Stephanie Saulter is a

Jamaican Jamaican may refer to: * Something or someone of, from, or related to the country of Jamaica * Jamaicans, people from Jamaica * Jamaican English, a variety of English spoken in Jamaica * Jamaican Patois, an English-based creole language * Culture ...

scientist and science fiction author.

Life and career

Born in Jamaica and educated at

MIT The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

, Saulter lived in the

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for fifteen years before moving to

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where she has lived since 2003. She studied

genetics Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar worki ...

and

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...

as well as later working with marginalised communities and urban regeneration, from

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. Her books deal with these topics as well as including diversity. Saulter came from a mixed race background where one of her brothers has

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, spasticity, stiff muscles, Paresis, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be p ...

. Saulter has also written articles for a number of magazines. She has also worked as a judge for literary awards including the

Una Marson Una Maud Victoria Marson (6 February 1905 – 6 May 1965) was a Jamaican feminist, activist and writer, producing poems, plays and radio programmes. She travelled to London in 1932 and became the first black woman to be employed by the BBC ...

Award entries in the

Lignum Vitae Writing Awards Lignum is Latin for wood and may refer to: * ''Gmelina lignum-vitreum'', plant endemic to New Caledonia * Lignum, common name of ''Muehlenbeckia florulenta'', plant native to inland Australia * Lignum Crucis, remnants of the True Cross * Lignum Lt ...

Bibliography

''®Evolution''

# ''Gemsigns'' (2013) # ''Binary'' (2014) # ''Regeneration'' (2015)

Short fiction

* ''Audiovisionary'' (2014)/ *

Essays

* ''Energy in SF: A Conversation'' (2016) with Ian McDonald

References

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