Eugie Foster
Eugie Foster (December 30, 1971 – September 27, 2014) was an American writer known for science fiction and fantasy. She published many short stories and worked as a columnist and editor. Her work appeared in magazines such as Fantasy Magazine, Realms of Fantasy, Interzone, and Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, and in various book anthologies. Her short story collection, Returning My Sister's Face and Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice, was published in 2009. She won the Nebula Award in 2009 for a story and was nominated for other Nebula, BSFA, and Hugo Awards.
Foster was born in Urbana, Illinois, and lived in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned a master's degree in developmental psychology from Illinois State University and worked as an editor for the Georgia General Assembly. She married Matthew M. Foster in 1992. In publishing, she served as managing editor for Tangent Online and The Fix, edited Dragon Con’s onsite newsletter, and wrote a monthly column called Writing for Young Readers.
She died in 2014 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta from respiratory failure related to treatments for large B-cell lymphoma. A plaque and bench in Hessel Park, Champaign, Illinois honor her memory.
Her notable stories include Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast, which won the 2009 Nebula Award, and When It Ends, He Catches Her, published the day before her death and later a Nebula finalist. A posthumous story, The Art of Victory When the Game is All the World, appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction in 2022, written while she was sick.
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