Laura J. Mixon

Laura J. Mixon
Born (1957-12-08) December 8, 1957 (age 66)
Occupation
  • Writer
  • chemical engineer
  • environmental engineer
NationalityAmerican
GenreScience fiction
Notable awardsHugo Award for Best Fan Writer (2015)
SpouseSteven Gould

Laura J. Mixon (born December 8, 1957) is an American science fiction writer and a chemical and environmental engineer.[1] In 2011, she began publishing under the pen name Morgan J. Locke.[2][3] Under that name, she is one of the writers for the group blog Eat Our Brains.

Mixon writes about the impact of technology and environmental changes on personal identity and social structures. Her work has been the focus of academic studies on the intersection of technology, feminism, and gender. She has also experimented with interactive storytelling, in collaboration with game designer Chris Crawford.[4] She won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer for her reporting[5] about the online activities of writer Benjanun Sriduangkaew.[6]

  1. ^ Viable Paradise profile: Laura J. Mixon Archived 2011-11-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  2. ^ "A conversation in 140 character bites". An Unconvincing Narrative. 2011-02-14. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
  3. ^ "About Me". Feral Sapient. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
  4. ^ Storytron Online - Team Member Bio of Laura J. Mixon Archived 2011-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Mixon, Laura J. (6 November 2014). "A Report on Damage Done by One Individual Under Several Names" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  6. ^ Wallace, Amy (23 August 2015). "Who Won Science Fiction's Hugo Awards, and Why It Matters". Wired. Retrieved 23 August 2015.