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Maureen F McHugh


USA flag (b.1959)

Maureen McHugh has written four novels and two collections of short fiction. She won the James Tiptree Award for her first novel, China Mountain Zhang. She was a Finalist for the Story Award for Mothers & Other Monsters, and won a Shirley Jackson Award for her collection After the Apocalypse. After the Apocalypse was also named one of Publishers Weeklys 10 Best Books of 2011.

She was born in a blue collar town in Ohio. Shes lived in New York City, Shijiazhuang, China, and Austin, Texas. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California where she is trying desperately to sell her soul to Hollywood but as it turns out, the market is saturated.
 

Awards: Jackson (2012), Hugo (1996), Otherwise (1992)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction
 
Novels
   China Mountain Zhang (1992)
   Half the Day Is Night (1994)
   Mission Child (1998)
   Nekropolis (2001)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Cost to Be Wise (2007)
   The Naturalist (2014)
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Books containing stories by Maureen F McHugh
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The Year's Best Fantasy: Volume 2 (2023)
(Year's Best Fantasy , book 2)
edited by
Paula Guran
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman

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Awards
2012 Shirley Jackson Award for Single-Author Collection : After the Apocalypse
1996 Hugo Award for Best Short Story : The Lincoln Train
1993 Locus Award for Best First Novel : China Mountain Zhang
1992 Otherwise Award : China Mountain Zhang

Award nominations
2023 Locus Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Goldfish Man
2021 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Yellow and the Perception of Reality
2018 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Sidewalks
2014 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : The Memory Book
2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : After the Apocalypse
2012 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : After the Apocalypse
2011 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : After the Apocalypse
2011 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Naturalist
2009 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Special Economics
2006 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Mothers and Other Monsters
2004 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Ancestor Money
2003 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Presence
2002 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Interview: On Any Given Day
2002 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Nekropolis
2002 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Nekropolis
1999 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Mission Child
1999 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Mission Child
1997 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Cost to Be Wise [short story]
1997 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Cost to Be Wise
1997 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Cost to Be Wise [short story]
1996 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History (nominee) : The Lincoln Train
1996 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Lincoln Train
1995 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Nekropolis
1995 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Virtual Love
1995 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Nekropolis [short story]
1995 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Half the Day Is Night
1993 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Protection
1993 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : China Mountain Zhang
1993 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Protection
1993 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Protection
1993 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : China Mountain Zhang
1992 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : China Mountain Zhang


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Portrait of Jennie (1940)
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