Maureen F. McHugh (born February 13, 1959) is an American

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and

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writer.

Career

McHugh's first published story was published as a ''Twilight Zone'' under a male pseudonym in 1988. It was followed by a pair of publications under her own name in ''

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'' in 1989. Since then, she has written four novels and over twenty short stories. Her first novel, ''

China Mountain Zhang ''China Mountain Zhang'' is a 1992 science fiction novel by American writer Maureen F. McHugh. The novel is made up of several stories loosely intertwined. Title The novel's title derives from the name of the protagonist, a young gay man of mi ...

'' (1992), was nominated for both the

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and the

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, and won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. In 1996 she won a

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for her short story " The Lincoln Train" (1995). Her short story collection ''Mothers and Other Monsters'' was shortlisted as a finalist for the

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in December, 2005. McHugh has worked as a writer and/or managing editor for numerous

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projects, including

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and

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for

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. Since 2009 she has been a partner at No Mimes Media, an alternate reality game company that she co-founded with Steve Peters and Behnam Karbassi.

Novels

*''

'' (1992) James Tiptree, Jr. Award,

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*''Half the Day Is Night'' (1994) *''Mission Child'' (1998
Review
by

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. *''Nekropolis'' (2001
Review
by James Schellenberg.

Stories (Partial List)

*"Kites" (1989) *"Baffin Island" (1989) *"The Queen of Marincite" (1990) *"Render unto Caesar" (1992) *"Protection" (1992) *"The Missionary's Child" (1992) *"The Beast" (1992) *"Tut's Wife" (1993) (collected in

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's 1993 alternate history anthology ''

Alternate Warriors ''Alternate Warriors'' is an alternate history anthology edited by Mike Resnick, published in the United States by Tor Books. The anthology contains 29 short stories, including Resnick's own "Mwalimu in the Squared Circle". The other stories are ...

'') *"A Foreigner's Christmas in China" (1993) *"Whispers" (1993) *"A Coney Island of the Mind" (1993) *"Virtual Love" (1994) *"Nekropolis" (1994) *"The Ballad of Ritchie Valenzuela" (1994) (collected in Mike Resnick's 1994 alternate history anthology ''

Alternate Outlaws ''Alternate Outlaws'' is an alternate history anthology edited by Mike Resnick, published in the United States by Tor Books Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company ba ...

'') *" The Lincoln Train" (1995) (collected in Mike Resnick's 1997 alternate history anthology ''

Alternate Tyrants ''Alternate Tyrants'' is a 1997 Tor alternate history anthology, edited by Mike Resnick. The anthology contains 20 short stories, with each story by a different author, and presents a scenario where an individual becomes a tyrant or dictato ...

'')

*"Joss" (1995) *"In the Air" (1995) *"Learning to Breathe" (1995) *"Homesick" (1996) *"The Cost to Be Wise" (1996) *"Interview: On Any Given Day" (2001) *"Presence" (2002) *"Ancestor Money" (2003) *"Eight-Legged Story" (2003) *"Frankenstein's Daughter" (2003) *"Cannibal Acts" (2017)

Collections

*''Mothers and Other Monsters'',

Small Beer Press Small Beer Press is a publisher of fantasy and literary fiction, based in Northampton, Massachusetts. It was founded by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link in 2000 and publishes novels, collections, and anthologies. It also publishes the zine ''Lady Churc ...

(2005) *''After the Apocalypse'',

(2011)

Shirley Jackson Award The Shirley Jackson Awards are literary awards named after Shirley Jackson in recognition of her legacy in writing. These awards for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror and the dark fantastic are presented ...

, Best Single-Author Collection.

Alternate Reality Games

*''

'': Writer (2007) *''

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'': Writer and Managing Editor (2005) *''

'': Writer and Managing Editor (2004)

References

External links

Maureen McHugh's blog

No Mimes Media
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