T. C. McCarthy

McCarthy earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia. He also earned a PhD in geology from the University of Georgia.{{cite web|title=Theses and Dissertations 2011|url=http://www.gly.uga.edu/graduate/thesisDissertations.html|publisher=University of Georgia Geology Department|accessdate=29 June 2012}} While pursuing his PhD, McCarthy was a Fulbright Scholar.{{cite web|title=NATIONAL ACADEMIC AWARDS EARNED BY UGA STUDENTS|url=http://www.oir.uga.edu/fb98/06acd/06acd45f.htm|work=UGA Factbook 1998|publisher=University of Georgia|accessdate=29 June 2012}}

McCarthy's main work, a trilogy called the Subterrene War series,{{cite news|last=Brooke|first=Keith|title=Culture Books Paperbacks Exogene by TC McCarthy – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/27/exogene-tc-mccarthy-review?INTCMP=SRCH|accessdate=29 June 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=27 March 2012}} was originally intended to be a single book containing three novellas.{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=James Floyd|title=Sci-Fi Trench Warfare in Germline|url=https://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/10/sci-fi-trench-warfare-in-germline/|accessdate=29 June 2012|newspaper=Wired|date=4 October 2011}} The first novel in the series, Germline, won the 2012 Compton Crook Award. James Floyd Kelly, writing for Wired, called it "gritty" and "harsh," stating that "it takes real skill to lead a reader into actually seeing, smelling, and hearing (and maybe even tasting) the realities of war."

His writing influences include Michael Herr.{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4143867.T_C_McCarthy|title=T.C. McCarthy}}

• 2012: Won the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel for Germline, Orbit Books, 2011{{cite web |publisher=Baltimore Science Fiction Society |title=Compton Crook Award Winners |url=http://www.bsfs.org/bsfsccw.htm |accessdate=June 25, 2013}}
• 2013: Nominated for the Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian Novel of the Year for Chimera, Orbit Books, 2012{{cite web |publisher=Libertarian Futurist Society |title=Prometheus Awards |url=http://lfs.org/awards.shtml |accessdate=June 24, 2014}}

• Germline (August 1, 2011, Orbit Books, {{ISBN|978-0-316-12818-6}}) (Compton Crook Award winner)
• Exogene (March 1, 2012, Orbit Books, {{ISBN|978-0-316-12815-5}})
• Chimera (July 31, 2012, Orbit Books, {{ISBN|978-0-316-12817-9}})
• Tyger Burning (July 2, 2019, Baen Books, {{ISBN|978-1-481-48410-7}})
• Tyger Bright (February 2, 2021, Baen Books, {{ISBN|978-1-982-12517-2}})

• "The Legionnaires" (April 18, 2011, Orbit Books)
• "A People's Army (March 15, 2012, Orbit Books)
• "Sunshine" (June 15, 2012, Orbit Books)

• "A Dry and Dusty Home" (Spring 2010, Per Contra: The International Journal of the Arts, Literature, and Ideas, Issue 18){{cite journal |journal=Per Contra | title=Dry and Dusty Home | url=http://www.percontra.net/archive/18mccarthy.htm |accessdate=June 26, 2014}}
• "Private Exploration" (June 2, 2011, Nature, Vol. 474, p. 120){{cite journal |last1=McCarthy |first1=T. C. |year=2011 |title=Private Exploration |journal=Nature |volume=474 | issue=7349 |doi=10.1038/474120a |doi-access=free |pages=120 }}
• "A.I.P." (2012, Story Quarterly, Vol. 45){{cite web |publisher=Story Quarterly |title=A.I.P.|url=http://storyquarterly.camden.rutgers.edu/storyquarterly-45/ |accessdate=June 26, 2014}}
• "Seven Miles" (2013, Baen Books){{cite web |title=Seven Miles |url=http://www.baen.com/sevenmiles.asp |publisher=Baen Books |access-date=June 26, 2014}}

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{{cite web |publisher=Baltimore Science Fiction Society |title=Compton Crook Award Winners |url=http://www.bsfs.org/bsfsccw.htm |accessdate=June 25, 2012}}

{{cite news |work=Locus |title=McCarthy Wins 2012 Compton Crook Award |url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2012/05/mccarthy-wins-2012-compton-crook-award/ |date=May 25, 2012 |accessdate=June 25, 2012}}

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• [http://www.tcmccarthy.com/ Official website]
• [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?139463 T. C. McCarthy] at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• [https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mccarthy_t_c T. C. McCarthy] at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

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