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(''The Cure For Everything'', 2001). Her first novel, ''Speaking Dreams'' from 1992, was a

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nominee. She was long-listed for

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in 1994 (''Amazons'') and short-listed in 1998 (''Hand of Prophecy'') and 2000 (''The Annunciate''). She now writes mainstream fiction. Employed as a teacher, she lives with her partner of twenty-five years in

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Bibliography

Novels

* ''Speaking Dreams'' ** ''Speaking Dreams'' (1992) ** ''Hand of Prophecy'' (1998) * ''The Annunciate'' (1999)

Collections

* ''The Cure for Everything'' (2013)

Short fiction

* ''Amazons'' (1993) * ''Tiger, Tiger'' (1998) * ''Harbingers'' (1999) * ''The Breadfruit Empire'' (1999) * ''The Golem'' (2000) * ''The Cure for Everything'' (2000) * ''The Peaceable Kingdom'' (2000) * ''Call for Submissions'' (2003) * ''The Island of Varos'' (2003) * ''The Three Unknowns'' (2004) * ''Secret Histories'' (2013) * ''The Crime Museum'' (2013)

Essay

* ''Read This'' (NYRSF, September 1998) (1998)

References

External links

* 20th-century American novelists American science fiction writers American women short story writers American women novelists American lesbian writers 1958 births Living people Nebula Award winners American LGBTQ novelists American women science fiction and fantasy writers 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American women writers {{US-sf-writer-stub