Carrie Richerson (November 1, 1952 - February 2, 2019) was an American

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fan and bookseller who was also a science fiction writer repeatedly nominated for international awards.

Biography

Born Carrie Richerson in

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November 1, 1952, she got her degree from

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, where she studied

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. She lived in

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where she was involved in the local

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and where she worked as a bookseller. Richerson was involved in running conventions and she was part of the team that ran the 1997

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, LoneStarCon 2. She also wrote short fiction, beginning in the 1990s. Her work was published in a number of magazines, including ''

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'', ''Asimov's'', ''F&SF'', '' Pulphouse'', and ''

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''. Richerson was nominated for a Campbell Award twice. Her work also appeared in a collection and other anthologies.

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thanked her in her novel ''Against the Odds'' in 2000. Richerson died in 2019 in an Austin rehabilitation center due to years of poor health.

Selected works

Short fiction

;Sheriff Doris Webster & the Returning Dead * ''A Dying Breed'', (1992) * ''The Light at the End of the Day'', (1993) * ''The Quick and the Dead'', (1997)

Poetry

References and sources

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