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Maureen F. McHugh

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Maureen F. McHugh
Maureen McHugh in 2006.
Born (1959-02-13) February 13, 1959 (age 67)
Education
Occupations
  • Author
  • writer
Spouse
Bob Yeager
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(m. 1992)​
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Writing career
Period1988–present
Genres
Notable works
Notable awards

Maureen F. McHugh (born February 13, 1959) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Her deubt novel, China Mountain Zhang (1992), earned her the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, the Locus Award for Best First Novel, and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Science Fiction/Fantasy. She has also won a Hugo Award for her story "The Lincoln Train" (1995) and the Shirley Jackson Award for her collection After the Apocalypse (2011). In addition to authoring novels and short stories, McHugh has written for alternate reality games such as I Love Bees (2004) and Year Zero (2007).

Early life and education

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McHugh was born February 13, 1959, in Loveland, Ohio.[2] She studied at Ohio University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in 1981. In 1984, she received a master's degree in English literature from New York University.[1]

Career

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McHugh published her first story in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine in 1988, under the pseudonym Michael Galloglach.[2] This was followed by a pair of publications under her own name in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1989. Since then, she has written four novels and over twenty short stories.

Her first novel, China Mountain Zhang (1992), was nominated for both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award,[1] and won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award.[2] In 1996, she won a Hugo Award for her short story "The Lincoln Train" (1995). Her short story collection Mothers and Other Monsters was shortlisted as a finalist for the Story Prize in December 2005.[3] In 2013, she was a Readercon guest of honor with Patricia A. McKillip.[4]

McHugh has worked as a writer and/or managing editor for numerous alternate reality game projects, including Year Zero and I Love Bees for 42 Entertainment. Since 2009 she has been a partner at No Mimes Media, an alternate reality game company that she co-founded with Steve Peters and Behnam Karbassi.[5]

Works

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Prose Fiction

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Novels

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  • China Mountain Zhang (1992, Tor Books, ISBN 0-312-85271-1)[2]
  • Half the Day Is Night (1994, Tor Books, ISBN 0-312-85479-X)[2]
  • Mission Child (1998, Avon Eos, ISBN 0-380-97456-8)[2]
  • Nekropolis (2001, HarperCollins Eos, ISBN 0-380-97457-6)[2][6]

Collections and chapbooks

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Short stories

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  • "All in a Day's Work" (1988, credited as Michael Galloglach, Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine)[2]
  • "Baffin Island" (August 1989, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine)[7][8]
  • "Kites" (October 1989, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine)[7][8]
  • "The Queen of Marincite" (March 1990, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine)[7][8]
  • "The Beast" (March 1992, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine)[7][8]
  • "Protection" (April 1992, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine)[7][8]
  • "The Missionary's Child" (October 1992, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine)[7][8]
  • "Render unto Caesar" (December 1992, Asimov's Science Fiction)[7][8]
  • "Human Nature" (1992, in Aladdin: Master of the Lamp, eds. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW Books)[8]
  • "A Coney Island of the Mind" (February 1993, Asimov's Science Fiction)[7][8]
  • "Whispers" (with David B. Kisor, April 1993, Asimov's Science Fiction)[7][8]
  • "A Foreigner's Christmas in China" (November 1993, in Christmas Ghosts, eds. Martin H. Greenberg & Mike Resnick, DAW Books)[8]
  • "Tut's Wife" (1993, in Alternate Warriors, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor Books)[8]
  • "Virtual Love" (January 1994, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction)[7][8]
  • "Nekropolis" (April 1994, Asimov's Science Fiction)[7][8]
  • "The Ballad of Ritchie Valenzuela" (October 1994, in Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor Books)[8]
  • "Joss" (February 1995, Asimov's Science Fiction)[7][8]
  • "The Lincoln Train" (1995, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction)[7][8]
  • "In the Air" (November 1995, in Killing Me Softly: Erotic Tales of Unearthly Love, ed. Gardner Dozois, HarperPrism)[8]
  • "Learning to Breathe" (Fall 1995/Winter 1996, Tales of the Unanticipated #15)[7][8]
  • "The Cost to Be Wise" (1996, in Starlight 1, ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor Books)[7][8]
  • "Homesick" (1996, in Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology, eds. Richard Butner, John Kessel, & Mark L. Van Name, Tor Books)[8]
  • "Strings" (November 1996, Science Fiction Age)[7][8]
  • "Down on the Farm" (1997, in Return of the Dinosaurs, eds. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW Books)[8]
  • "The Reef Builders" (1999, Omni Online)[8]
  • "Interview: On Any Given Day" (2001, in Starlight 3, ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor Books)[7][9]
  • "Presence" (March 2002, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction)[7][10]
  • "Makeover" (October 2002, Infinite Matrix)[7][10]
  • "Laika Comes Back Safe" (2002, in Polyphony, Volume 1, eds. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press)[7][10]
  • "Frankenstein's Daughter" (April 2003, Sci Fiction)[11]
  • "Eight-Legged Story" (August 2003, in Trampoline, ed. Kelly Link, Small Beer Press)[11]
  • "Ancestor Money" (October 2003, Sci Fiction)[11]
  • "Oversite" (September 2004, Asimov's Science Fiction)[7][12]
  • "Wicked" (July/August 2005, Angle)[13]
  • "The Lost Boy: A Reporter at Large" (October 2007, in Eclipse One: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books)[14]
  • "Kingdom of the Blind" (2008, in Plugged In, Aqueduct Press)[7]
  • "Special Economics" (2008, in The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Ellen Datlow, Del Rey)[7]
  • "Going to France" (June 2008, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #22)[7]
  • "Useless Things" (2009, Eclipse Three: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books)[2][15]
  • "The Naturalist" (Spring 2010, Subterranean)[7]
  • "After the Apocalypse" (2011, in After the Apocalypse, Small Beer Press)[7]
  • "Honeymoon" (2011, in After the Apocalypse, Small Beer Press)[7]
  • "The Effect of Centrifugal Forces" (2011, in After the Apocalypse, Small Beer Press)[16]
  • "The Memory Book" (March 2013, in Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy, eds. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Tor Books)[17]
  • "Dead Fads" (July 2013, in Readercon 24 Souvenir Book, eds. Richard Duffy & Ellen Brody, Readercon)[7]
  • "Sidewalks" (Winter 2017, Omni)[7]
  • "Cannibal Acts" (2017)[18]
  • "'The Starfish Girl'" (July 2018, Slate)[19]
  • "Under the Hill" (September 2019, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction)[7]
  • "Yellow and the Perception of Reality" (2020, Tor.com)[20][21]
  • "The Goldfish Man" (March 2022, Uncanny Magazine #45)[7][22]
  • "Prospect Heights" (January 2023, Uncanny Magazine #50)[7][23]
  • "Just a Nudge" (August 2023, in The Book of Witches, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Harper Voyager)[24]
  • "Liminal Spaces" (January 2024, Tor.com)[25]

Essays

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Poems

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  • "Zoo Babies" (Spring 2002, Full Unit Hookup #1)[7][10]
  • "Alternate History" (August 2003, Asimov's Science Fiction)[7][11]
  • "Les Brown's Band of Renown" (2004, Say... #4)[7][12]

Alternate reality games

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Awards and honors

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Awards and nominations
Year Award[a] Category Work Result[26]
1993 Hugo Award Novel China Mountain Zhang Nominated
Novella "Protection" Nominated
Lambda Literary Award Gay Men's Science Fiction/Fantasy China Mountain Zhang Won
James Tiptree Jr. Award - Won
Locus Award First Novel Won
Nebula Award Novel Nominated
Novella "Protection" Nominated
1995 Locus Award Novelette "Nekropolis" 5th
Short Story "Virtual Love" 5th
Nebula Award Novelette "Nekropolis" Nominated
Short Story "Virtual Love" Nominated
Sidewise Award Short Form Alternate History "The Lincoln Train" Nominated
Theodore Sturgeon Award - "Nekropolis" Finalist
1996 Hugo Award Short Story "The Lincoln Train" Won
Locus Award Short Story Won
Nebula Award Short Story Nominated
1997 Hugo Award Novella "The Cost to Be Wise" Nominated
Locus Award Novella 10th
Short Story "Strings" 9th
Nebula Award Novella "The Cost to Be Wise" Nominated
1998 James Tiptree Jr. Award - Mission Child Shortlist
1999 Gaylactic Spectrum Award Hall of Fame China Mountain Zhang Inducted
Nebula Award Novel Mission Child Nominated
2002 John W. Campbell Memorial Award - Nekropolis Finalist
Locus Award Science Fiction Novel 7th
Theodore Sturgeon Award - "Interview: On Any Given Day" Shortlist
2003 Hugo Award Novelette "Presence" Nominated
2004 World Fantasy Award Short Fiction "Ancestor Money" Nominated
2009 James Tiptree Jr. Award - "Useless Things" Honor List
Theodore Sturgeon Award "Special Economics" Shortlist
2010 Locus Award Short Story 3rd
2011 James Tiptree Jr. Award - "After the Apocalypse" Honor List
Locus Award Novelette "The Naturalist" 7th
2012 Collection After the Apocalypse: Stories 2nd
Philip K. Dick Award - Finalist
Shirley Jackson Award Collection Won
World Fantasy Award Collection Nominated
2014 Shirley Jackson Award Short Fiction "The Memory Book" Nominated
2018 Theodore Sturgeon Award - "Sidewalks" Finalist
2021 "Yellow and the Perception of Reality" Finalist
2023 Locus Award Short Story "The Goldfish Man" 8th

Notes

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  1. ↑ This table only includes Locus Award nominations where the work placed 10th or better.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Maureen F. McHugh interview (excerpts)". Locus Online. October 1999. Archived from the original on June 17, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Clute, John (December 16, 2024). "McHugh, Maureen F". In Clute, John; Langford, David (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Reading: Ansible Editions. Archived from the original on January 23, 2025.
  3. ↑ "2005 Prize Winners". The Story Prize. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  4. ↑ Clute, John (September 4, 2023). "Readercon". In Clute, John; Langford, David (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Reading: Ansible Editions. Archived from the original on July 29, 2025.
  5. ↑ Waite, Jonathan (March 13, 2009). "No Mimes Media: New company, familiar faces". ARGNet. Archived from the original on July 11, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  6. ↑ Schellenberg, James (October 16, 2003). "Review of Maureen F. McHugh's Nekropolis". Challenging Destiny. Archived from the original on December 14, 2006.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Stephensen-Payne, Phil. "The Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Weird Fiction Magazine Index: Index by Date". Galactic Central. p. 869. Archived from the original on September 19, 2024.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998: Stories, Listed by Author". Locus Online. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
  9. ↑ "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001: Stories, Listed by Author". Locus Online. Archived from the original on June 8, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002: Stories, Listed by Author". Locus Online. Archived from the original on January 3, 2026. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003: Stories, Listed by Author". Locus Online. Archived from the original on December 31, 2025. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
  12. 1 2 "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004: Stories, Listed by Author". Locus Online. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
  13. ↑ "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005: Stories, Listed by Author". Locus Online. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
  14. ↑ "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007: Stories, Listed by Author". Locus Online. Archived from the original on July 20, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
  15. ↑ McHugh, Maureen F. (2009). "Useless Things". In Strahan, Jonathan (ed.). Eclipse Three: New Science Fiction and Fantasy. San Francisco: Night Shade Books. pp. 97–113. ISBN 978-1-59780-162-1.
  16. ↑ "Title: The Effect of Centrifugal Forces". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on October 8, 2024. Retrieved October 3, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Title: The Memory Book". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on December 18, 2024. Retrieved October 3, 2026.
  18. ↑ McHugh, Maureen F. (March 18, 2020) [Originally published in Fall 2017 issue]. "Cannibal Acts". Boston Review. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  19. ↑ McHugh, Maureen (July 23, 2018). "'The Starfish Girl'". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Archived from the original on July 23, 2018.
  20. ↑ "2021 Sturgeon Award Finalists". Locus Online. July 6, 2021. Archived from the original on August 2, 2025. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  21. ↑ McHugh, Maureen (July 22, 2020). "Yellow and the Perception of Reality". Reactor. Archived from the original on November 6, 2024.
  22. ↑ McHugh, Maureen (2022). "The Goldfish Man". Uncanny Magazine. Archived from the original on July 19, 2026. Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  23. ↑ McHugh, Maureen (2023). "Prospect Heights". Uncanny Magazine. Archived from the original on November 22, 2025. Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  24. ↑ "Title: Just a Nudge". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved October 3, 2026.
  25. ↑ McHugh, Maureen (January 17, 2024). "Liminal Spaces". Reactor. Retrieved October 3, 2026.
  26. ↑ "Maureen F. McHugh Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database. Archived from the original on August 30, 2025. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
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