Melinda M. Snodgrass

{{Short description|American science fiction writer (born 1951)}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Melinda M. Snodgrass

| image = Melinda Snodgrass by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| caption = Snodgrass at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|11|27}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| occupation = Writer

| genre = Science fiction, television

| notable_works = Wildcards anthology series

}}

Melinda M. Snodgrass (born November 27, 1951) is an American science fiction writer for print and television.{{cite web|url=http://us.macmillan.com/theedgeofreason/MelindaSnodgrass|title=The Edge of Reason - Melinda Snodgrass - Macmillan|last=Macmillan|publisher=|access-date=April 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419044852/http://us.macmillan.com/theedgeofreason/MelindaSnodgrass|archive-date=April 19, 2014|url-status=dead}} In February 2021 Melinda was the Screenwriting Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker at the 39th annual Life, the Universe, & Everything professional science fiction and fantasy arts symposium.{{cite web |title=Life, the Universe, & Everything 39: The Marion K. "Doc" Smith Symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy |url=https://ltue.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LTUEProgramBook2021.pdf |publisher=LTUE Press|date=February 13, 2020}}

Life

Snodgrass lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In her spare time she is an equestrian who competes in dressage competition.{{cite web|work=The Albuquerque Journal|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/4109/scifi-writer-melinda-snodgrass-left-law-behind-to-go-where-very-few-women-had-gone-before.html|title=New Frontier|date=November 4, 2012|author=Rick Nathanson}}

Snodgrass holds a degree in history from the University of New Mexico, as well as a law degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law. Her experience as a lawyer informed the Linnet Ellery series she published under the pen name Phillipa Bornikova (This Case Is Gonna Kill Me, 2012; Box Office Poison, 2013; Publish and Perish, 2018, all by Tor Books).

Career

Snodgrass wrote several episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation{{cite web|url=http://voices.yahoo.com/an-exclusive-interview-science-fiction-writer-4101967.html|title=Yahoo|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140419145605/http://voices.yahoo.com/an-exclusive-interview-science-fiction-writer-4101967.html|archivedate=April 19, 2014|df=mdy-all}} while serving as the series' story editor during its second and third seasons. She has also contributed produced scripts for the series Odyssey 5, The Outer Limits, SeaQuest DSV, and Reasonable Doubts; she was also a consulting producer on The Profiler.

She has also written science fiction novels and short stories, notably the Circuit trilogy and is the co-editor and a frequent story contributor to George R. R. Martin's long-running Wild Cards shared world series.{{cite web|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/game-of-thrones-george-rr-martin-wild-cards-254382|title='Game of Thrones' Author's Superhero Anthology 'Wild Cards' Headed to Big Screen (Exclusive)|date=October 28, 2011|author=Kit, Borys}}

Snodgrass helped recover a version of the award-winning Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Measure of a Man" by saving an old VHS cassette.{{cite web |title=The Extended Version Of Star Trek TNG 'The Measure Of A Man' |url=https://holodeck3.wordpress.com/2013/06/11/the-extended-version-of-star-trek-tng-the-measure-of-a-man/ |website=Holodeck3 |accessdate=26 August 2020 |language=en |date=11 June 2013}} This allowed a new version to be reconstructed from existing film shots, and an extended cut with 13 minutes of additional footage was released in HD in 2012.

Works

=Television=

==''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''==

==''[[L.A. Law]]''==

"Dances with Sharks" (1991)

==''[[Beyond Reality (TV series)|Beyond Reality]]''==

"Enemy in Our Midst" (1991)

==''[[Reasonable Doubts]]''==

"FAP" (1992)
"Silence" (1992)
"Legacy" (1993)
"The Ties That Bind" (1993)

==''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''==

"The Sandkings" (1995) (from a story by George R. R. Martin)
"Living Hell" (1995)

=Short stories=

Wild Cards series
"Degradation Rites" (1987) in Wild Cards{{cite web|url=http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books1.html|title=Wild Cards Books 1|publisher=|accessdate=August 10, 2016|archive-date=August 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812204825/http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books1.html|url-status=dead}}
“Relative Difficulties” (1987) in Aces High{{cite web|url=http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books2.html|title=Wild Cards Books 2|publisher=|accessdate=August 10, 2016|archive-date=August 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813124540/http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books2.html|url-status=dead}}
“Mirrors of the Soul” (1988) in Aces Abroad{{cite web|url=http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books4.html|title=Wild Cards Books 4|publisher=|accessdate=August 10, 2016|archive-date=August 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825034008/http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books4.html|url-status=dead}}
“Blood Ties” (1988) in Down and Dirty{{cite web|url=http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books5.html|title=Wild Cards Books 5|publisher=|accessdate=August 10, 2016|archive-date=September 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915050103/http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books5.html|url-status=dead}}
“The Devil's Triangle” in One-Eyed Jacks{{cite web|url=http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books8.html|title=Wild Cards Books 8|publisher=|accessdate=August 10, 2016|archive-date=August 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816182450/http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books8.html|url-status=dead}}
“Lovers Parts I-VI” (19) in Jokertown Shuffle{{cite web|url=http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books9.html|title=Wild Cards Books 9|publisher=|accessdate=August 10, 2016|archive-date=September 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915014024/http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books9.html|url-status=dead}}
"Galahad in Blue" (2014) in Lowball{{cite web|url=http://www.georgerrmartin.com/lowball-delivered-to-tor-books/|title=LOWBALL Delivered to Tor Books - George R.R. Martin|publisher=|accessdate=August 10, 2016}}
“The Wayfarer’s Advice” (2010) in Songs of Love and Death, anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208165054/http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2010/01/toc_songs_of_love_and_death_edited_by_george_rr_martin_and_gardner_dozois/ |url=http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2010/01/toc_songs_of_love_and_death_edited_by_george_rr_martin_and_gardner_dozois/ |title=Songs of Love and Death edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois |work=SF Signal|first=John |last=DeNardo |date=January 14, 2010 |archivedate=February 8, 2012 |accessdate=September 18, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.georgerrmartin.com/pocket-releases-songs-of-love-death/ |title=Pocket Releases Songs of Love and Death |website=GeorgeRRMartin.com |date=November 24, 2010 |accessdate=September 18, 2014}}
"No Mystery, No Miracle" (2011) in Down These Strange Streets, anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois{{cite web |url=http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2010/10/toc_down_these_strange_streets_edited_by_george_rr_martin_and_gardner_dozois/ |title=TOC: Down These Strange Streets Edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois |first=John |last=DeNardo |work=SF Signal |date=October 1, 2010 |accessdate=September 26, 2014}}
"Written in Dust" (2013) in Old Mars, anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois{{cite web |url=http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/02/toc-old-mars-edited-by-george-r-r-martin-and-gardner-dozois-2/ |title=TOC: Old Mars Edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois |first=John |last=DeNardo |work=SF Signal |date=February 14, 2013 |accessdate=September 26, 2014 |archive-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224133311/http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/02/toc-old-mars-edited-by-george-r-r-martin-and-gardner-dozois-2/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/10/book-review-old-mars-george-rr-martin-gardner-dozois |title=Mars as We Thought it Could Be: Old Mars, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois |first=Robert H. |last=Bedford |website=Tor.com |date=October 8, 2013 |accessdate=September 26, 2014}}
"The Hands That Are Not There" (2013) in Dangerous Women, anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois{{cite web |url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/07/dangerous-women-tor-excerpts |title=Dangerous Women Arrives on Tor.com |date=July 24, 2013 |accessdate=November 19, 2013 |website=Tor.com}}

=Novels=

==''[[List of Star Trek novels|Star Trek]]''==

The Tears of the Singers (1984)

==Circuit==

Circuit (1986)
Circuit Breaker (1987)
Final Circuit (1988)

==Stand-alone==

Queen's Gambit Declined (1989)

==[[Wild Cards]]==

Double Solitaire (1992)

==The Edge==

The Edge of Reason (2008)
The Edge of Ruin (2010)
The Edge of Dawn (2015)

==The Imperials Saga==

The High Ground (2016)
In Evil Times (2017)
The Hidden World (2018)
Currency of War (2019){{cite web|url=https://www.fictiondb.com/author/melinda-snodgrass~the-currency-of-war~2382842~b.htm|title=FictionDB: Book Lists - Melinda Snodgrass - The Currency of War|publisher=|accessdate=February 18, 2019}} Scheduled to be released July 2019.
The Thucydides Trap (2023){{cite web |url=https://melindasnodgrass.com/writing |website=Melinda Snodgras |access-date=20 March 2023 |title=Writing |date=November 29, 2012 }}