Martin L. Shoemaker

Martin L. Shoemaker
BornMichigan, USA
OccupationComputer programmer, author
Genrescience fiction
Website
shoemaker.space

Martin L. Shoemaker is an American computer programmer and science fiction author,[1] active in the field since 2011.[2]

Biography

Shoemaker is the third of four children of John and Dawn Shoemaker from Byron Center. A lifelong resident of West Michigan, he lived in Monterey Township in 2015. He was educated at Byron Center High School, the University of Michigan and Grand Valley State University. He attributes his love of reading and creative urge and work ethic to his parents while citing Star Trek and the televised Apollo Moon landings as influences on his interest in science fiction.[3] Shoemaker has described himself as "a programmer who writes on the side."[1] A second place win in the Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest rewarded him with a lunch with astronaut Buzz Aldrin.[3][1]

Literary career

Shoemaker's work has appeared in various periodicals, webzines, podcasts and anthologies, including Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One, Clarkesworld, Digital Science Fiction, Forever Magazine, Galaxy's Edge, The Glass Parachute, Humanity 2.0, Little Green Men: Attack!, Nebula Awards Showcase 2017, Time Travel Tales, Trajectories, Writers of the Future Volume 31, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection, The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016, Year's Top Short SF Novels 4, and The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 8.[2][1]

Bibliography

Novels

  • Today I Am Carey (2019)
  • The Last Dance (Near-Earth Mysteries 1, 2019)
  • The Last Campaign (Near-Earth Mysteries 2, 2020)

Short fiction

Collections
  • Family Secrets (2017)
  • Blue collar space (2018)
  • HMI : Human-Machine Interface (2019)
Stories
Title Year First published Reprinted/collected Notes
The night we flushed the Old Town 2011 Blue collar space (2018) The Corporation of Tycho Under
Father-daughter outing 2011 Blue collar space (2018) The Corporation of Tycho Under
Gruff riders 2012
Not another vacuum story 2012 Blue collar space (2018) The Corporation of Tycho Under
Scramble 2012
  • Chapbook version, 2015
  • Blue collar space (2018)
 The Corporation of Tycho Under
Not close enough 2013 Blue collar space (2018) The Corporation of Tycho Under
Murder on the Aldrin Express 2013 Blue collar space (2018) Captain Nick Aames
Unrefined 2014 Blue collar space (2018)
Today I am Paul 2015 Shoemaker, Martin L. (August 2015). "Today I am Paul". Clarkesworld Magazine. See also the novel Today I am Carey (2019)
Il gran cavallo 2013 Chapbook, 2015
The troll under the fridge 2014
Pallbearers 2014 Chapbook, 2015
The Mother Anthony 2014
Racing to Mars 2015 Shoemaker, Martin L. (September 2015). "Racing to Mars". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (9): 8–30. Blue collar space (2018) Novelette; Captain Nick Aames
Brigas Nunca Mais 2015 Shoemaker, Martin L. (March 2015). "Brigas Nunca Mais". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (3): 32–43. Blue collar space (2018) Captain Nick Aames
In its shadow 2016
Early warning 2016 Shoemaker, Martin L. (April 2016). "Early warning". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (4): 57–61.
The vampire's new clothes 2016
Bookmarked 2016
Green girls blues 2016
Visits (with a stranger) 2016
Black orbit 2016
Meet the landlord 2017
A Hamal in Hollywood 2017
Not far enough 2017
Mama's little angel 2017
One last chore for Grandpa 2017
Action figures 2018
It came from the coffee maker 2018

Nonfiction

  • "Jack McDevitt, History Builder" (2018)

Awards

"Scramble" won second place in the Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest.[1] "Murder on the Aldrin Express" placed second in the 2013 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novella.[2] "Not Close Enough" placed second in the 2013 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novelette.[2] Unrefined took third place in the Writers of the Future contest, 2014.[1] "Racing to Mars" won the Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novelette.[1][2] "Today I Am Paul" won the Washington Science Fiction Society's Small Press Award, was nominated for the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, and placed 22nd in the 2016 Locus Award for Best Short Story.[2][1] "Not Far Enough" placed fifth in the 2017 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novella.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "About Martin" on shoemaker.space
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Martin L. Shoemaker at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  3. ^ a b Kuyt, Sherry. "Local author is top contender in sci-fi competition ." On mlive.com, Apr. 6, 2015.

Further reading

  • Lovett, Richard A. (September 2015). "Martin L. Shoemaker". Biolog. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (9): 31.