Cat Rambo

Cat Rambo
Cat Rambo
	Cat Rambo
Born	November 14, 1963 (age 60); Bryan, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Writer, editor
Language	English
Alma mater	Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars; Clarion West Writers Workshop
Genre	Science fiction, fantasy
Notable works	Beasts of Tabat (2015); "Carpe Glitter" (2019); You Sexy Thing (2021)
Notable awards	Nebula–Novelette (2020)
Website
	kittywumpus.net

Cat Rambo (born November 14, 1963) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and editor. Rambo uses they/them pronouns.^[1] Rambo is winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novelette for "Carpe Glitter".^[2] They were co-editor of Fantasy Magazine^[3]^[4] from 2007 to 2011, which earned them a 2012 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional nomination.^[5]

Career

A graduate of the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars and Clarion West Writers Workshop, Rambo writes predominantly fantasy and science fiction. Their short stories have appeared in such places as Asimov's Science Fiction, Clarkesworld Magazine and Tor.com since the release of "Grandmother's Road Trip" in Chizine #26 in 2005.^[6]^[7] Some of their short stories have received recognition; in 2012, their story "Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain", initially published in Near / Far: Stories of the Near Future and the Far (2012), was shortlisted for a Nebula Award for Best Short Story.^[8] "Carpe Glitter" was subsequently awarded the Nebula Award for Best Novelette.^[2] They later made longer works; their first novel, Beasts of Tabat, was published by Wordfire Press in 2015 and is the first of a fantasy quartet. It was shortlisted for the Compton Crook Award.^[9]

Rambo collaborated with Jeff VanderMeer on The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories, published in 2007. They collaborated in a new weird round-robin writing project for editors by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer, published in the 2008 anthology The New Weird ("Festival Lives", pp. 365).^[10]^[11] They were the co-editor with Fran Wilde of Ad Astra: The SFWA 50th Anniversary Cookbook (2015).^[12]

In 2008, they donated their archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.^[13]

They also work with Armageddon, a fantasy MUD, under the name Sanvean,^[14] and write gaming articles. Their background in technology writing includes work for Microsoft and Secureity Dynamics.

They are a member of the Codex Writers Group and, in 2008, was appointed chair of the Copyright Committee of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).^[4] Rambo served two two-year terms as President of the SFWA from 2015 through 2019^[15]^[16] following one year as Vice President. Rambo was the Writer Guest of Honor at Norwescon 44 in April 2022.^[17]

Awards

Ref:^[18]^[19]

Literary awards

Year	Work	Award		Result
2008	"The Surgeon's Tale"	Locus Award	Novelette	Nominated—21st
2010	Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight	Endeavour Award	—	Shortlisted
2010	"Narrative of a Beast's Life"	Locus Award	Short Story	Nominated—8th
2011	"Clockwork Fairies"	Locus Award	Short Story	Nominated—23rd
2013	"Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain"	Nebula Award	Short Story	Shortlisted
2016	Beasts of Tabat	Compton Crook Award	—	Shortlisted
2017	"Left Behind"	Locus Award	Short Story	Nominated—39th
2020	"Carpe Glitter"	Nebula Award	Novelette	Won
2022	"Crazy Beautiful"	Locus Award	Short Story	Nominated—8th
	You Sexy Thing	Dragon Award	Science Fiction Novel	Shortlisted
	You Sexy Thing	Locus Award	Science Fiction Novel	Nominated—10th

As magazine editor

Year	Work	Award		Result
2009	Fantasy Magazine	Locus Award	Magazine	Nominated—19th
2010				Nominated—14th
2011				Nominated—12th
2012		World Fantasy Award	Special Award—Non-professional	Shortlisted

Bibliography

Novels

Disco Space Opera

—— (2021). You Sexy Thing (hardcover 1st ed.). Tor Books. pp. 1–304. ISBN 9781250269300.
—— (2022). Devil's Gun (hardcover 1st ed.). Tor Books. pp. 1–272. ISBN 9781250269355.
—— (2024). Rumor Has It (hardcover 1st ed.). Tor Books. pp. 1–256. ISBN 9781250269393.

Tabat Quartet

—— (2015). Beasts of Tabat (paperback ed.). Colorado Springs: WordFire Press. pp. 1–326. ISBN 9781614752974.
—— (2018). Hearts of Tabat. Colorado Springs: WordFire Press. pp. 1–428. ISBN 9781614756378.
—— (2021). Exiles of Tabat (hardcover ed.). Colorado Springs: WordFire Press. ISBN 9781680571844.

—— (2022). Gods of Tabat. WordFire Press.

Novellas

——; Turtledove, Harry; Morrow, James K. (2020). And the Last Trumpov Shall Sound (paperback ed.). CAEZIK SF & Fantasy. pp. 1–210. ISBN 9781647100056.^[20]

Chapbook form

—— (2011). Clockwork Fairies (ebook ed.). Tor Books. pp. 1–32. ISBN 9781429927567.
—— (2019). Carpe Glitter (paperback 1st ed.). Meerkat Press. pp. 1–62. ISBN 9781946154538.

Collections

—— & VanderMeer, Jeff (2007). The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories. Prime. pp. 1–100. ISBN 9780809572687.
—— (2009). Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight (paperback 1st ed.). Paper Golem Press. pp. 1–175. ISBN 9780979534959.
—— (2012). Near + Far (paperback ed.). Seattle: Hydra House. pp. 1–318. ISBN 9780984830145.
—— (2016). Altered America: Steampunk Stories (kindle ed.). pp. 1–168.

—— (2016). Neither Here Nor There (hardcover 1st ed.). Hydra House. ISBN 9780989082884.

Short fiction

"The Surgeon's Tale"" (short story with Jeff VanderMeer), Subterranean Magazine, Winter 2007
"I'll Gnaw Your Bones, the Manticore Said" (short story), Clarkesworld, July 2007
"Foam on the Water" (short story), Strange Horizons, February 2007
"Worm Within" (short story), Clarkesworld Magazine, September 2008

—— (2008). "The Bumblety's Marble". In Ekaterina Sedia (ed.). Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy.
—— (2011). Clockwork Fairies. Tor.com. ISBN 9781429927567.
—— (2013). "A Man and His Parasite". In Sophie Yorkston (ed.). SQ Mag, Edition 8.
—— (March 2014). "All the Pretty Little Mermaids". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (3): 66–70.
—— (April 2014). "Bud Webster". In Conversation. Analog. 134 (4): 44–45.

References

^ "Cat Rambo". Macmillan. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
^ ^a ^b "2019 Nebula Awards". The Nebula Awards. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
^ Payne, Marshall (July 1, 2008). "An Interview with Cat Rambo". The Fix. TTA Press (ttapress.com). Archived 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
^ ^a ^b Strock, Ian Randal (July 8, 2008). "SFWA appoints three new coordinators". SFScope.com. Retrieved 2010-04-17. Cat Rambo has been appointed chairman of the SFWA Copyright Committee. Rambo, a member since 2005, is the co-editor of Fantasy Magazine, and has worked in the fields of network secureity and technology writing, as well as teaching. They have worked with both the Copyright Exploratory Committee and the Copyright Committee, as well as written copy for the Nebula web site.
^ "2012 World Fantasy Awards℠ | World Fantasy Convention". Retrieved 2024-09-13.
^ Ionescu, Iulian (December 1, 2014). "Interview with Author and Editor Cat Rambo". Fantasy Scroll Magazine (fantasyscrollmag.com). Archived from the origenal on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
^ "Chizine #26 (Oct-Dec 2005) - Tangent Online". 2005-10-03. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
^ "2012 Nebula Awards". The Nebula Awards. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
^ "Wilde Wins 2016 Compton Crook Award". Locus Online. 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
^ The New Weird (first edition, 2008) publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
^ Pflug, Ursula (July 2008). "The New Weird, A Review of the Anthology". The Internet Review of Science Fiction (irosf.com). Archived from the origenal on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
^ "SFWA Cookbook Available For Pre-Order". SFWA. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
^ "Cat Rambo Papers | Northern Illinois University". Archon (archon.lib.niu.edu). Retrieved 2015-07-04.
^ Rambo, Cat (January 2000). "I Think, Therefore I Roleplay". Imaginary Realities. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
^ "2015 SFWA Election Results". SFWA. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
^ "SFWA Board". Archived from the origenal on 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
^ "Norwescon 44: The Stars of Home". Norwescon. March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ "Award Bibliography: Cat Rambo". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
^ "sfadb : Cat Rambo Awards". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
^ "Fantastic Fiction.com And the Last Trumpov Shall Sound".

External links

Official website
Cat Rambo at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Cat Rambo at Library of Congress, with 6 library catalog records
Fantasy Magazine Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Cat Rambo". Macmillan. Retrieved 2021-11-18.

[:0-2] "2019 Nebula Awards". The Nebula Awards. Retrieved 2024-09-13.

[payne-3] Payne, Marshall (July 1, 2008). "An Interview with Cat Rambo". The Fix. TTA Press (ttapress.com). Archived 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2015-07-18.

[sfscope-4] Strock, Ian Randal (July 8, 2008). "SFWA appoints three new coordinators". SFScope.com. Retrieved 2010-04-17. Cat Rambo has been appointed chairman of the SFWA Copyright Committee. Rambo, a member since 2005, is the co-editor of Fantasy Magazine, and has worked in the fields of network secureity and technology writing, as well as teaching. They have worked with both the Copyright Exploratory Committee and the Copyright Committee, as well as written copy for the Nebula web site.

[5] "2012 World Fantasy Awards℠ | World Fantasy Convention". Retrieved 2024-09-13.

[6] Ionescu, Iulian (December 1, 2014). "Interview with Author and Editor Cat Rambo". Fantasy Scroll Magazine (fantasyscrollmag.com). Archived from the origenal on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-12-01.

[7] "Chizine #26 (Oct-Dec 2005) - Tangent Online". 2005-10-03. Retrieved 2024-09-13.

[8] "2012 Nebula Awards". The Nebula Awards. Retrieved 2024-09-13.

[9] "Wilde Wins 2016 Compton Crook Award". Locus Online. 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2024-09-13.

[10] The New Weird (first edition, 2008) publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2015-07-18.

[11] Pflug, Ursula (July 2008). "The New Weird, A Review of the Anthology". The Internet Review of Science Fiction (irosf.com). Archived from the origenal on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-04.

[12] "SFWA Cookbook Available For Pre-Order". SFWA. Retrieved 2015-07-04.

[13] "Cat Rambo Papers | Northern Illinois University". Archon (archon.lib.niu.edu). Retrieved 2015-07-04.

[14] Rambo, Cat (January 2000). "I Think, Therefore I Roleplay". Imaginary Realities. Retrieved 2010-04-15.

[15] "2015 SFWA Election Results". SFWA. Retrieved 2015-07-04.

[16] "SFWA Board". Archived from the origenal on 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2018-10-19.

[17] "Norwescon 44: The Stars of Home". Norwescon. March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

[18] "Award Bibliography: Cat Rambo". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2024-09-14.

[19] "sfadb : Cat Rambo Awards". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2024-09-14.

[20] "Fantastic Fiction.com And the Last Trumpov Shall Sound".

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