Survival Guide'' (2014,

winner)

References

Sources

* Burgess, Liz
"Technomancy and the Zombie Apocalypse"
''Sequential Tart'', July 9, 2007.

External links

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Livejournal

Installing Linux on a Dead Badger: User's Notes
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Interview
at

Interview
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