Biography[edit]

She attended the Clarion science fiction writing workshop in 1985, with such other emerging SF talents as Robert J. Howe, Geoffrey A. Landis, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, William Shunn, and Mary Turzillo.


She lives in San Francisco, California.

Rosemary's Brain: And Other Tales of Wonder (1992)

Plowshare - (1992) (collected in 's alternate history anthology Alternate Presidents)

Mike Resnick

Rosemary’s Brain - (1992) (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology )

Alternate Kennedys

Good Girl, Bad Dog - (1994) (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology )

Alternate Outlaws

1991: Nominee, for "Over the Long Haul"

Hugo Award for Best Novelette

1991: Nominee, for "Over the Long Haul"

Nebula Award for Best Novelette

1992: Nominee, for "Dog's Life"

Hugo Award for Best Short Story

1992: Nominee, for "Dog's Life"

Nebula Award for Best Short Story

1993: Nominee, for Best Short Fiction for "The Arbitrary Placement of Walls"

World Fantasy Award

1993: Nominee, Hugo Award for Best Short Story for "The Arbitrary Placement of Walls"

1993: Nominee, Nebula Award for Best Short Story for "The Arbitrary Placement of Walls"

1994: Nominee, Nebula Award for Best Novelette for "Things Not Seen"

1994: Nominee, Hugo Award for Best Short Story for "The Story So Far"

1995: Winner, Nebula Award for Best Short Story for "A Defense of the Social Contracts"

Bibliography at Fantastic Fiction

at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Martha Soukup

at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Martha Soukup

- article from the New York Review of Science Fiction by Ray Davis.

"Five Stories by Martha Soukup"

- review by Susan Dunman in Science Fiction Weekly.

The Arbitrary Placement of Walls

Martha Soukup interview at The WELL