Paul Melko

{{short description|American science fiction writer (born 1968)}}

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Paul Melko (born May 22, 1968) is an American science fiction writer whose work has appeared in Realms of Fantasy, Asimov's Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, and Live Without a Net.

His first professional story appeared in Realms of Fantasy in 2002."The Burning Man", Realms of Fantasy, February 2002 His first novel, Singularity's Ring, appeared from Tor Books in February 2008. He lives near Columbus, Ohio.

Bibliography

Singularity's Ring (2008) novel {{ISBN|0-7653-1777-X}}
Ten Sigmas & Other Unlikelihoods (2008) collection {{ISBN|0-9789078-6-8}}
The Walls of the Universe (2009) novel {{ISBN|0-7653-1997-7}}
Broken Universe (2012) novel, sequel to "The Walls of the Universe" {{ISBN|0-7653-2914-X}}

2009: Won the Locus Award for Best First Novel for the novel Singularity's Ring
2009: Won the Compton Crook Award for the novel Singularity's Ring{{cite web |publisher=Baltimore Science Fiction Society |title=Compton Crook Award Winners |url=http://www.bsfs.org/bsfsccw.htm |accessdate=June 25, 2012}}
2006: Nominated for Hugo Award for Best Novella, Nebula Award for Best Novella, and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for "The Walls of the Universe" (Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2006)
2006: Won the Asimov's Readers Poll Award for "The Walls of the Universe" (Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2006)

[http://paulmelko.livejournal.com/ Paul's blog]
[http://www.paulmelko.com Paul's website]
[http://wisb.blogspot.com/2008/04/interview-w-paul-melko.html Interview w/ Paul Melko] at World in the Satin Bag blog
[https://geeksguideshow.com/2018/05/18/ggg310-paul-melko/ GGG#310: Paul Melko] at Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast
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