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Maureen F. McHugh

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Maureen F. McHugh
Maureen McHugh in 2006.
Maureen McHugh in 2006.
Born (1959-02-13) February 13, 1959 (age 66)
Pen nameMichael Galloglach
OccupationWriter, novelist
NationalityAmerican
Period1988–present
GenreScience fiction, fantasy

Maureen F. McHugh (born February 13, 1959[1]) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

Career

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McHugh published her first story in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine in 1988, under the pseudonym Michael Galloglach.[2] This was followed by a pair of publications under her own name in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1989. Since then, she has written four novels and over twenty short stories.

Her first novel, China Mountain Zhang (1992), was nominated for both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award,[1] and won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award.[2] In 1996, she won a Hugo Award for her short story "The Lincoln Train" (1995). Her short story collection Mothers and Other Monsters was shortlisted as a finalist for the Story Prize in December 2005.[3] In 2013, she was a Readercon guest of honor with Patricia A. McKillip.[4]

McHugh has worked as a writer and/or managing editor for numerous alternate reality game projects, including Year Zero and I Love Bees for 42 Entertainment. Since 2009 she has been a partner at No Mimes Media, an alternate reality game company that she co-founded with Steve Peters and Behnam Karbassi.[5]

Works

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Novels

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Collections

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Stories (partial list)

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  • "All in a Day's Work" (1988, Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine)[2]
  • "Kites" (1989)
  • "Baffin Island" (1989)
  • "The Queen of Marincite" (1990)
  • "Render unto Caesar" (1992)
  • "Protection" (1992)
  • "The Missionary's Child" (1992)
  • "The Beast" (1992)
  • "Tut's Wife" (1993) (collected in Mike Resnick's 1993 alternate history anthology Alternate Warriors)
  • "A Foreigner's Christmas in China" (1993)
  • "Whispers" (1993)
  • "A Coney Island of the Mind" (1993)
  • "Virtual Love" (1994)
  • "Nekropolis" (1994)
  • "The Ballad of Ritchie Valenzuela" (1994) (collected in Mike Resnick's 1994 alternate history anthology Alternate Outlaws)
  • "The Lincoln Train" (1995) (collected in Mike Resnick's 1997 alternate history anthology Alternate Tyrants)
  • "Joss" (1995)
  • "In the Air" (1995)
  • "Learning to Breathe" (1995)
  • "Homesick" (1996)
  • "The Cost to Be Wise" (1996)
  • "Interview: On Any Given Day" (2001)
  • "Presence" (2002)
  • "Ancestor Money" (2003)
  • "Eight-Legged Story" (2003)
  • "Frankenstein's Daughter" (2003)
  • "Cannibal Acts" (2017)[6]
  • "Yellow and the Perception of Reality" (2020, Tor.com)[7]

Alternate reality games

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Awards and honors

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Awards and nominations
Year Award[a] Category Work Result[8]
1993 Hugo Award Novel China Mountain Zhang Nominated
Novella "Protection" Nominated
Lambda Literary Award Gay Men's Science Fiction/Fantasy China Mountain Zhang Won
James Tiptree Jr. Award - Won
Locus Award First Novel Won
Nebula Award Novel Nominated
Novella "Protection" Nominated
1995 Locus Award Novelette "Nekropolis" 5th
Short Story "Virtual Love" 5th
Nebula Award Novelette "Nekropolis" Nominated
Short Story "Virtual Love" Nominated
Sidewise Award Short Form Alternate History "The Lincoln Train" Nominated
Theodore Sturgeon Award - "Nekropolis" Finalist
1996 Hugo Award Short Story "The Lincoln Train" Won
Locus Award Short Story Won
Nebula Award Short Story Nominated
1997 Hugo Award Novella "The Cost to Be Wise" Nominated
Locus Award Novella 10th
Short Story "Strings" 9th
Nebula Award Novella "The Cost to Be Wise" Nominated
1998 James Tiptree Jr. Award - Mission Child Shortlist
1999 Gaylactic Spectrum Award Hall of Fame China Mountain Zhang Inducted
Nebula Award Novel Mission Child Nominated
2002 John W. Campbell Memorial Award - Nekropolis Finalist
Locus Award Science Fiction Novel 7th
Theodore Sturgeon Award - "Interview: On Any Given Day" Shortlist
2003 Hugo Award Novelette "Presence" Nominated
2004 World Fantasy Award Short Fiction "Ancestor Money" Nominated
2009 James Tiptree Jr. Award - "Useless Things" Honor List
Theodore Sturgeon Award "Special Economics" Shortlist
2010 Locus Award Short Story 3rd
2011 James Tiptree Jr. Award - "After the Apocalypse" Honor List
Locus Award Novelette "The Naturalist" 7th
2012 Collection After the Apocalypse: Stories 2nd
Philip K. Dick Award - Finalist
Shirley Jackson Award Collection Won
World Fantasy Award Collection Nominated
2014 Shirley Jackson Award Short Fiction "The Memory Book" Nominated
2018 Theodore Sturgeon Award - "Sidewalks" Finalist
2021 "Yellow and the Perception of Reality" Finalist

Notes

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  1. ^ This table only includes Locus Award nominations where the work placed 10th or better.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Maureen F. McHugh interview (excerpts)". Locus Online. October 1999. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
  2. ^ a b c Clute, John (December 16, 2024). "McHugh, Maureen F". In Clute, John; Langford, David (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Reading: Ansible Editions. Archived from the original on January 23, 2025.
  3. ^ "2005 Prize Winners". The Story Prize. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
  4. ^ Clute, John (September 4, 2023). "Readercon". In Clute, John; Langford, David (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Reading: Ansible Editions. Archived from the original on July 29, 2025.
  5. ^ Waite, Jonathan (2009-03-13). "No Mimes Media: New company, familiar faces". ARGNet. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
  6. ^ "Cannibal Acts". Boston Review. 2017. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  7. ^ "2021 Sturgeon Award Finalists". Locus Online. July 6, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  8. ^ "Maureen F. McHugh Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database. Archived from the original on August 30, 2025. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
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