Martin L. Shoemaker is an American computer programmer and science fiction author,"About Martin" on shoemaker.space active in the field since 2011.
Biography Shoemaker is the third of four children of John and Dawn Shoemaker from Byron Center. A lifelong resident of West Michigan, he lived in Monterey Township in 2015. He was educated at Byron Center High School, the University of Michigan and Grand Valley State University. He attributes his love of reading and creative urge and work ethic to his parents while citing Star Trek and the televised Apollo Moon landings as influences on his interest in science fiction.Kuyt, Sherry. "Local author is top contender in sci-fi competition ." On mlive.com, Apr. 6, 2015. Shoemaker has described himself as "a programmer who writes on the side." A second place win in the Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest rewarded him with a lunch with astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
Literary career Shoemaker's work has appeared in various periodicals, webzines, podcasts and anthologies, including Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One, Clarkesworld, Digital Science Fiction, Forever Magazine, Galaxy's Edge, The Glass Parachute, Humanity 2.0, Little Green Men: Attack!, Nebula Awards Showcase 2017, Time Travel Tales, Trajectories, Writers of the Future Volume 31, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection, The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016, Year's Top Short SF Novels 4, and The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 8.
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Novels Today I Am Carey (2019) The Last Dance (Near-Earth Mysteries 1, 2019) The Last Campaign (Near-Earth Mysteries 2, 2020)
Short fiction Collections Family Secrets (2017) Blue collar space (2018) HMI : Human-Machine Interface (2019) Stories TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotesThe night we flushed the Old Town2011Blue collar space (2018)The Corporation of Tycho UnderFather-daughter outing2011Blue collar space (2018)The Corporation of Tycho UnderGruff riders2012Not another vacuum story2012Blue collar space (2018)The Corporation of Tycho UnderScramble2012 Chapbook version, 2015 Blue collar space (2018)The Corporation of Tycho UnderNot close enough2013Blue collar space (2018)The Corporation of Tycho UnderMurder on the Aldrin Express2013Blue collar space (2018)Captain Nick AamesUnrefined2014Blue collar space (2018)Today I am Paul2015See also the novel Today I am Carey (2019)Il gran cavallo2013Chapbook, 2015The troll under the fridge2014Pallbearers2014Chapbook, 2015The Mother Anthony2014Racing to Mars2015Blue collar space (2018)Novelette; Captain Nick AamesBrigas Nunca Mais2015Blue collar space (2018)Captain Nick AamesIn its shadow2016Early warning2016The vampire's new clothes2016Bookmarked2016Green girls blues2016Visits (with a stranger)2016Black orbit2016Meet the landlord2017A Hamal in Hollywood2017Not far enough2017Mama's little angel2017One last chore for Grandpa2017Action figures2018It came from the coffee maker2018
Nonfiction "Jack McDevitt, History Builder" (2018)
Awards "Scramble" won second place in the Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest. "Murder on the Aldrin Express" placed second in the 2013 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novella. "Not Close Enough" placed second in the 2013 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novelette. Unrefined took third place in the Writers of the Future contest, 2014. "Racing to Mars" won the Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novelette. "Today I Am Paul" won the Washington Science Fiction Society's Small Press Award, was nominated for the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, and placed 22nd in the 2016 Locus Award for Best Short Story. "Not Far Enough" placed fifth in the 2017 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novella.
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