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Amy Thomson (born October 28, 1958) is an American science fiction writer. In 1994 she won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Most of her work is considered hard science fiction and contains feminist and environmental themes.

Personal life

Amy Thomson was born in Miami, Florida. She attended college at the University of Idaho and began writing short stories when she moved to Seattle, Washington after graduating. She published her first book, Virtual Girl, in 1993. She is married to Edd Vick.

Bibliography

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Novels

• Virtual girl (1993)
• The color of distance (1995)
• Through alien eyes (1999)
• Storyteller (2003)

Short fiction

Stories

References

1. "Thomson, Amy". Revised June 4, 2014. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (sf-encyclopedia.com). Retrieved 2014-07-28. Entry by 'JC', John Clute.
2. Annalee Newitz. "The Fembot Mystique". Popular Science. August 10, 2006.
3. "More about me". Amy Thomson. 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
4. "Virtual Girl", Misplaced Pages, 2022-07-01, retrieved 2022-10-11
5. "Edd Vick". en.wikifur.com. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
6. Short stories unless otherwise noted.

External links

• Interview at io9
• Amy Thomson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Amy Thomson at Library of Congress, with 5 library catalog records

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