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Brenda Cooper
BornAugust 12, 1960
Encino, California
OccupationNovelist, short-story writer, futurist
NationalityAmerican
PeriodEarly 21st century
GenreScience fiction, fantasy
Subjectscience, history, nature, society
Website
brenda-cooper.com

Brenda Cooper (born August 12, 1960) is an author and futurist[1] who resides in Kirkland, Washington,[2] where she is the Chief Information Officer of the city of Kirkland.[3][4] She has co-written various short stories with Larry Niven and has written ten novels.[5]

Brenda was educated at California State University, Fullerton, where she earned a BA in Management Information Systems. She is also pursuing an MFA at StoneCoast, a program of the University of Southern Maine.

Brenda lives in Woodinville, Washington with her family and three dogs.[6]

Bibliography

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2012)

Novels

Silver Ship series
  1. The Silver Ship and the Sea. Tor Science Fiction. July 1, 2008. ISBN 978-0-7653-5509-6.
  2. Reading the Wind (1st ed.). Tor Books. July 22, 2008. ISBN 978-0-7653-1598-4.
  3. Wings of Creation. Vol. 1st Edition. Tor Books. November 10, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7653-2095-7.
Ruby's Song
  1. The Creative Fire. Vol. 1st Edition. Pyr. November 6, 2012. ISBN 978-1616146849.
  2. The Diamond Deep (2013)
The Glittering Edge (sequels to Ruby's Song)
  1. Edge of dark. Pyr. 2015.
  2. Spear of Light. Vol. 1st Edition. Pyr. 2016. ISBN 978-1633881341.

Short fiction

Stories[8]
Title Year First published Reprinted/collected Notes
The Robot's Girl 2010 Cooper, Brenda (April 2010). "The Robot's Girl". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 130 (4).

Poetry

Critical studies and reviews of Cooper's work

Edge of dark

Awards

Endeavor Award

References

  1. ^ Cooper, Brenda. "Biography at Futurist.com". Brenda Cooper. p. 1. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  2. ^ Cooper, Brenda. "General Information". Brenda Cooper. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
  3. ^ Cooper, Brenda. "Politics at Brenda Cooper". Retrieved August 17, 2010.
  4. ^ Ostrom, Carol M. (September 27, 2009). "Not knowing what's ahead, we look to futurists to help figure it out". The Seattle Times. Seattle. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
  5. ^ "Summary bibliography: Brenda Cooper". Internet Science Fiction Database. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  6. ^ "Brenda Cooper's Biography".
  7. ^ "MilSciFi.com, Bio, Author Brenda Cooper". www.milscifi.com.
  8. ^ Short stories unless otherwise noted.
  9. ^ a b "Published Work".
  10. ^ a b "Award bibliography: Brenda Cooper". Internet Science Fiction Database. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Endeavor Award: History". Oregon Science Fiction, Inc. Retrieved March 18, 2017.

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