About Me
I was born in Tampa, Florida, down the street from the stadium in 1975 — the same year that gave us Saturday Night Live and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, so I consider myself in good company. I have a B.A. in English from Southern Adventist University, here noted because it embarrasses them to share a paragraph with Tim Curry in drag; and I also have an M.A. in Rhetoric (composition/critical theory) from the University of Tennessee, which couldn’t care less.
I write novels. To date, I’ve had eight of them published, and another six are in the queue. My best-known book is probably Boneshaker (2009), which was nominated for a Nebula Award and a Hugo Award. It won the PNBA Award, as well as the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, so yes, my resume is starting to look a little lop-sided. (Not that I’m complaining.)
In addition to all that fiction, I sometimes write for magazines and websites — composing everything from product copy for power tools to interviews and movie reviews. You can find a mostly proper bibliography over here.
For my day job, I serve as an associate editor with Subterranean Press.
In March of 2006 I married my long-time significant other, Aric; and together with our fat black cat named Spain (as in, “I claim this land for–”), we moved to Seattle shortly after the wedding. Seattle is very different from the southeast. I’m still getting accustomed to it.
For further stats, check my Wikipedia entry. It’s mostly correct, though often at least partially wrong – and routinely out of date. Wikipedia won’t let me fix anything, even my occupations, publications, or graduation years. Apparently I’m not qualified to address such matters of hearsay.