Catherine Asaro Wins Second Nebula® Award for
“The Spacetime Pool”
Baltimore, MD. Multi-published Columbia, Maryland, author Catherine Asaro
is the winner of the prestigious 2009 Nebula® award for her novella, “The Spacetime Pool” (Analog Magazine, March 2008, ed. Stanley Schmidt).
The novella tells the story of Janelle, a recent math graduate form MIT, who is pulled into an alternate universe where half of the human race has disappeared and the rest have lost most of their technology. She becomes a pawn in a battle between two conquerors, the brutal emperor of North America and his brother, who covets the title. The secret to her survival, and perhaps the survival of humanity on Earth, is locked up in an enigmatic mathematical “prophesy” about Janelle's relationship with both brothers and her destiny in their world.
Read more about “The Spacetime Pool” in an interview with Asaro at the Nebula Awards web site: http://www.nebulaawards.com/index.php/interview/catherine_asaro_2009/
Asaro won a previous Nebula® Award for her novel THE QUANTUM ROSE, a science fiction retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Her books have appeared on bestseller compilations such as the Locus list, and she has won numerous awards, including the Sapphire, Romantic Times BOOKreviews Reader’s Choice, and Analog Magazine AnLab awards, as well being a HUGO and RITA® finalist multiple times. She also recently cut a CD with the rock band Point Valid that serves as a soundtrack for her novel, DIAMOND STAR. Dr. Asaro holds chemistry and physics degrees from UCLA and Harvard and coaches the Howard Area Homeschoolers math teams and the Chesapeake team for the American Regional Math League. She recently completed two terms as president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
For more information, please contact Binnie Syril Braunstein, (410) 486-6178 (phone/FAX) or 443-519-6366 (cell). And visit Catherine Asaro’s website: www.CatherineAsaro.net.
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