Carrie Richerson (November 1, 1952 - February 2, 2019) was an American science fiction fan and bookseller who was also a science fiction writer repeatedly nominated for international awards.
Biography Born Carrie Richerson in Mississippi November 1, 1952, she got her degree from Rice University in Houston, Texas, where she studied Mathematics. She lived in Austin where she was involved in the local science fiction fandom and where she worked as a bookseller. Richerson was involved in running conventions and she was part of the team that ran the 1997 Worldcon, LoneStarCon 2. She also wrote short fiction, beginning in the 1990s. Her work was published in a number of magazines, including Amazing Stories, Asimov's, F&SF, Pulphouse, and Realms of Fantasy. Richerson was nominated for a Campbell Award twice. Her work also appeared in a collection and other anthologies. Elizabeth Moon thanked her in her novel Against the Odds in 2000. Richerson died in 2019 in an Austin rehabilitation center due to years of poor health.
Selected works
Short fiction YearTitleFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes 1992 Apotheosis 1993 Phases 1993 By the Waters of Lethe We Sat Down and Wept 1994 The Emerald City 1994 Sous La Mer 1994 Artistic License 1994 Geckos Chapbook 1995 No end in sight 1996 Healer 1996 The Harrowing 1997 Nuestra Señora 1998 Juanito, the Magic Beans, and the Giant 1998 The City in Morning 2001 The golden chain 2001 Love on a Stick Richerson, Carrie. "Love on a Stick". In Griffith, Nicola & Pagel, Stephen (eds.). Bending the Landscape : Original Gay and Lesbian Writing Horror. The Overlook Press. 2005 A Birth 2005 A Game of Cards 2006 The Warrior and the King 2006 ... With By Good Intentions
Sheriff Doris Webster & the Returning Dead A Dying Breed, (1992) The Light at the End of the Day, (1993) The Quick and the Dead, (1997)
Poetry TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedSTAR-crossed lovers2006
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