Pat Murphy
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Pat Murphy is an American author of science fiction and fantasy novels. Her second novel, The Falling Woman (1986), won the Nebula Award, and she also won a Nebula Award in the same year for her novelette, "Rachel in Love." Her short story collection, Points of Departure (1990) won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award, and her 1991 novella, "Bones," won the World Fantasy Award.
She lives in San Francisco and, when not writing science fiction, works at the Exploratorium, San Francisco's museum of science, art, and human perception, and publishes non-fiction as part of the museum staff.
Her other novels include:
- The Shadow Hunter (1982)
- Adventures in Time and Space with Max Merriwell
- The City, Not Long After (1989)
- There and Back Again
- Wild Angel
- Nadya: The Wolf Chronicles (1996)
Along with Lisa Goldstein and Michaela Roessner, she has formed The Brazen Hussies to promote their work.
See also Pataphysics