Mary Rosenblum (born Mary Freeman; June 27, 1952 – March 11, 2018) was an American

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and

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author.

Biography

Rosenblum was born in

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and grew up in

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. She earned a biology degree from

Reed College Reed College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus in the Eastmoreland neighborhood, with Tudor-Gothic style architecture, and a forested canyon nature preserve at ...

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. Rosenblum attended the

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in 1988. Her first story came out in 1990 and her

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in 1993. Her career began in, and largely returned to, science fiction. However, from 1999 to 2002 she wrote the "Gardening Mysteries" novel series under the name "Mary Freeman." Her gardening-involved mystery novels are said to be significantly different from her

and so her two followings do not necessarily overlap. In 1994, she won the

Compton Crook Award The Compton Crook Award is presented to the best English language first novel of the year in the field of science fiction, fantasy, or horror by the members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society at their annual science fiction convention, Baltic ...

for Best First Novel for the novel, ''The Drylands''. In 2009 she won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History Short Form for her story, "Sacrifice." Rosenblum was also an accomplished cheesemaker who taught the craft at selected workshops. At the age of 57, Rosenblum earned her airman certificate. Residing in Oregon, she was one of only 10% of pilots in that state who are female.

Death

Rosenblum died on March 11, 2018, when the single-engine plane she was piloting crashed near an airfield south of

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Bibliography

Novels

*''The Drylands'' (1993) *''Chimera'' (1993) *''The Stone Garden'' (1994) *''Devil's Trumpet'' (1999) writing as Mary Freeman *''Deadly Nightshade'' (1999) writing as Mary Freeman *''Bleeding Heart'' (2000) writing as Mary Freeman *''Garden View'' (2002) writing as Mary Freeman *''Water Rites'' (2006) *''Horizons'' (2007)

Collections

*'' Synthesis & Other Virtual Realities'' (1996)

Selected short stories

*"Shoals" (2013) in ''

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'' (anthology) * "

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" (2006) in

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.Publication: Asimov's Science Fiction, April-May 2006
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References

External links

Mary Rosenblum's website
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