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Short version of bio for fiction appearances

Brenda Cooper has published fiction in Analog, Oceans of the Mind, Nature, and in multiple anthologies. She is the author of the Endeavor award winner for 2008: THE SILVER SHIP AND THE SEA, and of the sequel, READING THE WIND. By day, she is the City of Kirkland’s CIO, and at night and in early morning hours, she’s a futurist and writer.

Photo Credit: Joe MerkensPhoto Credit: Joe Merkens

Short version of bio for speaking engagements

Brenda Cooper has been delivering keynote addresses on the future for over a decade.  She works with noted Seattle-area futurist Glen Hiemstra and sometimes posts at Futurist.com.  She is is also the author of four science fiction books, including the Endeavor award winner for 2008: THE SILVER SHIP AND THE SEA, and the sequels, READING THE WIND and WINGS OF CREATION. By day, she is the City of Kirkland’s CIO, and at night and in early morning hours, she’s a futurist and writer.

Interview at Science Fiction and other ODDyseys

Interview with Annie Tupek, a bookseller and writer in Alaska

Interview at Grinding to Valhalla

Interview at milscifi.com

Interview on writing at Suite 101 by Lynne Jamneck

Interview on technology for IT Business Edge

Interview about Building Harlequin’s Moon at Educated Earth

Interview at Latestbooks.org

Interview at Campaign for the American Reader

Other links:

Author site at McMillan Books

The Academy of New World Historians:  Site about the Silver Ship series


Publications

One of my favorite shorts, “My Grandfather’s River,” has been included in this beautiful new anthology named RIVER, edited by Alma Alexander and now available via Dark Quest Books.

December special.

Mayan December is now available for only .99 cents for Kindle and Nook.

Great price.  Limited time.

I have a new story in “Under the Vale,” a fabulous collection of stories set in Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar.

I have a new story in “Under the Vale,” a fabulous collection of stories set in Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar.

Year’s Best SF 28 Out!

My story, “My Father’s Singularity” is among many great stories in this anthology.  Available widely.

Recent interviews on the web

I had two really fun interviews come out recently.  They can be found at:

Heidi Ruby Miller’s Pick Six

MilSciFi interview relating to my story, “Cracking the Sky” in the No Man’s Land anthology

In an Iron Cage now available at Amazon

This is a fun Steampunk anthology from Dark Quest Books.  My story is set in the Yucatan Peninsula, between the two time-lines of Mayan December.  Drop by and pick one up!  This is the ebook version, a print version will be out soon as well.

“Cracking the Sky” will be out in May in the anthology “No Man’s Land.”

This story was inspired by a trip to the Army’s TRADOC Mad Scientist conference last year.  No Man’s Land is a military science fiction anthology written entirely by women.  NEWS:  It can now be pre-ordered at Amazon.com.

Mayan December now available at Amazon

What do an ancient shaman, a modern-day scientist, a computer nerd in dreadlocks, and an eleven-year-old girl have in common? Join these adventurers as they traverse the Yucatan peninsula – and time itself – in a search for the meaning of life.  Oh, and for jaguars.
Mayan December is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com.

“The Hebras and the Demons and the Damned” picked for Year’s Best SF #16.

This is an adventure story set on Fremont, the colony planet that serves as the setting for The Silver Ship and the Sea. I loved writing this story, and I’m really happy that the Hartwell’s liked it for this anthology.

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