Cat Rambo

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Cat Rambo
Born (1963-11-14) November 14, 1963 (age 60)
Bryan, Texas, U.S.
OccupationWriter, editor
LanguageEnglish
Alma mater Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars
Clarion West Writers Workshop
Genre Science fiction, fantasy
Notable worksBeasts of Tabat (2015)
"Carpe Glitter" (2019)
You Sexy Thing (2021)
Notable awards Nebula–Novelette (2020)
Website
kittywumpus.net
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Rambo reading at the KGB bar in 2009

Cat Rambo (born November 14, 1963) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and editor. Rambo uses they/them pronouns. [1] Rambo is winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novelette for "Carpe Glitter". [2] They were co-editor of Fantasy Magazine [3] [4] from 2007 to 2011, which earned them a 2012 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional nomination. [5]

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Career

A graduate of the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars and Clarion West Writers Workshop, Rambo writes predominantly fantasy and science fiction. Their short stories have appeared in such places as Asimov's Science Fiction , Clarkesworld Magazine and Tor.com since the release of "Grandmother's Road Trip" in Chizine #26 in 2005. [6] [7] Some of their short stories have received recognition; in 2012, their story "Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain", initially published in Near / Far: Stories of the Near Future and the Far (2012), was shortlisted for a Nebula Award for Best Short Story. [8] "Carpe Glitter" was subsequently awarded the Nebula Award for Best Novelette. [2] They later made longer works; their first novel, Beasts of Tabat, was published by Wordfire Press in 2015 and is the first of a fantasy quartet. It was shortlisted for the Compton Crook Award. [9]

Rambo collaborated with Jeff VanderMeer on The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories, published in 2007. They collaborated in a new weird round-robin writing project for editors by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer, published in the 2008 anthology The New Weird ("Festival Lives", pp. 365). [10] [11] They were the co-editor with Fran Wilde of Ad Astra: The SFWA 50th Anniversary Cookbook (2015). [12]

In 2008, they donated their archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University. [13]

They also work with Armageddon , a fantasy MUD, under the name Sanvean, [14] and write gaming articles. Their background in technology writing includes work for Microsoft and Security Dynamics.

They are a member of the Codex Writers Group and, in 2008, was appointed chair of the Copyright Committee of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). [4] Rambo served two two-year terms as President of the SFWA from 2015 through 2019 [15] [16] following one year as Vice President. Rambo was the Writer Guest of Honor at Norwescon 44 in April 2022. [17]

Awards

Ref: [18] [19]

Literary awards

YearWorkAwardResultRef
2008"The Surgeon's Tale" Locus Award Novelette Nominated—21st
2010Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight Endeavour Award —Shortlisted
2010"Narrative of a Beast's Life" Locus Award Short Story Nominated—8th
2011"Clockwork Fairies" Locus Award Short Story Nominated—23rd
2013"Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain" Nebula Award Short Story Shortlisted
2016Beasts of Tabat Compton Crook Award —Shortlisted
2017"Left Behind" Locus Award Short Story Nominated—39th
2020"Carpe Glitter" Nebula Award Novelette Won
2022"Crazy Beautiful" Locus Award Short Story Nominated—8th
You Sexy Thing Dragon Award Science Fiction Novel Shortlisted
Locus Award Science Fiction Novel Nominated—10th

As magazine editor

YearWorkAwardResultRef
2009Fantasy Magazine Locus Award MagazineNominated—19th
2010Nominated—14th
2011Nominated—12th
2012 World Fantasy Award Special Award—Non-professional Shortlisted

Bibliography

Novels

Disco Space Opera

  • —— (2021). You Sexy Thing (hardcover 1st ed.). Tor Books. pp. 1–304. ISBN   9781250269300.
  • —— (2022). Devil's Gun (hardcover 1st ed.). Tor Books. pp. 1–272. ISBN   9781250269355.
  • —— (2024). Rumor Has It (hardcover 1st ed.). Tor Books. pp. 1–256. ISBN   9781250269393.

Tabat Quartet

Novellas

Chapbook form

Collections

Short fiction

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  2. 1 2 "2019 Nebula Awards". The Nebula Awards. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  3. ↑ Payne, Marshall (July 1, 2008). "An Interview with Cat Rambo". The Fix. TTA Press (ttapress.com). Archived 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
  4. 1 2 Strock, Ian Randal (July 8, 2008). "SFWA appoints three new coordinators". SFScope.com. Retrieved 2010-04-17. Cat Rambo has been appointed chairman of the SFWA Copyright Committee. Rambo, a member since 2005, is the co-editor of Fantasy Magazine, and has worked in the fields of network security and technology writing, as well as teaching. They have worked with both the Copyright Exploratory Committee and the Copyright Committee, as well as written copy for the Nebula web site.
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