Madeline Ashby

{{short description|American-Canadian science fiction writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| birth_place = Panorama City, California

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| nationality = American-Canadian

| alma_mater = OCAD University

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| notablework = Company Town

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Madeline Ashby (born April 24, 1983 in Panorama City, California){{Cite web|url=http://www.tor.com/2012/10/19/the-pop-quiz-at-the-end-of-the-universe-madeline-ashby/|title=The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Madeline Ashby|date=2012-10-19|website=Tor.com|access-date=2017-07-27}} is an American-Canadian science fiction writer.[http://www.cbc.ca/books/2017/01/madeline-ashby.html "Madeline Ashby: Author of Company Town"]. CBC Books, January 31, 2017. She is best known for her 2016 novel Company Town,[http://www.tor.com/2016/05/18/live-and-let-die-madeline-ashbys-company-town/ "Live and Let Die: Madeline Ashby’s Company Town"]. Tor.com, May 18, 2016. which was selected for the 2017 edition of Canada Reads.[http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2017/01/31/cbc-announces-canada-reads-finalists-panellists-and-host/ "CBC announces Canada Reads finalists, panellists, and host"]. Quill & Quire, January 31, 2017.

She previously published the novels VN (2012)[http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/reviews/vn-by-madeline-ashby/ "Reviews: VN by Madeline Ashby"]. Strange Horizons, September 17, 2012. and iD (2013),[http://www.tor.com/2013/06/28/book-review-id-madeline-ashby/ "Cracking the Failsafe: iD by Madeline Ashby"]. Tor.com, June 18, 2013. as well as numerous short stories in anthologies and literary magazines. A graduate of OCAD University, she is a regular columnist for the Ottawa Citizen.

In addition to being a science fiction writer, Ashby has also had jobs working for Intel, the Ontario government, and design and communication firms. She now lives in Toronto, Ontario.

In 2013, Ashby received enough nominations to be a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer,[http://www.thehugoawards.org/content/pdf/2013HugoStatistics.pdf 2013 Hugo Statistics], at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved June 2, 2018 but recused herself on the grounds that her professional writing career had started with her 2009 publication of a short story in Nature — and thus her two-year Campbell eligibility period had expired in 2011.[https://madelineashby.com/dont-nominate-me-for-the-campbell-i-declined-it-last-year/ Don’t nominate me for the Campbell; I declined it last year.], by Madeline Ashby, at MadelineAshby.com; published January 11, 2014; retrieved June 2, 2018