Robert David Reed (born October 9, 1956 in

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) is a Hugo Award-winning American

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. He has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the

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. Reed is an "extraordinarily prolific" genre short-fiction writer with "Alone" being his 200th professional sale. His work regularly appears in '' Asimov's'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He has also published eleven novels. , Reed lived in

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with his wife and daughter.

Awards

* "Mudpuppies" (1986) (First

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Grand Prize winner) * ''la Voie terrestre'' (1994), the French translation of ''Down the Bright Way'' (1991) ( Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for foreign novel) * "Decency" (1996) (''

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'' reader poll, short story) * "Marrow" (1997) (''

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'' reader poll, novella) * "She Sees My Monsters Now" (2002) (''

'' reader poll, short story) * "A Billion Eves" (2006): Hugo Award for Best Novella, 2007 He was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction in 1987.

Bibliography

Marrow Series

# '' Marrow'' (

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) # '' The Well of Stars'' ( 2004) # ''The Greatship'' (2013) (collection) # ''The Memory of Sky'' (2014) # ''The Dragons of Marrow'' (2018)

Novels

* ''The Leeshore'' (1987) * ''The Hormone Jungle'' (1987) * ''Black milk'' (1989) * '' Down the Bright Way'' (

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)
Review
by

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. * ''

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'' ( 1992) * '' Beyond the Veil of Stars'' (

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) * '' An Exaltation of Larks'' (

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) * '' Beneath the Gated Sky'' (

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) * '' Sister Alice'' ( 2003)

Collections

* '' The Dragons of Springplace'' (

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) * '' Chrysalide'' ( 2002) (French-language translations) * '' The Cuckoo's Boys'' ( 2005)

Chapbooks

* '' Mere'' ( 2004) (Set in the world of the Great Ship/Marrow) * '' Flavors of My Genius'' ( 2006)

Stories

Nonfiction

* "Read This" in ''

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'', July 1992. * "Improbable Journeys" (2004), the afterword to ''Mere'', which detailed the development of the stories set in the ''Marrow'' universe. * "Afterword" to ''The Cuckoo's Boys'', a short fiction collection.

References

Sites of more general interest that were used as references are listed in the "External links" section. *
The ''Locus'' Index to Science Fiction

at The ''

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'' Index to Science Fiction Awards
Hugo Awards 2007
at the World Science Fiction Society's official Hugo Awards site
The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
official page at the website of the

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Notes

External links

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Robert Reed's online fiction

Fantastic Fiction Author Page

in

October 2003 interview
in

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Nebraska Center for Writers

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