Martin L. Shoemaker is an American computer programmer and science fiction author,About Martin
on shoemaker.space active in the field since 2011.

Biography

Shoemaker is the third of four children of John and Dawn Shoemaker from Byron Center. A lifelong resident of West Michigan, he lived in Monterey Township in 2015. He was educated at Byron Center High School, the University of Michigan and

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. He attributes his love of reading and creative urge and work ethic to his parents while citing ''

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'' and the televised Apollo Moon landings as influences on his interest in science fiction.Kuyt, Sherry.
Local author is top contender in sci-fi competition
." On mlive.com, Apr. 6, 2015. Shoemaker has described himself as "a programmer who writes on the side." A second place win in the Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest rewarded him with a lunch with astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

Literary career

Shoemaker's work has appeared in various periodicals, webzines, podcasts and anthologies, including ''

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'', ''The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One'', '' Clarkesworld'', ''Digital Science Fiction'', ''Forever Magazine'', ''Galaxy's Edge'', ''The Glass Parachute'', ''Humanity 2.0'', ''Little Green Men: Attack!'', ''

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'', ''Time Travel Tales'', ''Trajectories'', '' Writers of the Future Volume 31'', '' The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection'', '' The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection'', ''The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016'', ''Year's Top Short SF Novels 4'', and ''The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 8''.

Bibliography

Novels

*''Today I Am Carey'' (2019) *''The Last Dance'' (Near-Earth Mysteries 1, 2019) *''The Last Campaign'' (Near-Earth Mysteries 2, 2020)

Short fiction

;Collections *''Family Secrets'' (2017) *''Blue collar space'' (2018) *''HMI : Human-Machine Interface'' (2019) ;Stories

Nonfiction

*"Jack McDevitt, History Builder" (2018)

Awards

"Scramble" won second place in the Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest. "Murder on the Aldrin Express" placed second in the 2013 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novella. "Not Close Enough" placed second in the 2013 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novelette. ''Unrefined'' took third place in the Writers of the Future contest, 2014. "Racing to Mars" won the Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novelette. "Today I Am Paul" won the Washington Science Fiction Society's Small Press Award, was nominated for the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, and placed 22nd in the 2016 Locus Award for Best Short Story. "Not Far Enough" placed fifth in the 2017 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novella.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shoemaker, Martin L. Living people 21st-century American male writers American speculative fiction writers Analog Science Fiction and Fact people Year of birth missing (living people)