Eileen Gunn
Excerpt:
For seven long years, Lichen lived in the huge house. She slept where they told her and wore the clothes they gave her and did the chores that were set aside for her. In turn, the carp-eyed creatures taught her many new things. They taught her to mend damaged circuitry by weaving around it with golden thread. They taught her to read the thoughts of a questioner in order to know the answer he wanted. And they taught her to hold in her mind as many as four contradictory ideas at once, and to act as if each was the truth, never quite losing her ability to sort the truth from the lies. This last skill was the hardest to learn, but proved handiest in the long run.
Bio:
Eileen Gunn is the author of the story collection Stable Strategies and Others and the co-editor of The WisCon Chronicles Two. Her fiction has received the Nebula Award in the US the and Sense of Gender Award in Japan, and been nominated for the Hugo, Philip K. Dick, and World Fantasy awards and short-listed for the James Tiptree, Jr. award. She was the editor/publisher of the late Infinite Matrix webzine, and on dark nights can hear it stomping about in the attic. She recently retired from the board of directors of the Clarion West after twenty-two years of service.
Publications:
The Trains that Climb the Winter Tree with Michael Swanwick, at Tor.com;"Thought Experiment" in Eclipse 4, Jonathan Strahan, editor, Night Shade Books.
Writing Description:
I try to write stories that are funny and serious at the same time.
Writing Goals:
I'll write 250 words a day, every day, for the duration of the Write-a-thon.
Website:
www.eileengunn.com
