Marissa Kristine Lingen (born July 26, 1978) is an American science fiction and fantasy author who writes short stories.

Marissa Lingen
Lingen in April 2016
Born (1978-07-26) July 26, 1978 (age 46)
OccupationAuthor
Years active2000–present
Websitemarissalingen.com Edit this at Wikidata

Life

edit

Lingen was born in Libertyville, Illinois, to a family of Norwegian[1] and Swedish[2] descent. She studied physics and mathematics at Gustavus Adolphus College[3] and worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.[4] She now lives in Minnesota.[5]

Lingen has published more than 150[6][7][8] pieces of short fiction. In 1999, her story "In the Gardens and the Graves" won the Isaac Asimov Award, now known as the Dell Magazines Award, for short fiction.[9] Her fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies, as well as in Nature, Tor, Ideomancer, Analog and Clarkesworld.[10] Her story "The Ministry of Changes" has been translated into Italian[11] and her stories have been reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2013 Edition, Year's Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction 2015, Year's Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction 2014, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection, The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year Two, Year's Best SF 15, and The Best of Jim Baen's Universe.

Lingen has a vestibular disorder that has influenced some of her stories, especially in understanding the impact of zero gravity and three-dimensional spaces.[12]

Bibliography

edit

Short fiction

edit
Collections
  • Dragon Brother and other stories. Tired Tapir Press. 2014.
Stories[13]
Title Year First published Reprinted/collected Notes
Potential side effects may include 2015 Lingen, Marissa & Alec Austin (July–August 2015). "Potential side effects may include". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (7&8): 76–81.
Carter Hall Stories
  • "Carter Hall Recovers the Puck" – On Spec Issue 64, Vol 18, No 1 (Spring 2006).
  • "Carter Hall Sweeps a Path" – On Spec Issue 72, Vol 20, No 1 (Spring 2008).
  • "Carter Hall Judges the Lines" – On Spec Issue 79, Vol 21, No 4 (Winter 2009).
  • "Carter Hall and the Motley Lions" – On Spec Issue 88, Vol 24, No 1 (Spring 2012).
Post-Nuclear Fantasies (Shared Universe)
Oort-Cloud Stories

Non-fiction

edit

Critical studies and reviews of Lingen's work

edit
  • Lovett, Richard A. (March 2015). "Marissa Lingen". Biolog. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (3): 61.

References

edit
  1. ^ связи, ИноСМИ ru 2000–2019При полном или частичном использовании материалов ссылка на ИноСМИ Ru обязательна Сетевое издание — Интернет-проект ИноСМИ RU зарегистрировано в Федеральной службе по надзору в сфере (January 21, 2018). "Норвегия тоже была "дерьмовой страной" для американцев". ИноСМИ.Ru (in Russian).{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Lingen, Marissa (November 13, 2019). "Family album". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03461-z. PMID 33177682. S2CID 226312346. Retrieved January 15, 2020. Going to northern Sweden was like that (...) Those of you who live in your own 'old country' are used to that.
  3. ^ "Visiting the Alma Mater". marissalingen.com. April 21, 2005. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  4. ^ "Marissa Lingen". US Macmillan. June 14, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "Marissa K. Lingen". marissalingen.com. March 17, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "Meet this year's judges". Tampa Bay Times NIE. 2019. Archived from the original on January 15, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  7. ^ "Twitter / Marissa Lingen: ...so I know that this is #150". October 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2020 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Chronological, Awards Alphabetical (July 26, 1978). "Summary Bibliography: Marissa Lingen". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  9. ^ "Past Winners of the Dell Award". International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  10. ^ Lingen, Marissa K. (July 26, 1978). "Marissa K. Lingen". Tor.com. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  11. ^ "Marissa K. Lingen, Il Ministero del Cambiamento". Vapori D'Arsenico. August 17, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  12. ^ "Interview: Marissa Lingen". Uncanny Magazine. October 2, 2018. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  13. ^ Short stories unless otherwise noted.
edit