:Cat Rambo

{{Short description|Science fiction writer and editor from the United States}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Cat Rambo

| image = PurpleCatRambo.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Cat Rambo

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|11|14|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Bryan, Texas, U.S.

| occupation = Writer, editor

| period =

| genre = Science fiction, fantasy

| subject =

| movement =

| website = {{URL|kittywumpus.net}}

| awards = Nebula–Novelette (2020)

| notable_works = Beasts of Tabat (2015)
"Carpe Glitter" (2019)
You Sexy Thing (2021)

| language = English

| alma_mater = Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars
Clarion West Writers Workshop

}}

{{More citations needed|date=September 2024}}File:Cat Rambo KGB.jpg in 2009]]

Cat Rambo (born November 14, 1963) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and editor. Rambo uses they/them pronouns.{{cite web

| url = https://us.macmillan.com/author/catrambo

| title = Cat Rambo

| work = Macmillan

| access-date = 2021-11-18

}} Rambo is winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novelette for "Carpe Glitter".{{Cite web |title=2019 Nebula Awards |url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2019/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=The Nebula Awards |language=en-US}} They were co-editor of Fantasy Magazine from 2007 to 2011, which earned them a 2012 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional nomination.{{Cite web |title=2012 World Fantasy Awards℠ {{!}} World Fantasy Convention |url=https://worldfantasy.org/2012-world-fantasy-awards/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |language=en-US}}

Career

A graduate of the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars and Clarion West Writers Workshop, Rambo writes predominantly fantasy and science fiction. Their short stories have appeared in such places as Asimov's Science Fiction, Clarkesworld Magazine and Tor.com since the release of "Grandmother's Road Trip" in Chizine #26 in 2005.{{cite web |last=Ionescu |first=Iulian |date=December 1, 2014 |title=Interview with Author and Editor Cat Rambo |url=http://fantasyscrollmag.com/article/interview-with-author-and-editor-cat-rambo/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091026/http://fantasyscrollmag.com/article/interview-with-author-and-editor-cat-rambo/ |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2014-12-01 |work=Fantasy Scroll Magazine (fantasyscrollmag.com)}}{{Cite web |date=2005-10-03 |title=Chizine #26 (Oct-Dec 2005) - Tangent Online |url=https://tangentonline.com/e-market-quarterly/chizine/chizine-26-oct-dec-2005/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |language=en-US}} Some of their short stories have received recognition; in 2012, their story "Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain", initially published in Near / Far: Stories of the Near Future and the Far (2012), was shortlisted for a Nebula Award for Best Short Story.{{Cite web |title=2012 Nebula Awards |url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2012/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=The Nebula Awards |language=en-US}} "Carpe Glitter" was subsequently awarded the Nebula Award for Best Novelette. They later made longer works; their first novel, Beasts of Tabat, was published by Wordfire Press in 2015 and is the first of a fantasy quartet. It was shortlisted for the Compton Crook Award.{{Cite web |last= |date=2016-05-17 |title=Wilde Wins 2016 Compton Crook Award |url=https://locusmag.com/2016/05/wilde-wins-2016-compton-crook-award/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US}}

Rambo collaborated with Jeff VanderMeer on The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories, published in 2007. They collaborated in a new weird round-robin writing project for editors by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer, published in the 2008 anthology The New Weird ("Festival Lives", pp. 365).{{isfdb contents|222821|The New Weird|(first edition, 2008)}}. Retrieved 2015-07-18.{{cite web

| last = Pflug

| first = Ursula

| url = http://www.irosf.com/q/zine/article/10431

| title = The New Weird, A Review of the Anthology

| work = The Internet Review of Science Fiction (irosf.com)

| date = July 2008

| access-date = 2015-07-04

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150707013824/http://irosf.com/q/zine/article/10431

| archive-date = 2015-07-07

| url-status = dead

}} They were the co-editor with Fran Wilde of Ad Astra: The SFWA 50th Anniversary Cookbook (2015).[https://www.sfwa.org/2015/05/sfwa-cookbook-available-for-pre-order "SFWA Cookbook Available For Pre-Order"]. SFWA. Retrieved 2015-07-04.

In 2008, they donated their archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.[http://archon.lib.niu.edu/?p=accessions/accession&id=33 "Cat Rambo Papers | Northern Illinois University"]. Archon (archon.lib.niu.edu). Retrieved 2015-07-04.

They also work with Armageddon, a fantasy MUD, under the name Sanvean,{{cite web |last=Rambo |first=Cat |author-link=Cat Rambo |date=January 2000 |title=I Think, Therefore I Roleplay |url=http://www.kittywumpus.net/pubs/think.html |access-date=2010-04-15 |work=Imaginary Realities}} and write gaming articles. Their background in technology writing includes work for Microsoft and Security Dynamics.

They are a member of the Codex Writers Group and, in 2008, was appointed chair of the Copyright Committee of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).{{cite web

| last = Strock | first = Ian Randal

| url = http://www.sfscope.com/2008/07/sfwa-appoints-three-new-coordinators/

| title = SFWA appoints three new coordinators

| publisher = SFScope.com

| date = July 8, 2008

| access-date = 2010-04-17

| quote = Cat Rambo has been appointed chairman of the SFWA Copyright Committee. Rambo, a member since 2005, is the co-editor of Fantasy Magazine, and has worked in the fields of network security and technology writing, as well as teaching. They have worked with both the Copyright Exploratory Committee and the Copyright Committee, as well as written copy for the Nebula web site.

}} Rambo served two two-year terms as President of the SFWA from 2015 through 2019[https://www.sfwa.org/2015/05/2015-sfwa-election-results "2015 SFWA Election Results"]. SFWA. Retrieved 2015-07-04.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfwa.org/about/current-officers/|title=SFWA Board|access-date=2018-10-19|archive-date=2021-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207160053/https://www.sfwa.org/about/current-officers/|url-status=dead}} following one year as Vice President. Rambo was the Writer Guest of Honor at Norwescon 44 in April 2022.{{cite web | title=Norwescon 44: The Stars of Home | website=Norwescon | date=March 15, 2022 | url=https://www.norwescon.org/2022/03/15/norwescon-44-the-stars-of-home/ | access-date=March 15, 2022}}

Awards

Ref:{{Cite web |title=Award Bibliography: Cat Rambo |url=https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/eaw.cgi?85001 |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=www.isfdb.org}}{{Cite web |title=sfadb : Cat Rambo Awards |url=https://www.sfadb.com/Cat_Rambo |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=www.sfadb.com}}

= Literary awards =

class="wikitable" !Year !Work ! colspan="2" \|Award !Result !Ref
2008 \|"The Surgeon's Tale" \|Locus Award \|Novelette \|{{nom\|Nominated—21st}} \|
2010 \|Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight \|Endeavour Award \|— \|{{sho}} \|
2010 \|"Narrative of a Beast's Life" \|Locus Award \|Short Story \|{{nom\|Nominated—8th}} \|
2011 \|"Clockwork Fairies" \|Locus Award \|Short Story \|{{nom\|Nominated—23rd}} \|
2013 \|"Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain" \|Nebula Award \|Short Story \|{{sho}} \|
2016 \|Beasts of Tabat \|Compton Crook Award \|— \|{{sho}} \|
2017 \|"Left Behind" \|Locus Award \|Short Story \|{{nom\|Nominated—39th}} \|
2020 \|"Carpe Glitter" \|Nebula Award \|Novelette \|{{won}} \|
rowspan="3" \|2022 \|"Crazy Beautiful" \|Locus Award \|Short Story \|{{nom\|Nominated—8th}} \|
rowspan="2" \|You Sexy Thing \|Dragon Award \|Science Fiction Novel \|{{sho}} \|
Locus Award \|Science Fiction Novel \|{{nom\|Nominated—10th}} \|

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Work

! colspan="2" |Award

!Result

!Ref

2008

|"The Surgeon's Tale"

|Locus Award

|Novelette

|{{nom|Nominated—21st}}

2010

|Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight

|Endeavour Award

|—

|{{sho}}

2010

|"Narrative of a Beast's Life"

|Locus Award

|Short Story

|{{nom|Nominated—8th}}

2011

|"Clockwork Fairies"

|Locus Award

|Short Story

|{{nom|Nominated—23rd}}

2013

|"Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain"

|Nebula Award

|Short Story

|{{sho}}

2016

|Beasts of Tabat

|Compton Crook Award

|—

|{{sho}}

2017

|"Left Behind"

|Locus Award

|Short Story

|{{nom|Nominated—39th}}

2020

|"Carpe Glitter"

|Nebula Award

|Novelette

|{{won}}

rowspan="3" |2022

|"Crazy Beautiful"

|Locus Award

|Short Story

|{{nom|Nominated—8th}}

rowspan="2" |You Sexy Thing

|Dragon Award

|Science Fiction Novel

|{{sho}}

Locus Award

|Science Fiction Novel

|{{nom|Nominated—10th}}

= As magazine editor =

class="wikitable" !Year !Work ! colspan="2" \|Award !Result !Ref
2009 \| rowspan="4" \|Fantasy Magazine \| rowspan="3" \|Locus Award \| rowspan="3" \|Magazine \|{{nom\|Nominated—19th}} \|
2010 \|{{nom\|Nominated—14th}} \|
2011 \|{{nom\|Nominated—12th}} \|
2012 \|World Fantasy Award \|Special Award—Non-professional \|{{sho}} \|

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Work

! colspan="2" |Award

!Result

!Ref

2009

| rowspan="4" |Fantasy Magazine

| rowspan="3" |Locus Award

| rowspan="3" |Magazine

|{{nom|Nominated—19th}}

2010

|{{nom|Nominated—14th}}

2011

|{{nom|Nominated—12th}}

2012

|World Fantasy Award

|Special Award—Non-professional

|{{sho}}

Bibliography

= Novels =

== Disco Space Opera ==

{{Cite book |last=Rambo |first=Cat |title=You Sexy Thing |publisher=Tor Books |year=2021 |isbn=9781250269300 |edition=hardcover 1st |pages=1–304 |author-mask=2}}
{{Cite book |last=Rambo |first=Cat |title=Devil's Gun |publisher=Tor Books |year=2022 |isbn=9781250269355 |edition=hardcover 1st |pages=1–272 |author-mask=2}}
{{Cite book |last=Rambo |first=Cat |title=Rumor Has It |publisher=Tor Books |year=2024 |isbn=9781250269393 |edition=hardcover 1st |pages=1–256 |author-mask=2}}

== Tabat Quartet ==

{{Cite book|title=Beasts of Tabat|last=Rambo|first=Cat|isbn=9781614752974|year=2015|publisher=WordFire Press|location=Colorado Springs|author-mask=2|edition=paperback|pages=1–326}}
{{Cite book |title=Hearts of Tabat |last=Rambo |first=Cat |isbn=9781614756378 |year=2018 |publisher=WordFire Press |location=Colorado Springs |author-mask=2 |pages=1–428}}
{{Cite book|title=Exiles of Tabat|last=Rambo|first=Cat|isbn=9781680571844|year=2021|publisher=WordFire Press|location=Colorado Springs|author-mask=2|edition=hardcover|pages=}}

{{Cite book|title=Gods of Tabat|last=Rambo|first=Cat|isbn=|year=2022|publisher=WordFire Press|location=|author-mask=2|edition=|pages=}}

= Novellas =

{{Cite book |last1=Rambo |first1=Cat |title=And the Last Trump Shall Sound |last2=Turtledove |first2=Harry |last3=Morrow |first3=James K. |publisher=CAEZIK SF & Fantasy |year=2020 |isbn=9781647100056 |edition=paperback |pages=1–210 |author-mask=2 |author-link2=Harry Turtledove |author-link3=James K. Morrow}}{{cite web |title=Fantastic Fiction.com And the Last Trump Shall Sound |url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/t/harry-turtledove/and-the-last-trump-shall-sound.htm}}

= Chapbook form =

{{Cite book |last=Rambo |first=Cat |title=Clockwork Fairies |publisher=Tor Books |year=2011 |isbn=9781429927567 |edition=ebook |pages=1–32 |author-mask=2}}
{{Cite book |last=Rambo |first=Cat |title=Carpe Glitter |publisher=Meerkat Press |year=2019 |isbn=9781946154538 |edition=paperback 1st |pages=1–62 |author-mask=2}}

= Collections =

{{cite book |last1=Rambo |last2=VanderMeer |name-list-style=amp |title=The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories |publisher=Prime |year=2007 |first1=Cat |first2=Jeff |author-mask1=2 |author-link2=Jeff VanderMeer |isbn=9780809572687 |pages=1–100}}
{{Cite book |last=Rambo |first=Cat |title=Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight |publisher=Paper Golem Press |year=2009 |isbn=9780979534959 |edition=paperback 1st |pages=1–175 |author-mask=2}}
{{Cite book|title=Near + Far|last=Rambo|first=Cat|isbn=9780984830145|year=2012|publisher=Hydra House|location=Seattle|edition=paperback|pages=1–318|author-mask=2}}
{{Cite book |last=Rambo |first=Cat |title=Altered America: Steampunk Stories |publisher= |year=2016 |isbn= |edition=kindle |pages=1–168 |author-mask=2}}

{{Cite book |last=Rambo |first=Cat |title=Neither Here Nor There |publisher=Hydra House |year=2016 |isbn=9780989082884 |edition=hardcover 1st |pages= |author-mask=2}}

= Short fiction =

[https://web.archive.org/web/20150907174725/http://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/winter_2007/fiction_the_surgeons_tale_by_jeff_vandermeer_cat_rambo "The Surgeon's Tale"]" (short story with Jeff VanderMeer), Subterranean Magazine, Winter 2007
[http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/rambo_07_07/ "I'll Gnaw Your Bones, the Manticore Said"] (short story), Clarkesworld, July 2007
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080512075419/http://www.strangehorizons.com/2007/20070219/foam-f.shtml "Foam on the Water"] (short story), Strange Horizons, February 2007
[http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/rambo_09_08/ "Worm Within"] (short story), Clarkesworld Magazine, September 2008

{{cite book |title = Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy |first = Cat |last = Rambo |year = 2008 |chapter = The Bumblety's Marble |editor = Ekaterina Sedia |author-mask = 2}}
{{cite book |title = Clockwork Fairies |first = Cat |last = Rambo |year = 2011 |publisher = Tor.com |isbn = 9781429927567 |author-mask = 2}}
{{cite book |title = SQ Mag, Edition 8 |first = Cat |last = Rambo |year = 2013 |chapter = A Man and His Parasite |editor = Sophie Yorkston |url = http://sqmag.com/2014/04/14/edition-8-a-man-and-his-parasite-by-cat-rambo/ |author-mask = 2}}
{{cite journal |author=Rambo, Cat |date=March 2014 |title=All the Pretty Little Mermaids |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=66–70|author-mask=2}}
{{cite journal |author=Rambo, Cat |author-mask=2 |date=April 2014 |title=Bud Webster |department=In Conversation |journal=Analog |volume=134 |issue=4 |pages=44–45 |url= }}

References

{{Reflist|25em |refs=

Payne, Marshall (July 1, 2008). [https://web.archive.org/web/20100525155455/http://ttapress.com/fix/interviews/cat-rambo "An Interview with Cat Rambo"]. The Fix. TTA Press (ttapress.com). Archived 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2015-07-18.

}}

External links

{{official |kittywumpus.net}}
{{isfdb name|85001}}
{{LCAuth|no2008028612|Cat Rambo|6|}}
[http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/ Fantasy Magazine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513131044/http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/ |date=2008-05-13 }}

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Category:Nebula Award winners