Mary Soon Lee

Mary Soon Lee
Born	1965 London, England
Occupation	Writer, poet
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Trinity Hall, Cambridge University
Genre	speculative fiction
Spouse	Andrew Moore
Website
www.marysoonlee.com

Mary Soon Lee (born 1965) is a British speculative fiction writer and poet.

Life and career

Mary Soon Lee was born in London, England, and attended Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, where she graduated with a Master of Arts in mathematics and a diploma in computer science. After graduating, she worked as a Lisp programmer at the software company Harlequin. She began writing in 1991 on TV scripts, and in 1992 turned to short stories, making her first short story sale to Strange Days magazine. Her work has appeared in several professional magazines and anthologies including Fantasy & Science Fiction, Interzone and Analog. She currently resides in the United States.

Bibliography

Selected works include:

Short stories

• Ebb Tide (1995)
• Assembly Line (1995)
• The Tinkerbell Theory (1995)
• Silent in the Cities (1996)
• The Hollow Dancer (1997)
• Universal Grammar (1997)
• Monstrosity (1997)
• Puppetta (1997)
• Interior Landscape (1998)
• Ex Terra, Ex Astris (1998)
• The Day Before They Came (1998)
• Cause and Consequence (1998)
• Luna Incognita (1999)
• Lifework' (1999)
• Tranquillity (1999)
• 1-800-Clone-Me (1999)
• Murder Absolute (2000)
• Rewind (2000)

• PauseTime (2000)
• Luna Classifieds (2001)
• The Fall of the Kingdom (2001)
• Clever People (2001)
• Patterns (2001)
• Crew-Dog (2001)
• The Strangers (2001)
• New World (2002)
• Homecoming (2002)
• Making Fields (2002)
• Immigrants (2003)
• Coming of Age (2003)
• Growing Pains (2003)
• Shen's Daughter (2003)
• Sarai (2004)

Collections

• Winter Shadows & Other Tales (2001)
• Ebb Tides and Other Tales (2002)

Books

• The Sign of the Dragon (2015)

Honors and awards

• "Shen's Daughter" - included in The Year's Best Fantasy #4
• "Homecoming" - included in the Best of the Rest 3: The Best Unknown SF and Fantasy of 2001
• "Insignificant Others" - nominated for the Rhysling Award, 2001
• "PauseTime" - Honorable Mention in the Year's Best Science Fiction #18
• "Lifework" - reprinted in The Year's Best SF #5
• "Cause and Consequence" - 1st place in the Best of Soft SF Contest, 1998
• "The Day Before They Came" - reprinted in The Year's Best SF #4, shortlist for the British Science Fiction Association Awards, Honorable Mention in the Year's Best Science Fiction #16
• "Mail-A-Day" - 3rd place in the Best of Soft SF Contest, 1996
• "To Have And To Hold"- 2nd place in the Best of Soft SF Contest, 1995.
• "Interregnum" - Rhysling Award for Best Long Poem, 2014

External links

• Official website
• Full bibliography