M. K. Hobson (born January 21, 1969; birth name: Mary Catherine Koroloff) is an American speculative fiction and fantasy writer. In 2003 she was a Pushcart Prize nominee, and her debut novel The Native Star was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award.
Biography Mary Catherine Koroloff was born in Riverside, California and grew up in Portland, Oregon. She studied English ad film at the University of Oregon. In 1997 she married Daniel Hobson and they have a daughter Nora.M.K. Hobson: Bustlepunk, Locus, June 26, 2010; See more in the print versionof the magazine , she lived in Oregon City, Oregon.
Work
Hobson published some short stories in minor magazines under her birth name. Her first professional short fiction under the name M.K. Hobson was "Daughter of the Monkey God" (Sci Fiction, 2003). , she published over 30 stories. Her fiction has appeared in Sci Fiction, the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, Strange Horizons, and ChiZine. Her work has also appeared in anthologies such as Polyphony 5 and Polyphony 6 and Medicine Show. Hobson's story "The Hand of the Devil on a String" appeared on the 2008 Best American Fantasy recommended reading list, and her other work has received Honorable Mentions in "Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror" and "Year’s Best Science Fiction."
She is the author of the Veneficas Americana historical fantasy series. The first novel in the series, The Native Star, was published by Bantam Spectra on August 31, 2010. The sequel, The Hidden Goddess, followed on April 26, 2011. The third novel, The Warlock's Curse, begins a new duology and follows characters from a new generation. Hobson has described the style of the first two novels as "Bustlepunk."
She is also a co-host of the fantasy podcast PodCastle, a sister podcast of Escape Pod. , she was co-editor—with author Douglas Lain—of the surrealist/anarchist 'zine Diet Soap.
Bibliography
Novels The Native Star (August 31, 2010) Bantam Spectra () The Hidden Goddess (April 26, 2011) Bantam Spectra. () The Warlock's Curse (October 31, 2012) Demimonde. ()
Short stories Some Hobson's short stories are available online, including: The Hotel Astarte, Realms of Fantasy, June 2007. Severance Pay, Strange Horizons, September 2005. Domovoi, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 2005 Hell Notes, Sci Fiction, February 2005 Ice Cream, Vestal Review, October 2003 The Principessa of Montenegro, flashquake, Fall 2003
References
External links
Demimonde, M. K. Hobson's official site, with links to complete bibliography, blog, and upcoming conventions. The Voices in My Head Don't Think They're Imaginary, M. K. Hobson's LiveJournal M. K. Hobson: Bustlepunk, author interview in Locus. Diet Soap, the official site of the Diet Soap printzine. Interview with M. K. Hobson by Marshall Payne, The Fix. Author Interview, Shimmer Magazine. The Clarion Quandary, a Point-Counterpoint, published in The Broadsheet. History As It Wasn’t: Writing Historical Fantasy published in The Broadsheet.