Martin L. Shoemaker

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Martin L. Shoemaker
Born Michigan, USA
OccupationComputer programmer, author
Genre science fiction
Website
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Martin L. Shoemaker is an American computer programmer and science fiction author, [1] active in the field since 2011. [2]

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Biography

Shoemaker is the third of four children of John and Dawn Shoemaker from Byron Center. A lifelong resident of West Michigan, he lived in Monterey Township in 2015. He was educated at Byron Center High School, the University of Michigan and Grand Valley State University. He attributes his love of reading and creative urge and work ethic to his parents while citing Star Trek and the televised Apollo Moon landings as influences on his interest in science fiction. [3] Shoemaker has described himself as "a programmer who writes on the side." [1] A second place win in the Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest rewarded him with a lunch with astronaut Buzz Aldrin. [3] [1]

Literary career

Shoemaker's work has appeared in various periodicals, webzines, podcasts and anthologies, including Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact , The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One, Clarkesworld , Digital Science Fiction, Forever Magazine, Galaxy's Edge, The Glass Parachute, Humanity 2.0, Little Green Men: Attack!, Nebula Awards Showcase 2017 , Time Travel Tales, Trajectories, Writers of the Future Volume 31 , The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection , The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection , The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016, Year's Top Short SF Novels 4, and The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 8. [2] [1]

Bibliography

Novels

Short fiction

Collections
Stories
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
The night we flushed the Old Town2011Blue collar space (2018)The Corporation of Tycho Under
Father-daughter outing2011Blue collar space (2018)The Corporation of Tycho Under
Gruff riders2012
Not another vacuum story2012Blue collar space (2018)The Corporation of Tycho Under
Scramble2012
  • Chapbook version, 2015
  • Blue collar space (2018)
The Corporation of Tycho Under
Not close enough2013Blue collar space (2018)The Corporation of Tycho Under
Murder on the Aldrin Express2013Blue collar space (2018)Captain Nick Aames
Unrefined2014Blue collar space (2018)
Today I am Paul2015Shoemaker, Martin L. (August 2015). "Today I am Paul". Clarkesworld Magazine.See also the novel Today I am Carey (2019)
Il gran cavallo2013Chapbook, 2015
The troll under the fridge2014
Pallbearers2014Chapbook, 2015
The Mother Anthony2014
Racing to Mars2015Shoemaker, Martin L. (September 2015). "Racing to Mars". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (9): 8–30.Blue collar space (2018)Novelette; Captain Nick Aames
Brigas Nunca Mais2015Shoemaker, Martin L. (March 2015). "Brigas Nunca Mais". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (3): 32–43.Blue collar space (2018)Captain Nick Aames
In its shadow2016
Early warning2016Shoemaker, Martin L. (April 2016). "Early warning". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (4): 57–61.
The vampire's new clothes2016
Bookmarked2016
Green girls blues2016
Visits (with a stranger)2016
Black orbit2016
Meet the landlord2017
A Hamal in Hollywood2017
Not far enough2017
Mama's little angel2017
One last chore for Grandpa2017
Action figures2018
It came from the coffee maker2018

Nonfiction

Awards

"Scramble" won second place in the Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest. [1] "Murder on the Aldrin Express" placed second in the 2013 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novella. [2] "Not Close Enough" placed second in the 2013 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novelette. [2] Unrefined took third place in the Writers of the Future contest, 2014. [1] "Racing to Mars" won the Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novelette. [1] [2] "Today I Am Paul" won the Washington Science Fiction Society's Small Press Award, was nominated for the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, and placed 22nd in the 2016 Locus Award for Best Short Story. [2] [1] "Not Far Enough" placed fifth in the 2017 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novella. [2]

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