Lisa Gracia Tuttle (born September 16, 1952) is an American-born science fiction, fantasy, and horror author. She has published more than a dozen novels, seven short story collections, and several non-fiction titles, including a reference book on

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, ''Encyclopedia of Feminism'' (1986). She has also edited several anthologies and reviewed books for various publications. She has been living in the United Kingdom since 1981. Tuttle won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1974, received the 1982

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for "

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", which she refused, and the 1989 BSFA Award for Short Fiction for "In Translation".

Writing career

Lisa Tuttle began writing when she attended

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in Piney Point Village, Texas. At the Mirabeau B. Lamar Senior High School in Houston she was active in

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, and founded and edited the Houston Science Fiction Society's

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, ''Mathom''. At

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in New York, she wrote for the university's fanzine ''Tomorrow And…'', plus several

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s. In 1971 Tuttle attended the Clarion Writer's Workshop, running that year at

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in New Orleans, after which she sold her first short story, "Stranger in the House", which appeared in 1972 in ''Clarion II'', an anthology edited by Robin Wilson. In 1974 Tuttle received a BA degree in English Literature and moved to

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where she worked as a journalist for five years at the ''

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'', a daily newspaper. In 1973 Tuttle and several other science fiction writers, including

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, Steven Utley and

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, founded the

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. Tuttle collaborated with author and screenwriter George R. R. Martin on a novella, ''The Storms of Windhaven'' that was nominated for a

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in 1976. Tuttle and Martin later expanded the novella into a novel, '' Windhaven'', which was published in 1981. Over the next 25 years Tuttle wrote a number science fiction and fantasy novels, including ''Lost Futures'' (1992), which was nominated for the

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and

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s. She has also written

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and published several titles, including ''Catwitch'' (with illustrator Una Woodruff) (1983), ''Panther in Argyll'' (1996) and ''Love-on-Line'' (1998). She has written under different shared house pen names with other authors for series of books. In 1987 she wrote the Casualty novelization ''Megan's Story'' under the name Laura Waring, ''Virgo: Snake Inside'' for a series of twelve young-adult books called ''Horrorscopes'' (1995) under the house pseudonym of Maria Palmer (although it was later reissued under her own name), and was a contributing author to

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's ''

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'' (2000–2002), a young-adult series of books, writing the first 8 books in the series, which were published as by Ben M. Baglio in the US and as by Lucy Daniels in the UK. In addition to fiction, Tuttle has written non-fiction, including the ''Encyclopedia of Feminism'' (1986) and ''Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (2002). As editor she has compiled several anthologies, including ''Skin of the Soul: New Horror Stories by Women'' (1990), and ''Crossing the Border: Tales of Erotic Ambiguity'' (1998), the latter covering the topic of

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. Tuttle's fiction often focuses on gender issues and includes "strong-willed women" who question their identities. British author

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wrote that her stories are "emotionally uncomfortable", and that "they not only make you think, they make you feel". Her science fiction works have been associated with

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, and '' The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English'' said that many of her stories use elements of science fiction and horror to "dramatize aspects of the human, and specifically the female, condition". It described ''The Pillow Friend'' as her "most satisfactory" novel, saying that it "trades more on ambiguities in its use of imaginary friends, phantom pregnancies and edible boyfriends". Tuttle has taught writing at several institutions, including Clarion West and the Citylit College in London. She has also reviewed books for ''

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''. In 1989 Tuttle received the BSFA Award for Short Fiction for "In Translation". Her short story, " Replacements" was adapted for an episode of the Canadian horror TV series, '' The Hunger'' in 1999, and another story of hers, "Community Property" was the subject of a 2005 French short film, ''Propriété commune''.

Nebula Awards refusal

In 1982, Tuttle became the first and only person to refuse a

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. Her short story, "

", which had been published in May 1981 in ''

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'', was nominated for the

in early 1982. She had objected to another nominee in this category,

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, sending his story "The Quiet", to

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members. Although this practice is now generally accepted, at that time it was seldom considered. SFWA had no rules about it. Tuttle wrote a letter to the Awards director Frank Catalano requesting that her story be withdrawn, saying, "I don't approve of this kind of campaigning". But "The Bone Flute" was chosen as the best short story before Catalano received Tuttle's letter, and when she was notified that she was the winner, she responded saying that she would not be accepting the award because she had withdrawn the story from the competition. Tuttle said that she would not be attending the awards ceremony on April 24, 1982, and requested that the reason for her refusal be given at the event. However, on April 29, 1982, Tuttle was contacted by ''

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'' editor John Douglas, who told her that he had received her award on her behalf. No mention had been made at the ceremony of her refusal to accept the award. Later, George R. R. Martin, with whom Tuttle had collaborated on '' Windhaven'', wrote an open letter to the SFWA in which he said that, while he did not necessarily agree with Tuttle's decision to refuse the award, he objected to the way the organization handled her refusal. Martin wrote: "She has made a difficult and considerable sacrifice on grounds of principle, and ..I feel very strongly that she had a right to be heard." In the wake of the controversy, Guthridge stopped writing for a decade, and stopped writing science fiction entirely. When asked in an interview in 2003 whether she regretted declining the Nebula Award, Tuttle said, "I think my main regret is that people may assume that I object to awards on principle, and never nominate anything by me for anything again! I would love to win some awards, especially ones with money attached ..."

Personal life

In the early 1970s, Tuttle was in a relationship with fellow science-fiction/fantasy author George R. R. Martin, with whom she co-wrote '' Windhaven''. Tuttle lived with Steven Utley for several years before moving in January 1981 from the United States to London, England, where she married British writer Christopher Priest.Clute and Nicholls 1995, p. 1246. After the marriage ended in 1987, she relocated to Torinturk in rural Scotland in 1990, where she currently lives with her second husband, editor Colin Murray, and their daughter, Emily.

Bibliography

Novels

* '' Windhaven'' (1981) (with George R. R. Martin) —

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nominee, 1982 * ''Familiar Spirit'' (1983) * ''Catwitch'' (1983) (with Una Woodruff) — young-adult fiction * ''Angela's Rainbow'' (1983) (with Michael Johnson) * ''

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'' (1987) * ''Megan's Story'' (1987) (as Laura Waring) — book tie-in of the '' Casualty'' TV series * ''Lost Futures'' (1992) —

and

nominees, 1992 * ''Virgo: Snake Inside'' (1995) (as Maria Palmer, later issued under her own name) — young-adult fiction * ''Panther in Argyll'' (1996) — young-adult fiction * ''The Pillow Friend'' (1996) * ''Love On-line'' (1998) — young-adult fiction * ''Mad House'' (1998) — young-adult fiction * ''My Death'' (2004) (novella) * ''The Mysteries'' (2005) * ''The Silver Bough'' (2006) * ''The Curious Affair of the Somnambulist and the Psychic Thief'' (2016) * ''The Curious Affair of the Witch at Wayside Cross'' (2017)

''Dolphin Diaries''

(Series of children's books written by Tuttle but published under the house name Ben M. Baglio (USA) and Lucy Daniels (UK). The series was continued with two more books which were not written by Tuttle.) * ''Into the Blue'' (2000) * ''Touching the Waves'' (2000) * ''Riding the Storm'' (2000) * ''Under the Stars'' (2000) * ''Chasing the Dream'' (2001) * ''Racing the Wind'' (2001) * ''Following the Rainbow'' (2001) * ''Dancing the Seas'' (2002)

Story collections

* ''

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'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1987) * ''Memories of the Body: Tales of Desire and Transformation'' (1990) * ''Ghosts and Other Lovers'' (2001) * ''My Pathology'' (2001) * '' Stranger in the House: The Collected Short Supernatural Fiction, Volume One'' (2010) * ''Objects in Dreams ''(2012) * ''The Dead Hours of Night ''(2021)

Short stories

* “

” (1981), Nebula Award winner (declined). * “The Curious Affair of the Deodand” (2011), in the

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anthology '' Down These Strange Streets'', edited by George R. R. Martin and

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* “The Curious Affair of the Dead Wives” (2014), in the cross-genre anthology ''

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'', edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois

Non-fiction

* ''Children's Literary Houses'' (1984) (with Rosalind Ashe) * ''Encyclopedia of Feminism'' (1986) * ''Heroines: Women Inspired by Women'' (1988) * ''Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (2002)

As editor

* ''Skin of the Soul: New Horror Stories by Women'' (1990) * ''Crossing the Border: Tales of Erotic Ambiguity'' (1998)

References

;Citations * Clute, John and Nicholls, Peter. ''

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''. New York:

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, 1993 (2nd edition 1995). .

External links

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