Sylvia Spruck Wrigley

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Sylvia Spruck Wrigley
Born7 March 1968
Germany
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican/German
GenreFantasy, science fiction, aviation
Notable worksAlive, Alive Oh; The Front Line; You Fly Like a Woman
Website
intrigue.co.uk

Sylvia Spruck Wrigley (born 7 March 1968) is an American/German writer of science fiction and fantasy, and aviation non-fiction. She grew up in Los Angeles and Germany. She is currently resident in Tallinn, Estonia, where she moved with partner Cliff Stanford in 2017. [1]

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Wrigley's short story "Alive, Alive Oh", [2] published in the June 2013 issue of Lightspeed Magazine , was a nominee for the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. [3] She has written bespoke near-future science fiction for Thales Group [4] and NATO [5] and serialised fiction at Serial Box.

Aviation

Sylvia Spruck Wrigley is a pilot and an aviation author who has written several books on aviation. [6]

Aviation bibliography

Aviation media appearances

Science fiction and fantasy author

Selected stories in online magazines

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