Laura J. Mixon

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Laura J. Mixon (born December 8, 1957) is a chemical and environmental engineer better known as a science fiction writer. She writes about the impact of technology and environmental changes on personal identity and social structures. Her work is often associated with the cyberpunk movement, and has been the focus of academic studies on the intersection of technology, feminism, and gender. She has also experimented with interactive storytelling, in collaboration with renowned game designer Chris Crawford. In the 1980s, she served in the Peace Corps in East Africa. She is married to SF writer Steven Gould (Jumper).

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[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

  • Burning the Ice (Tor Books hc, Aug 2002)
  • Proxies (Tor Books hc, Sep 1998; pb Oct 1999).
  • Greenwar, in collaboration with Steven Gould (Forge Books hc, Jun 1997; Tor Books pb, Nov 1998).
  • Glass Houses (Analog Magazine, Dec 1991; Tor Books pb, May 1992).
  • Astropilots (USA: OMNI/Scholastic pb, Jun 1987; UK: Dragon Books pb, 1987; Japan: Hayakawa Books pb, 1989).

[edit] Short fiction

  • “At Tide’s Turning” (Asimov’s, April 2001; Worldmakers, St. Martin’s Press, Dec 2001).
  • “A Dose of Reality” (Wild Cards XIV, Baen Books pb; Mar 1994).
  • “The Lamia's Tale” (Wild Cards XIII, Baen Books pb; Mar 1993).

[edit] Nonfiction

  • “Writing on the Edges: The Science in Science Fiction” (The SFWA Bulletin, Jun 1999).
  • “A Pilgrim's Progress: My Experiments with a New Interactive Storytelling Technology” (The SFWA Bulletin, May 1997).

[edit] References

  • Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002.

[edit] External links