L. Timmel Duchamp: A Brief Biography
L. Timmel Duchamp: A Brief Biography
L. Timmel Duchamp is the author of the five-volume Marq'ssan Cycle,
which won a special Tiptree Award honor in 2009, and the founder and
publisher of Aqueduct Press. She has published two collections of
short fiction: Love's Body, Dancing in Time (2004), which was
shortlisted for the Tiptree and includes the Sturgeon-finalist story
"Dance at the Edge," the Sidewise Award-nominated "The Heloise
Archive," and the Titpree-shortlisted "The Apprenticeship of Isabetta
di Pietro Cavazzi"; and Never at Home, which includes a 2011
Tiptree-Honor List story, and co-author, with Maureen McHugh, of a
mini-collection, Plugged In, published in conjunction with the
authors' being GoHs at WisCon. Her Marq'ssan Cycle consists of Alanya
to Alanya (2005), Renegade (2006), Tsunami (2007), Blood in the Fruit
(2007), and Stretto (2008). Her novel The Waterdancer's World appeared
in 2016, and the short novel, The Red Rose Rages (Bleeding) appeared
in 2005; she has also published the novella De Secretis Mulierum and
dozens more short stories and novellas, including "Motherhood, Etc"
(short-listed for the Tiptree) and "Living Trust" (Nebula and Homer
Award finalist). In addition to her fiction, she has published a good
deal of nonfiction. Since 2011 she has been the Features Editor of The
Cascadia Subduction Zone. She was also the editor of Talking Back:
Epistolary Fantasies (Aqueduct, 2006), The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 1
(Aqueduct, 2007), Narrative Power: Encounters, Celebrations, Struggles
(Aqueduct Press, 2010), Missing Links and Secret Histories: A
Selection of Wikipedia Entries from across the Known Multiverse
(Aqueduct Press, 2013), and co-editor, with Eileen Gunn, of The WisCon
Chronicles, Vol. 2: Provocative essays on feminism, race, revolution,
and the future (Aqueduct, 2008). Her latest novel, Chercher La Femme
is forthcoming in 2018.
In 2008 she appeared as a Guest of Honor at WisCon. In 2009-2010 she
was awarded the Neil Clark Special Achievement Award ("recognizing
individuals who are proactive behind the scenes but whose efforts
often don't receive the measure of public recognition they
deserve"). In 2015 she was the Editor Guest at Armadillocon. She has
been a finalist for the World Fantasy Award twice, for her work as a
publisher and editor. She has taught at the Clarion West Writers
Workshop and has taught one-day Clarion West workshops. She has twice
been nominated for the World Fantasy Award. She lives in Seattle.
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