Lucy A. Snyder (born 1971) is an American

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, and

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writer.

Biography

Born in

South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

, Snyder grew up in

San Angelo, Texas San Angelo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States. Its location is in the Concho Valley, a region of West Texas between the Permian Basin (North America), Permian Basin to the northwest, Chihuahuan Desert ...

, after her father was briefly assigned to

Goodfellow Air Force Base Goodfellow Air Force Base is a nonflying United States Air Force base located in San Angelo, Texas, United States. As part of Air Education and Training Command, Goodfellow's main mission is cryptologic and intelligence training for the Air Forc ...

. She graduated from

Angelo State University Angelo State University is a public university in San Angelo, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1928 as San Angelo College. It gained university status and awarded its first baccalaureate degrees in 1967 and graduate degrees in 1969, the s ...

and then moved to

Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington is a city in Monroe County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. The population was 79,168 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the List of municipalities in Indiana, seventh-most populous city in Indiana and ...

, for graduate studies in environmental science and journalism at

Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, IUB, or Indiana) is a public university, public research university in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. It is the flagship university, flagship campus of Indiana Univer ...

. She is a graduate of the 1995

Clarion Workshop The Clarion Workshop is an American six-week workshop for aspiring science fiction and fantasy writers. Originally an outgrowth of Damon Knight's and Kate Wilhelm's Milford Writer's Workshop, Milford Writer's Conference, held at their home in Milfo ...

; authors

Nalo Hopkinson Nalo Hopkinson (born 20 December 1960) is a Jamaican-born Canadian speculative fiction writer and editor. Her novels – ''Brown Girl in the Ring (novel), Brown Girl in the Ring'' (1998), ''Midnight Robber'' (2000), ''The Salt Roads'' (2003), ' ...

and

Kelly Link Kelly Link (born July 19, 1969) is an American editor and writer. Mainly known as an author of short stories, she published her first novel, ''The Book of Love'' in 2024. While some of her fiction falls more clearly within genre categories, many ...

were among her classmates. She lives in

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, formerly with her now ex-husband and occasional coauthor

Gary A. Braunbeck Gary A. Braunbeck (born July 1, 1960) is an American science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror author. Biography Braunbeck was born in Newark, Ohio (the city that serves as the model for the fictitious Cedar Hill in many of his stories). He ...

Writings

Over 80 of her short stories have appeared in various magazines, anthologies, and collections, including ''

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'', ''

Nightmare Magazine John Joseph Adams (born July 31, 1976) is an American science fiction and fantasy editor, critic, and publisher. Career Editor Adams worked as Assistant Editor at ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' from May 2001 to December 2009. In ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Short Trips: Destination Prague''. One of her online humor stories, "Installing Linux on a Dead Badger", became the basis for a short humor collection of the same name published in 2007. Her 2012 horror story "Magdala Amygdala" won the

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for Best Short Fiction and was selected to appear in ''The Best Horror of the Year:'' ''Volume Five'' (edited by

Ellen Datlow Ellen Datlow (born December 31, 1949) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist. She is a winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Bram Stoker Award ( Horror Writers Association). Career Datlow began her car ...

). This story later served as the basis for her 2023 novel ''Sister, Maiden, Monster''. Her poetry has appeared in ''

Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet ''Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet'' (''LCRW'') is a twice-yearly small press zine published by Small Beer Press, edited by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link. It contains an eclectic mix of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, with an emphasis on specula ...

'', '' GUD Magazine'' and ''

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''. In March 2010, Snyder was awarded a

for Superior Achievement in Poetry for her collection ''Chimeric Machines''.Horror Writers Association List of Past Bram Stoker Award Nominees and Winners
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'', an online bioscience publication produced by

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, and briefly served as a contributing editor for ''

Strange Horizons ''Strange Horizons'' is an online magazine, online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and non-fiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables. History and profile It was launched in S ...

''. Since January 2010, she has mentored students in

Seton Hill University Seton Hill University is a private Catholic university in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally a women's college, it became a coeducational university in 2002 and enrolls about 2,200 students. History The school was founded i ...

's MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction.

Awards

Bibliography

Novels

* * * * *

Serials

*''A Glimpse of Darkness'' (

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, 2010, co-written with Lara Adrian, Harry Connolly, Kelly Meding, and

Stacia Kane Stacia Kane is an American writer of romantic erotica, urban fantasy, and horror. Kane lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia with her British husband and their daughters. In the past, she worked as a phone psychic, a customer service representati ...

)

Collections

*''Blood Magic'' (2001) *''Sparks and Shadows'' (2007) *''Installing Linux on a Dead Badger'' (2007) *''Chimeric Machines'' (2009) *''Orchid Carousals'' (2013) *''Soft Apocalypses'' (2014) *''While the Black Stars Burn'' (2015) *''Garden of Eldritch Delights'' (2018)

Nonfiction books

*''Shooting Yourself in the Head for Fun and Profit: A Writer's Survival Guide'' (2014)

References

Sources

*Burgess, Liz
"Technomancy and the Zombie Apocalypse"
''Sequential Tart'', July 9, 2007.

External links

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LivejournalInstalling Linux on a Dead Badger: User's Notes
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Interview
at '' GUD Magazine''
Interview
at ''

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