M. K. Hobson

M. K. Hobson (born January 21, 1969) is a speculative fiction and fantasy writer. In 2003 she was a Pushcart Prize nominee, and her debut novel The Native Star was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award.^[1] She lives in Oregon City, Oregon.

Hobson's short fiction has appeared in magazines such as SCI FICTION, the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, Strange Horizons, and ChiZine. Her work has also appeared in anthologies such as Polyphony 5 and Polyphony 6 and Medicine Show. Hobson's story "The Hand of the Devil on a String" appeared on the 2008 Best American Fantasy recommended reading list, and her other work has received Honorable Mentions in “Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror” and “Year’s Best Science Fiction."

She is the author of two historical fantasy novels. The first, (The Native Star), was published by Bantam Spectra on August 31, 2010. The sequel (The Hidden Goddess) followed on April 26, 2011. Hobson has described the style of these novels as "Bustlepunk."^[2]

She is co-editor—with author Douglas Lain—of the surrealist/anarchist 'zine Diet Soap. She is also a co-host of the fantasy podcast PodCastle, a sister podcast of Escape Pod.

Bibliography

Novels

• The Native Star (August 31, 2010) Bantam Spectra (ISBN 978-0553592658)
• The Hidden Goddess (April 26, 2011) Bantam Spectra. (ISBN 978-0553592665)

Short Stories

Several of Hobson's short stories are available online, including:

• The Hotel Astarte, Realms of Fantasy, June 2007.
• Severance Pay, Strange Horizons, September 2005.
• Domovoi, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 2005
• Hell Notes, SCI FICTION, February 2005
• Ice Cream, Vestal Review, October 2003
• The Principessa of Montenegro, flashquake, Fall 2003

External links

• Demimonde, M. K. Hobson's official site, with links to complete bibliography, blog, and upcoming conventions.
• The Voices in My Head Don't Think They're Imaginary, M. K. Hobson's LiveJournal
• M. K. Hobson: Bustlepunk, author interview in Locus.
• Diet Soap, the official site of the Diet Soap printzine.
• Interview with M. K. Hobson by Marshall Payne, The Fix.
• Author Interview, Shimmer Magazine.
• The Clarion Quandary, a Point-Counterpoint, published in The Broadsheet.
• History As It Wasn’t: Writing Historical Fantasy published in The Broadsheet.
• M. K. Hobson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

References