Author Bio

Short bio:

Hugo- and Nebula nominated author Marie Vibbert’s short fiction has appeared over 90 times in top magazines like Nature, Analog, and Clarkesworld, and been translated into Czech, Chinese and Vietnamese. Her debut novel, Galactic Hellcats, was long listed by the British Science Fiction Award and her work has been called “everything science fiction should be” by the Oxford Culture Review.  She also writes poetry, comics, and computer games.  By day she is a computer programmer in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Long bio:

Besides selling ninety-odd short stories, forty-some poems and a few comics, Marie Vibbert has been a medieval (SCA) squire, ridden 17% of the roller coasters in the United States and has played O-line and D-line for the Cleveland Fusion women’s tackle football team.

Her work often reflects her working-class upbringing in the rust belt, where she was raised by a single father who was a laborer.

She has been translated into French, Czech, Chinese, and Vietnamese!  Her work has been called “..the embodiment of what science fiction should be…” by The Oxford Culture Review.

Yes, her hair used to go to the ground.  After lockdown she drastically cut it to knee length!  If you have more questions about having long hair, see the Hair FAQ.

Marie is a computer programmer in Cleveland, Ohio.  She is an organizer for the Cleveland Game Developers group and has participated in many game jams, mostly making interactive fiction.

She is a member of the Cleveland science fiction writing workshop, The Cajun Sushi Hamsters from Hell, attended Clarion in 2013, and joined SFWA in 2014.

Marie is also a member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, SFPA. She was nominated for their Rhysling Award in 2015, 2021, and 2022, won second place in the Hessler Street Fair poetry contest, and once sold a rhyming poem to a magazine that had “no rhyming poetry” in their guidelines.

She has an identical twin sister, Grace, who is an accomplished illustrator and a data analytics professional. (Check out our comics together!)

Marie met Brian Crick when they were both students at Case Western Reserve University.  They were married in 2001 at his mother’s house in Vinh Long, Vietnam.  They live in Cleveland Heights with his brother John, her niece Jennifer, and Koala the dog.  Marie and Brian became Jennifer’s permanent guardians in 2021.

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