Happy birthday to the award-winning, multi-faceted Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy at the 2013 San Antonio Worldcon (photo: Lawrence Person)
Writer, scientist,
and toy maker, Pat Murphy has written eight novels, numerous short
stories, innumerable essays, and several nonfiction works. Her many
award winning works include The Falling Woman (Nebula), Points
Of Departure (Philip K. Dick), “Bones” (World Fantasy),
“There and Back Again” (Seiun), and “Rachel in Love”
(Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial, Locus, Asimov’s
Readers’ Poll).
Murphy’s other
acclaimed novels include THE SHADOW HUNTER, The City, Not Long
After, the Max Merriwell series (There and Back
Again, Wild Angel, and Adventures in Time
and Space with Max Merriwell), Nadya,
and Prophecy. Her short fiction was collected in Points of
Departure and Women Up to No Good. Three of
Murphy’s stories “Rachel in Love,” “A Flock of Lawn
Flamingos,” and “About Fairies”
each appeared as separate chapbooks.
Alongside her other
literary accolades and pursuits, she co-founded (with Karen Joy
Fowler) the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. With Debbie Notkin and Jeffrey
D. Smith, the duo edited three volumes of THE JAMES TIPTREE AWARD
ANTHOLOGY.
Previously, Murphy
was the science editor for Klutz Books and worked at the
Exploratorium with Frank Oppenheimer. Currently she acts as the
Activity Guru for Mystery Science, where she serves as the brains
behind all the hands-on activities
All of us Tachyon wish the extraordinary Pat a special birthday full of cool things that she creates and not.
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