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Michaela-Marie Roessner-Hermann (born January 27, 1950) is an American science-fiction writer publishing under the name Michaela Roessner.


Biography

Born in
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, she was raised in
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,
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,
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, Thailand, and
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. Trained as a visual artist, she holds a BFA in Ceramics from the
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and an MFA in Painting from
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, and exhibits under the name M. M. Roessner-Herman.Biography: Michaela Roessner
/ref> In 1989, she won the
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer The ''Astounding'' Award for Best New Writer (formerly the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer) is given annually to the best new writer whose first professional work of science fiction or fantasy was published within the two previous ...
. Her first novel, ''Walkabout Woman'', was a 1989 nominee for the
Mythopoeic Award The Mythopoeic Awards for literature and literary studies are given annually for outstanding works in the fields of myth, fantasy, and the scholarly study of these areas. Established by the Mythopoeic Society in 1971, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Awar ...
, and won the
Crawford Award The IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award (short: Crawford Award) is a literary award given to a writer whose first fantasy book was published during the preceding calendar year. It's one of several awards presented by the International Associat ...
. She has also published the science fiction novel ''Vanishing Point'' and number of short stories, published in ''
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'', SciFiction, '' Omni Online'','' Strange Plasma'', ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'', and elsewhere. She is also the author of two historical novels, ''The Stars Dispose'' (1997) and ''The Stars Compel'' (1999), about
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. She lives in
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. She has taught at the
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at
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and the Gotham Writers' Workshop.


Awards

* 1989,
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer The ''Astounding'' Award for Best New Writer (formerly the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer) is given annually to the best new writer whose first professional work of science fiction or fantasy was published within the two previous ...


Bibliography

* ''Walkabout Woman'' (1988) * ''Vanishing Point'' (1993) * ''The Stars Dispose'' (1997) * ''The Stars Compel'' (1999)


References


External links


Michaela Roessner's page at Brazen Hussies
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Michaela Roessner entry at ''Fantastic Fiction''

Interview with Pat Murphy and Michaela Roessner
on Hour 25, August 10, 2001. 1950 births Living people 20th-century American novelists American fantasy writers American science fiction writers American women novelists John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer winners University of San Francisco alumni Novelists from San Francisco American women science fiction and fantasy writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women {{US-sf-writer-stub