Mary Robinette Kowal
American SF author, puppeteer and audiobook narrator; four-time Hugo winner.
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- Mary Robinette Kowal is an American author, translator, art director and puppeteer.
- She has won four Hugo Awards, and The Calculating Stars, the first Lady Astronaut novel, won the Hugo and the Nebula for best novel.
- She was president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America from 2019 to 2021.
Key facts
- Born
- 8 February 1969, Raleigh, North Carolina1
- Puppetry
- Professional puppeteer from 1989; Jim Henson Productions, Center for Puppetry Arts, two seasons of LazyTown1
- Awards
- John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (2008); Hugo for "For Want of a Nail" (2011) and "The Lady Astronaut of Mars" (2014); Hugo (2019) and Nebula (2018) for The Calculating Stars1
- Podcast
- Cast member of Writing Excuses from 20111
- Translation
- The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir, from Icelandic (2024)1
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