Maggie C. A. Hogarth (née de Alarcon) is an American writer and artist who works in the

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, and

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genres. The

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catalogs her illustrations as by Maggie de Alarcon (1990 to 1997) and Micah Hogarth (1997 and 1998). In May 2015, after working on SFWA's indie committee, Hogarth was elected Vice President of SFWA; she served in that capacity for three years before stepping down.

Biography

Hogarth was born in the United States, the daughter of two

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political

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s. As of December 2013, she lives in

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, US.

"Space Marine" controversy

In mid-December 2012,

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made a complaint to

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about Hogarth's novel ''Spots the Space Marine'' (a near-future military science fiction novel about real marines). Games Workshop indicated that the work infringed on their trademark of the words "

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", and, as a result, Amazon blocked sales of the book. This led to an internet backlash from commentators such as

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and digital rights group the

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, who questioned the right of Games Workshop to trademark the term. Subsequently, ''Spots the Space Marine'' reappeared on Amazon, and Games Workshop issued no further legal action.

Honors and awards

Hogarth was a guest of honor at the Midwest FurFest

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in 2003 and 2009. She was also the guest of honor at the inaugural Son of SilverCon in 2023. Her short story "Freedom, Spiced and Drunk" made the Tiptree Award's secondary reading list in 2002. Her short story "Unspeakable" won the

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Reader's Choice award in 2002 and was a finalist for the Gaylactic Spectrum Award in the short story category in 2003. Her short story "In the Line of Duty" was the winner of the 2003 Ursa Major Award for Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction. In 2004, her story ''The Flight of the Godkin Griffin'' was nominated in the Best Other Work category of the

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.2004 Awards
on the Spectrum Awards website. Retrieved December 3, 2013.

Bibliography

In addition, short stories by the author have been published in Raconteur Press anthologies.

References

External links

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