Marie Lilian Vibbert (born 1974) is a
science fiction author.
Background
Vibbert was born in
East Cleveland, Ohio in 1974, the daughter of a construction worker who was also a professional sculptor and painter. She has a twin sister named Grace.
She received a bachelor's degree in Geology and English from
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Reser ...
in 1998. She played as a
lineman in
professional women's football for the
Cleveland Fusion team.
She works as a programmer at the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship through University Technology.
[5 questions with… Marie Vibbert, novelist and (U)Tech staff member]
, ''The Daily,'' CWRU, Feb. 19, 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
Vibbert attended the
Clarion Science Fiction Writers' Workshop in 2013. and is a member of the Cleveland-based Cajun Sushi Hamsters writing workshop,
and an organizer for the Cleveland Game Developers group.
[Author Bio](_blank)
marievibbert.com. Retrieved 18 November 2022. She lives with her husband Brian Crick in
Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
She, and her twin, are both long-time active members in the
Society for Creative Anachronism's Middle Kingdom where Marie Vibbert is known as ''Lyonnete Vibert''. She researches and teaches on topics of the arts, customs and culture of the Middle Ages.
Writing
Fiction
While she published an early short story, "Brain Trust" in the online magazine ''Reflection's Edge'' in February 2006, her significant body of short fiction started to appear after 2013. Her work has appeared in science fiction magazines including ''
Analog Science Fiction
''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William C ...
,
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,
Daily Science Fiction'', and ''
Clarkesworld'', and has been reprinted in several anthologies. Her work has been called "the embodiment of what science fiction should be in 2016" by ''The Oxford Culture Review''.
Her debut science fiction novel, ''Galactic Hellcats'' appeared in 2021,
["Nickoloff, Annie (Mar. 9, 2021).]
Cleveland author Marie Vibbert debuts first sci-fi novel ‘Galactic Hellcats’
" ''Cleveland.com''. Retrieved 18 November 2022. and was longlisted for the British Science Fiction Association'
BSFA Award for 2021. Reviews of the book called it "Tongue-in-cheek humor, delightfully absurd (if sometimes over the top) action, and heartening themes of found family keep the pages turning" (''
Publishers Weekly'') and "An interplanetary biker-squad romp that’s less cheesy than the Russ Meyer–esque premise suggests" (''
Kirkus Reviews
''Kirkus Reviews'' (or ''Kirkus Media'') is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus (1893–1980). The magazine is headquartered in New York City. ''Kirkus Reviews'' confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fic ...
'').
A fantasy novel ''The Gods Awoke'' appeared in August, 2022. She also co-authored a thriller ''MegaDeath'' with Tory Quinn, appearing in 2022.
Poetry
Vibbert's poetry has appeared in multiple publications, including ''
Asimov's Science Fiction, Illumen, Star*Line, Utopia Science Fiction, Eye to the Telescope, Abyss & Apex, Dreams & Nightmares, Gathering Storm,'' and ''Kaleidotrope''. Her poems have been nominees for the
Rhysling award for science fiction poetry in 2016, 2021, and 2022.
Scholarship
Vibbert has presented scholarly research on the subjects of
women's headgear of the late Middle Ages, (within the
Society for Creative Anachronism), on
class issues in science fiction, and on the statistical analysis of female writers of science fiction short stories.
Awards
*"Keep Talking" won the 2014
Apex Magazine Story of the Year.
*"The Willing Body, the Reluctant Heart" placed second in the ''Analog Science Fiction'' "Analytical Laboratory" reader's poll in 2018.
*"The Unlikely Heroines of Callisto Station" placed second in the ''Analog Science Fiction'' "Analytical Laboratory" reader's poll in 2021.
2021 Analytical Laboratory Results
, ''Analog
Analog or analogue may refer to:
Computing and electronics
* Analog signal, in which information is encoded in a continuous variable
** Analog device, an apparatus that operates on analog signals
*** Analog electronics, circuits which use analo ...
'', May/June 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
References
External links
Official Website
*
Marie Vibbert
entry in '' The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction''
*
Goodreads author page
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1974 births
Living people
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American short story writers
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American short story writers
American science fiction writers
Asimov's Science Fiction people
Novelists from Ohio
People from Cleveland
Case Western Reserve University alumni