Cat Rambo
Science fiction writer and editor from the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cat Rambo (born November 14, 1963) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and editor. Rambo uses they/them pronouns.[1] Rambo was co-editor of Fantasy Magazine[2][3] from 2007 to 2011, which earned them a 2012 World Fantasy Special Award: Non-Professional nomination. They collaborated with Jeff VanderMeer on The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories, published in 2007.
Cat Rambo | |
---|---|
Born | (1963-11-14) November 14, 1963 (age 60) Bryan, Texas, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer, editor |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Science fiction, fantasy |
Website | |
kittywumpus |
Their short stories have appeared in such places as Asimov's, Clarkesworld Magazine and Tor.com.[4] In 2012, their story "Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain" was a Nebula Award finalist. Their first novel, Beasts of Tabat, was published by Wordfire Press in 2015 and is the first of a fantasy quartet.
Rambo writes predominantly fantasy and science fiction. 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).[5][6]
A graduate of the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars and Clarion West, they also work with Armageddon MUD, as Sanvean,[7] and write gaming articles. Their background in technology writing includes work for Microsoft and Security 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).[3]
In 2008, they donated their archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.[8]
Rambo served two two-year terms as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America from 2015 through 2019[9][10] following one year as Vice President.
They were the co-editor with Fran Wilde of Ad Astra: the SFWA 50th Anniversary Cookbook (2015).[11] Rambo will be the Writer Guest of Honor at Norwescon 44 in April, 2022.[12]