Pat Cadigan

1953

Pat Cadigan (born September 10, 1953) is an American science fiction author, whose work is most often identified with the cyberpunk movement.

1960

Heinlein in part dedicated his 1982 novel Friday to Cadigan after becoming her friend, following her being the guest liaison to him for the 34th Worldcon in Kansas City. ==Childhood fantasies== In the 1960s Cadigan and a childhood girlfriend "invented a whole secret life in which we were twins from the planet Venus", she told National Public Radio.

1970

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, she also edited the small press fantasy and science fiction magazines Chacal and later Shayol with her second husband, Arnie Fenner. ==Writing career== Cadigan sold her first professional science fiction story in 1980; her success as an author encouraged her to become a full-time writer in 1987.

1975

James Gunn. Cadigan met her first husband Rufus Cadigan while in college; they divorced shortly after she graduated from KU in 1975.

1976

That same year Cadigan joined the convention committee for MidAmeriCon, the 34th World Science Fiction Convention being held in Kansas City, Missouri, over the 1976 Labor Day weekend; she served on the committee as the convention's guest liaison to writer guest of honor Robert A.

1977

Following Reamy's death in 1977, Cadigan went to work as a writer for Kansas City's Hallmark Cards.

1980

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, she also edited the small press fantasy and science fiction magazines Chacal and later Shayol with her second husband, Arnie Fenner. ==Writing career== Cadigan sold her first professional science fiction story in 1980; her success as an author encouraged her to become a full-time writer in 1987.

1981

John Silbersack & Victoria Schochet, Berkley July 1981 *"Nearly Departed", (ss) Asimov's June 1983; read online *"Variation on a Man", (ss) Omni Jan.

Greenberg, DAW 1992 "The Coming of the Doll", (ss) F&SF June 1981 "The Pond", (ss) Fears, ed.

1982

Heinlein in part dedicated his 1982 novel Friday to Cadigan after becoming her friend, following her being the guest liaison to him for the 34th Worldcon in Kansas City. ==Childhood fantasies== In the 1960s Cadigan and a childhood girlfriend "invented a whole secret life in which we were twins from the planet Venus", she told National Public Radio.

1983

John Silbersack & Victoria Schochet, Berkley July 1981 *"Nearly Departed", (ss) Asimov's June 1983; read online *"Variation on a Man", (ss) Omni Jan.

Grant, Doubleday 1983 "Vengeance Is Yours", (ss) Omni May 1983 "The Day the Martels Got the Cable", (ss) F&SF Dec.

Grant, Berkley 1983 "The Boys in the Rain", (ss) Twilight Zone June 1987 "In the Dark", (ss) When the Music's Over, ed.

1984

Michael Bishop, Berkley 1984 "Heal", (vi) Omni April 1988 "Another One Hits the Road", (nv) F&SF Jan.

1985

1982 "Roadside Rescue", (ss) Omni July 1985 "Rock On", (ss) Light Years and Dark, ed.

1987

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, she also edited the small press fantasy and science fiction magazines Chacal and later Shayol with her second husband, Arnie Fenner. ==Writing career== Cadigan sold her first professional science fiction story in 1980; her success as an author encouraged her to become a full-time writer in 1987.

Ellen Datlow, Zebra Books April 1987 "Dirty Work", (nv) Blood Is Not Enough, ed.

1988 "Angel", (ss) Asimov's May 1987; read online "It Was the Heat", (ss) Tropical Chills, ed.

Grant, Berkley 1983 "The Boys in the Rain", (ss) Twilight Zone June 1987 "In the Dark", (ss) When the Music's Over, ed.

1988

Michael Bishop, Berkley 1984 "Heal", (vi) Omni April 1988 "Another One Hits the Road", (nv) F&SF Jan.

Tim Sullivan, Avon 1988 "The Power and the Passion", (ss) Home By the Sea, (WSFA Press May 1992) Introduction, Mike Resnick (in) "Dirty Work", (nv) Blood Is Not Enough, ed.

1989

Ellen Datlow, Morrow 1989 "A Lie for a Lie", (nv) Lethal Kisses, ed.

Ellen Datlow, Morrow 1989 "50 Ways to Improve Your Orgasm", (ss) Asimov's April 1992 "Dispatches from the Revolution", (nv) Asimov's July 1991; read online (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology Alternate Presidents) "Home by the Sea", (nv) A Whisper of Blood, ed.

Ellen Datlow, Morrow 1989 "Second Comings—Reasonable Rates", (ss) F&SF Feb.

1991

Ellen Datlow, Morrow 1989 "50 Ways to Improve Your Orgasm", (ss) Asimov's April 1992 "Dispatches from the Revolution", (nv) Asimov's July 1991; read online (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology Alternate Presidents) "Home by the Sea", (nv) A Whisper of Blood, ed.

Ellen Datlow, Morrow 1991; Read online A Cadigan Bibliography, (bi) Dirty Work, (Mark V.

Lewis Shiner, Bantam Spectra 1991 "Johnny Come Home", (ss) Omni June 1991 "Naming Names", (nv) Narrow Houses, ed.

Kramer, Unnameable Press 1992 "Dispatches from the Revolution", (nv) Asimov's July 1991; read online "No Prisoners", (nv) Alternate Kennedys, ed.

Ellen Datlow, Morrow 1991; Read online "Lost Girls", (ss) ===Anthologies=== Letters from Home, (Women's Press Aug.

1992

Clarke Award both in 1992 and 1995 for her novels Synners and Fools. Robert A.

1992) / (HarperCollins UK March 1994) ===Chapbooks=== My Brother's Keeper, (Pulphouse July 1992); novelette, reprinted from Asimov's Jan.

Tim Sullivan, Avon 1988 "The Power and the Passion", (ss) Home By the Sea, (WSFA Press May 1992) Introduction, Mike Resnick (in) "Dirty Work", (nv) Blood Is Not Enough, ed.

Ellen Datlow, Morrow 1989 "50 Ways to Improve Your Orgasm", (ss) Asimov's April 1992 "Dispatches from the Revolution", (nv) Asimov's July 1991; read online (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology Alternate Presidents) "Home by the Sea", (nv) A Whisper of Blood, ed.

1982 "50 Ways to Improve Your Orgasm", (ss) Asimov's April 1992 "Mother's Milt", (ss) OMNI Best Science Fiction Two, ed.

Ellen Datlow, OMNI Books 1992 "True Faces", (nv) F&SF April 1992 "New Life for Old", (ss) Aladdin: Master of the Lamp, ed.

Greenberg, DAW 1992 "The Coming of the Doll", (ss) F&SF June 1981 "The Pond", (ss) Fears, ed.

Peter Crowther, Little Brown UK 1992 "A Deal with God", (nv) Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurrences, ed.

Kramer, Unnameable Press 1992 "Dispatches from the Revolution", (nv) Asimov's July 1991; read online "No Prisoners", (nv) Alternate Kennedys, ed.

Mike Resnick, Tor 1992 "Home by the Sea", (nv) A Whisper of Blood, ed.

1994

1992) / (HarperCollins UK March 1994) ===Chapbooks=== My Brother's Keeper, (Pulphouse July 1992); novelette, reprinted from Asimov's Jan.

1995

Clarke Award both in 1992 and 1995 for her novels Synners and Fools. Robert A.

1998); loosely based on the following linked novellas: *"Death in the Promised Land", (na) Omni Online March 1995 / Asimov’s Nov.

1996

She emigrated to London in the UK with her son Rob Fenner in 1996, where she is married to her third husband, Christopher Fowler (not to be confused with the author of the same name).

1999

2000) / (Tor July 2001) ====The Web==== The Web: Avatar, (Dolphin April 1999); novella ===Other novels=== Synners, (Bantam Spectra Feb.

2002) ===Media novelizations/companion novels=== Lost in Space: Promised Land (HarperEntertainment April 1999/Thorndike Press July 1999; original novel/sequel to the movie Lost in Space) Upgrade & Sensuous Cindy (Black Flame April 2004; novelization of two episodes from The Twilight Zone) Cellular (Black Flame Aug.

2001

2000) / (Tor July 2001) ====The Web==== The Web: Avatar, (Dolphin April 1999); novella ===Other novels=== Synners, (Bantam Spectra Feb.

2004

2002) ===Media novelizations/companion novels=== Lost in Space: Promised Land (HarperEntertainment April 1999/Thorndike Press July 1999; original novel/sequel to the movie Lost in Space) Upgrade & Sensuous Cindy (Black Flame April 2004; novelization of two episodes from The Twilight Zone) Cellular (Black Flame Aug.

2013

These include a 2013 Hugo Award for "The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi" in the Best Novelette category, presented at LoneStarCon 3, the 71st World Science Fiction Convention, held in San Antonio, Texas over the 2013 Labor Day weekend, and the Arthur C.

"On occasion, they would ask us to use our highly developed shape-shifting ability to become them, and finish recording sessions and concert tours when they were too tired to go on themselves." The Venusian twins had other superpowers, that they would sometimes use to help out Superman, Wonder Woman and other heroes, she said. ==Health== In 2013, Cadigan announced that she had been diagnosed with cancer.

2014

She became a UK citizen in late 2014. Cadigan's first novel, Mindplayers, introduces what becomes the common theme to all her works: her stories blur the line between reality and perception by making the human mind a real, explorable place.




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