I grew up in the Midwest, although I call home a mildly haunted, fey-infested house in metro Atlanta that I share with my husband, Matthew. After receiving my Master of Arts degree in Developmental Psychology, I retired from academia to pen flights of fancy. I also edit legislation for the Georgia General Assembly, which from time to time I suspect is another venture into flights of fancy.
I received the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and was named the 2009 Author of the Year by Bards and Sages. The Dragon and the Stars anthology, edited by Derwin Mak and Eric Choi, with my story, “Mortal Clay, Stone Heart,” won the 2011 Aurora Award for Best English Related Work. My fiction has also received the 2002 Phobos Award; been translated into eight languages; and been a finalist for the Hugo, Washington Science Fiction Association, and British Science Fiction Association awards.
My short story collection, Returning My Sister’s Face and Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice, was published in 2009 and has been used as a textbook at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of California-Davis. Check out my bibliography for a list of all my published and forthcoming works.
I am represented by literary agent William Reiss of John Hawkins & Associates, Inc., and I’m a voting member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), the non-profit writers organization founded by Damon Knight in 1965 and presenter of the Nebula awards.
I also keep a blog where I indulge in self-absorbed musings and document my writing progress, and I post regular updates on Twitter, Google+, and Facebook.
- 1/20/2012 – “Biba Jibun” (audio reprint) in Pseudopod.
- 12/7/2011- “Beneath the Silent Bell, the Autumn Sky Turns to Spring” in anthology Human for a Day.
- 11/30/2011 – Mortal Clay, Stone Heart and Other Stories in Shades of Black and White ebook for Kindle, Nook, and other eReaders
- 11/22/2011 – “Black Swan, White Swan” (audio reprint) in PodCastle.
- 11/11/2011 – “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast” and “The Wish of the Demon Achtromagk” ebooks for Kindle and other ebook readers.
- 9/9/2011 – “Requiem Duet, Concerto for Flute and Voodoo” in Daily Science Fiction.
- 1/25/2012 – “Requiem Duet, Concerto for Flute and Voodoo” (reprint) to Journey Into…
- 9/28/2011 – “Black Swan, White Swan” (reprint) to PodCastle.
- 9/16/2011 – “The King of Rabbits and Moon Lake” (reprint) to Journey Into…
- 7/22/2011 – “Biba Jibun” (reprint) to Pseudopod.
- 7/6/2011 – “Beautiful Winter” (reprint) to the first annual InterGalactic Awards Anthology.
- 1/4/2012 – Returning My Sister’s Face was reviewed by Asian American Literature Fans and Diabolical Plots reviewed “Requiem Duet, Concerto for Flute and Voodoo.”
- 11/21/2011 – The Dragon and the Stars anthology with my “Mortal Clay, Stone Heart” won the 2011 Aurora Award in the category of “Best English Related Work”!
- 10/4/2011- Fantasy Matters and Myriad Spheres reviewed “Requiem Duet, Concerto for Flute and Voodoo.”
- 9/5/2011 – MTV interviewed me as the Director/Editor of the Daily Dragon.
