Rebecca Ore is the pseudonym

Pseudonym

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 of science fiction

Science fiction

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 writer Rebecca B. Brown. She was born in Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

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 in 1948. In 1968 she moved to New York

New York

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 and attended Columbia University

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. Rebecca Ore is known for the Becoming Alien series and her short stories.

Her novel, Time's Child, was published by Eos (HarperCollins

HarperCollins

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) in February 2007.http://outofthiseos.typepad.com/blog/2006/08/books_intimes_c.html "Centuries Ago and Very Fast," described as a "collection of linked stories" was published by Aqueduct Press in April 2009.

Awards

Ore was shortlisted for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1988. Becoming Alien and Being Alien were each nominated for a Philip K. Dick Award in 1988 and 1989. Her short story "Accelerated Grimace" was shortlisted for a James Tiptree, Jr. Award

James Tiptree, Jr. Award

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 in 1998.

Becoming Alien Series

• Becoming Alien (1988)
• Being Alien (1989)
• Human to Human (1990)

Novels

• The Illegal Rebirth of Billy the Kid (1991)
• Slow Funeral (1994)
• Gaia's Toys
  Gaia's Toys
  Gaia's Toys is a science fiction adventure by Rebecca Ore. The story is set in the near future when gene-hacking, medical nanotechnology, and environmental damage are commonplace. The lives of several of society's misfits intertwine in accelerating action...
  
  (1995)
• Outlaw School (2000)
• Time's Child (2007)

External links

• rebeccaore.com (professional home page)