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MacLean, Katherine
1925--
American
B.A. from Barnard College, postgraduate work in psychology
Wrote mostly short stories.

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Malzberg, Barry
1939--
American writer and essayist

Recommended Reading:

  • Beyond Apollo (1972)
  • The Engines of the Night: Science Fiction in the Eighties (1982), a collection of essays
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Martin, George R.R.
1948--
American writer and editor
Writer for television
Created the television series Beauty and the Beast

writer of romantic science fiction

Recommended:

  • "Sandkings" (1979) winner of a Hugo and a Nebula
  • "The Way of Cross and Dragon" (1979), winner of a Hugo
  • Beauty and the Beast (television series)
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Matheson, Richard
1926--
American author and writer for film
Writes science fiction, fantasy, and horror

Recommended Reading:

  • "Born of Man and Woman" (1950)
  • I am Legend (1954)
  • Bid Time Return (1975)
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McCaffrey, Anne
1926--
American
Moves easily between science fiction and fantasy. Her novels often feature a dose of romance.

Recommended Readings:

  • Dragonriders of Pern (1978)and other novels and stories set in that universe
  • The Ship Who Sang (1969)
  • The Crystal Singer (1982) and its sequels Killashandra (1985) and Crystal Line (1992)
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McIntyre, Vonda
1948--
American writer and geneticist

Recommended Reading:

  • Dreamsnake (1978), a Hugo and Nebula winner
  • The Moon and the Stars
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McKillip, Patricia
1948--
American writer
Best known for fantasies for children
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Merril, Judith
1923-97
American writer and anthologist
Associated with the Futurians
Married to Frederik Pohl, 1949-53

Recommended Reading: "That Only a Mother" (1948)

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Miller, Walter E., Jr.
1923-96
American writer
Veteran of World War II
Converted to Catholicism in 1947

Recommended Reading:

  • A Canticle for Leibowitz (1960)
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Moon, Elizabeth
1945--
American writer, primarily of fantasy
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Moorcock, Michael
1939--
British writer and editor
One of the founders of the New Wave

Recommended Readings:

  • Jerry Cornelius books, beginning with The Final Programme (1968), a dark comedy about space and time
  • Behold the Man, (1966; expanded 1969), a retelling of the crucifixion of Christ as a time travel story
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Moore, Catherine L.
1911-87
American
Married Henry Kuttner in 1948 and afterward mostly collaborated with him under the pseudonyms Laurence O'Donnell and Lewis Padgett

Recommended Reading: "Shambleau" (1933)

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Murphy, Pat
1955--
American writer

Recommended Reading:

  • "Rachel in Love" (1987), Nebula winner
  • The Falling Woman (1986), Nebula winner
 
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