Mary Robinette Kowal was the 2008 recipient of the Campbell Award for Best New Writer and a Hugo nominee for her story “Evil Robot Monkey.” Her stories have appeared in Strange Horizons, Asimov’s, and several Year's Best anthologies. She is the author of Shades of Milk and Honey (Tor 2010), the fantasy novel that Jane Austen might have written.
Mary, a professional puppeteer and voice actor, has performed for LazyTown (CBS), the Center for Puppetry Arts, Jim Henson Pictures and founded Other Hand Productions. Her designs have garnered two UNIMA-USA Citations of Excellence, the highest award an American puppeteer can achieve. She also records fiction for authors such as Kage Baker, Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi.
She is serving her second term as Secretary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Mary lives in Portland, OR with her husband Rob and eleven manual typewriters.
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction
Series
Glamourist Histories
1. Shades of Milk and Honey (2010)
2. Glamour in Glass (2012)
3. Without a Summer (2013)
4. Valour and Vanity (2014)
5. Of Noble Family (2015)
1. Shades of Milk and Honey (2010)
2. Glamour in Glass (2012)
3. Without a Summer (2013)
4. Valour and Vanity (2014)
5. Of Noble Family (2015)
Lady Astronaut
1. The Calculating Stars (2018)
1.5. Articulated Restraint (2019)
2. The Fated Sky (2018)
2.5. The Lady Astronaut of Mars (2014)
3. The Relentless Moon (2020)
1. The Calculating Stars (2018)
1.5. Articulated Restraint (2019)
2. The Fated Sky (2018)
2.5. The Lady Astronaut of Mars (2014)
3. The Relentless Moon (2020)
Novels
Omnibus
The Year's Top Short SF Novels 2 (2012) (with Carolyn Ives Gilman, Kij Johnson, Ken Liu, Robert Reed and Allen Steele)
Collections
Scenting the Dark and Other Stories (2009)
Shadows Beneath (2014) (with Brandon Sanderson, Howard Tayler and Dan Wells)
Word Puppets (2015)
Shadows Beneath (2014) (with Brandon Sanderson, Howard Tayler and Dan Wells)
Word Puppets (2015)
Novellas
First Flight (2010)
For Want of a Nail (2011)
The Escapement of Blackledge (2016)
Forest of Memory (2016)
For Want of a Nail (2011)
The Escapement of Blackledge (2016)
Forest of Memory (2016)
Series contributed to
METAtropolis
Cascadia (2010) (with Elizabeth Bear, Tobias S Buckell, Jay Lake, Ken Scholes and Karl Schroeder)
Green Space (2013) (with Elizabeth Bear, Tobias S Buckell, Jay Lake, Seanan McGuire, Ken Scholes and Karl Schroeder)
Cascadia (2010) (with Elizabeth Bear, Tobias S Buckell, Jay Lake, Ken Scholes and Karl Schroeder)
Green Space (2013) (with Elizabeth Bear, Tobias S Buckell, Jay Lake, Seanan McGuire, Ken Scholes and Karl Schroeder)
Whitehall Season One
Whitehall: Season One Volume One (omnibus) (2016) (with Liz Duffy Adams, Madeleine E Robins, Barbara Samuel, Delia Sherman and Sarah Smith)
Whitehall: Season One Volume Two (omnibus) (2016) (with Liz Duffy Adams, Madeleine E Robins, Barbara Samuel, Delia Sherman and Sarah Smith)
Whitehall: Season One Volume One (omnibus) (2016) (with Liz Duffy Adams, Madeleine E Robins, Barbara Samuel, Delia Sherman and Sarah Smith)
Whitehall: Season One Volume Two (omnibus) (2016) (with Liz Duffy Adams, Madeleine E Robins, Barbara Samuel, Delia Sherman and Sarah Smith)
Some of the Best from Tor.com (with Elizabeth Bear, Siobhan Carroll, John Chu, Greg Egan, Kathleen Ann Goonan, S L Huang, Carole Johnstone, KJ Kabza, Erinn L Kemper, Rich Larson, M Evan MacGriogair and Seanan McGuire)
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2019 Edition (2020)
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2019 Edition (2020)
Anthologies edited
The Hugo Award Showcase (2010)
Coming Soon Enough (2014) (with Brenda Cooper, Greg Egan, Nancy Kress, Geoffrey A Landis and Cheryl Rydbom)
Coming Soon Enough (2014) (with Brenda Cooper, Greg Egan, Nancy Kress, Geoffrey A Landis and Cheryl Rydbom)
Awards
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Mary Robinette Kowal recommends

Between Two Thorns (2013)
(Split Worlds, book 1)
Emma Newman
"Emma Newman has created a reflection of Bath that reminds one that charming is not safe. Between Two Thorns shows the darkness beneath the glamour of the social Season. Learning to be a young lady has never seemed so dangerous."

Jade City (2017)
(Green Bone Saga, book 1)
Fonda Lee
"How does a book make me giddy and heartbroken at the same time? Jade City delivers intrigue, family drama, and martial arts magic that feels absolutely real."

Murder on Millionaires' Row (2018)
(Rose Gallagher Mystery, book 1)
Erin Lindsey
"A charming mystery of manners. Ghosts, murder, magic, and a heroine who's impulsive but also refreshingly smart about her choices. What's not to love?"

The Midnight Bargain (2020)
C L Polk
"From page one, C. L. Polk displays an elegant mastery of form. The Midnight Bargain is by turns charming and wrenching."

The Conductors (2021)
(Murder and Magic, book 1)
Nicole Glover
"Community dynamics mixed with a magical alternate Reconstruction-era mystery. The Conductors has all the elements I was looking for in a good story."
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