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| Name | Susan Forest |
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| Location | Alberta |
| Biography | Susan Forest is the author of Aurora Award-winning Bursts of Fire (2019), as well as over 25 internationally-published short stories (Analog Science Fiction, Asimov's Science Fiction and Fact, and Orson Scot Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, among others). She edits an award-winning anthology series for Laksa Media, and has edited several freelance novels, including the Aurora finalist, Technicolor Ultramall. Susan is the past Secretary for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA),¾contributes to Calgaryês literary festival,¾When Words Collide, teaches creative writing at the¾Alexandra Writers' Centre, and has appeared at many local and international writing conventions. The second novel of her seven-volume Addicted to Heaven series, Flights of Marigold (Publisher's Lunch Selection), confronts issues of addictions in an epic fantasy world of intrigue and betrayal. |
| Publications | Flights of Marigold (novel) Bursts of Fire (novel) Immunity to Strange Tales (Collection) Intergalactic Medicine Show (Contributor) Asimovês Science Fiction (Contributor) Blood and Water (Contributor) Analog Science Fiction and Fact (Contributor) ONSpec (Contributor) Beneath Ceaseless Skies (Contributor) AE _ SF Review (Contributor) Lucy (novella) Tesseracts Ten: A Celebration of new Canadian Speculative Fiction(Contributor) Tesseract Eleven: Amazing Canadian Speculative Fiction (Contributor) Tesseract 14: Strange Canadian Stories (Contributor) The Urban Green Man (Contributor) Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts (Editor) The Sum of Us (Editor) Shades Within Us (Editor) The Trillionist (Editor) Technicolor Ultra Mall (Editor) In Places Between (Contributor) The SFWA Bulletin (nonfiction) The SFWA Blog (nonfiction) Legacy Magazine (nonfiction) Alberta Views Magazine (nonfiction) |
| Awards | Prix Aurora Award, 2020, Winner, Bursts of Fire, Laksa Media, August, 2019 Prix Aurora Award, 2019, Finalist, Shades Within Us: Tales of Migrations and Fractured Borders (editor), Laksa Media, August, 2018 Prix Aurora Award, 2018, Winner, The Sum of Us: Tales of the Bonded and Bound (editor), Laksa Media, August, 2017 Book Publishers of Alberta Award, 2017, Winner, Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts (editor), Laksa Media, August, 2016 Prix Aurora Award, 2017, Winner, Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts (editor), Laksa Media, August, 2016 Prix Aurora Award, 2014, Finalist, "The Gift," Urban Green Man, August, 2013 Prix Aurora Award, 2012, Finalist, "Turning It Off," Analog, December, 2011 The Galaxy Project, 2011, Winner, "Lucy," Rosetta Books, November, 2011, Jury: Robert Silverberg, David Drake and Barry Malzberg StorySouth Million Writers Award, 2010, Notable Online Story Finalist, "Orange," AE SF Review, December, 2010 Prix Aurora Award, 2009, Finalist, "Back," Analog, June, 2008 Robin Herrington Short Story Contest, 2005, Second Place, "Immunity," In Places Between, Summer, 2005 Children's Choice Book Award, 1990, Winner, The Dragon Prince, Gage, 1990 |
| Experience | I have taught creative writing at Calgary's Alexandra Writers' Center Society, and presented internationally at multiple conferences including World Science Fiction, World Fantasy, Calgary City Teachers Convention, Word on the Street (Lethbridge), When Words Collide, among others; I have judged several contests including the Sunburst Awards, Endeavor Award, and the Robyn Herrington Memorial Short Story Contest; I have been Artist in Residence in Calgary schools; I have been invited to attend as Editor Guest of Honour at Keycon in Winnipeg, spring, 2021. |
| Memberships | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America: https://www.sfwa.org/ SF Canada: https://www.sfcanada.org/ Imaginative Fiction Writers' Association: http://ifwa.ca/ |
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| Other Contact | Publisher: Laksa Media Groups Inc.: https://laksamedia.com/ Addicted To Heaven Series: http://addictedtoheaven.com/ |