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| Born | T. C. McCarthy United States |
| Occupation | Novelist, writer |
| Education | University of Virginia University of Georgia (PhD) |
| Genre | Science fiction, Literary Fiction |
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T. C. McCarthy is an American science fiction author. His first novel, Germline, won the 2012 Compton Crook Award.
McCarthy earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia. He also earned a PhD in geology from the University of Georgia. [1] While pursuing his PhD, McCarthy was a Fulbright scholar. [2]
McCarthy's main work, a trilogy called the Subterrene War series, [3] was originally intended to be a single book containing three novellas. [4] The first novel in the series, Germline, won the 2012 Compton Crook Award. [5] [6] James Floyd Kelly, writing for Wired , called it "gritty" and "harsh," stating that "it takes real skill to lead a reader into actually seeing, smelling, and hearing (and maybe even tasting) the realities of war." [4]
His writing influences include Michael Herr. [7]
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