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Allybird (Allybird)
Username: Allybird

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 80.47.10.77
Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 11:49 am:   

LISA TUTTLE....which should please many, many people.

'Lisa Tuttle won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1974, and went on to write seven novels and numerous short stories (four collections published so far) as well as fiction for young adults and children and several non-fiction books, including Encyclopedia of Feminism. Among her best-known books are Windhaven, written in collaboration with George R.R. Martin, Lost Futures, short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, A Nest of Nightmares (described by Stephen Jones as “without doubt one of the finest collections of horror stories to appear for many years”), The Pillow Friend, and The Mysteries. Her most recent novel was a romantic fantasy set in a Scottish village overwhelmed by creatures and events from ancient legend, The Silver Bough. Her complete short stories (almost 100) are forthcoming in three volumes from Ash Tree Press.
Lisa has worked as a journalist – five years as a reporter, reviewer, feature writer and television columnist for The Austin American-Statesman followed by occasional free-lance work for various publications, including Time Out, City Limits and The Bookseller, while she was based in London during the 1980s. Also during that time she taught science fiction classes (reading and writing) for the extra-mural department of the University of London at the City Lit. She’s also been the tutor-in-residence on several Arvon courses – twice at Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire, once at the centre in Devon, twice at Moniack Mhor in Scotland. Herself a former Clarion student (New Orleans, 1971, and Seattle, 1972) she returned to teach at Clarion West in 1991. In addition, she’s taught occasional one-day writing workshops in various venues around Britain, and has been involved with informal professional writing groups throughout her career, being one of the founder members (with Howard Waldrop, Tom Reamy, Steven Utley and others) of the Turkey City Writers’ Workshop in Texas, and Writers’ Bloc in London (with Christopher Evans, R.M. Lamming, Garry Kilworth, Robert Holdstock and David Wingrove)., as well as attending the English Milford for a number of years.
Born and raised in Texas, she received a BA in English (Creative Writing) from Syracuse University in 1973. Since 1990, she’s been living in a remote, rural part of Scotland with her husband, Colin Murray, who now works as a freelance editor and writer after many years in publishing, and their daughter, Emily.'
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Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey)
Username: Ramsey

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 195.93.21.74
Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 12:07 pm:   

Yayyy!
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.0.114.254
Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 12:15 pm:   

Nice work, Ally. You shouldn't be shy about taking credit for this coup.
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.0.114.254
Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 12:16 pm:   

Although, I thought she lived in Devon/Cornwall.
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Allybird (Allybird)
Username: Allybird

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 80.47.10.77
Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 12:35 pm:   

Thank you Gary!

Definately Scotland.
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Mick Curtis (Mick)
Username: Mick

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.177.181.73
Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 12:58 pm:   

Good news indeed - I recall her attending FCon(s) in the 'eighties. She was, then, a Philip Glass fan too!
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Matthew_fell (Matthew_fell)
Username: Matthew_fell

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 216.232.190.19
Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 06:18 pm:   

And for those who like Lisa, as quite a lot seem to, the first of three volumes of her short supernatural fiction, to be published by Ash-Tree, should be available at Fantasycon (if all goes according to plan).
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Allybird (Allybird)
Username: Allybird

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 80.47.10.77
Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 06:37 pm:   

I really need those books Chris. I've had to post NEST OF NIGHTMARES back to Craig. Broke my heart it did :>(
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Skunsworth (Skunsworth)
Username: Skunsworth

Registered: 05-2009
Posted From: 78.149.54.191
Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 08:57 pm:   

Acest!
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Joel (Joel)
Username: Joel

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 91.110.251.226
Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 10:05 pm:   

This is great news.
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Huw (Huw)
Username: Huw

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 61.216.46.212
Posted on Monday, February 15, 2010 - 04:14 am:   

Fantastic! Wish I could be there to meet her - she's been one of my favourite authors since the early eighties.
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Jonathan (Jonathan)
Username: Jonathan

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 91.109.188.43
Posted on Monday, February 15, 2010 - 11:14 pm:   

Aces! I shall be there
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Steve Bacon (Stevebacon)
Username: Stevebacon

Registered: 09-2008
Posted From: 90.204.111.236
Posted on Monday, February 15, 2010 - 11:27 pm:   

I'd very much like to see her. And get the ATP collections.

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