# Carrie Richerson

Carrie Richerson (November 1, 1952 - February 2, 2019) was an American science fiction fan and bookseller who was also a science fiction writer repeatedly nominated for international awards.

## Biography

Born Carrie Richerson in Mississippi November 1, 1952, she got her degree from Rice University in Houston, Texas, where she studied Mathematics. She lived in Austin where she was involved in the local science fiction fandom and where she worked as a bookseller. Richerson was involved in running conventions and she was part of the team that ran the 1997 Worldcon, LoneStarCon 2. She also wrote short fiction, beginning in the 1990s. Her work was published in a number of magazines, including Amazing Stories, Asimov's, F&SF, Pulphouse, and Realms of Fantasy. Richerson was nominated for a Campbell Award twice. Her work also appeared in a collection and other anthologies. Elizabeth Moon thanked her in her novel Against the Odds in 2000. Richerson died in 2019 in an Austin rehabilitation center due to years of poor health.

## Selected works
### Short fiction

| Year | Title | First published | Notes |
| 1992 | Apotheosis | |
| 1993 | Phases | |
| 1993 | By the Waters of Lethe We Sat Down and Wept | |
| 1994 | The Emerald City | |
| 1994 | Sous La Mer | |
| 1994 | Artistic License | |
| 1994 | Geckos | Richerson, Carrie (1994). Geckos. Roadkill Press. | Chapbook |
| 1995 | No end in sight | Richerson, Carrie. "No end in sight". In Gilliam, Richard; Greenberg, Martin H.; Kramer, Edward E. & Wendy Webb (eds.). More phobias : stories of unparalleled paranoia. Pocket Books. | |
| 1996 | Healer | |
| 1996 | The Harrowing | |
| 1997 | Nuestra Señora | Richerson, Carrie (1997). "Nuestra Señora". In Grant, Charles L. & Wendy Webb (eds.). Gothic ghosts. Tor. | |
| 1998 | Juanito, the Magic Beans, and the Giant | |
| 1998 | The City in Morning | |
| 2001 | The golden chain | Richerson, Carrie (April 2001). "The golden chain". F&SF. 100 (4): 43–53. | |
| 2001 | Love on a Stick | |
| 2005 | A Birth | |
| 2005 | A Game of Cards | |
| 2006 | The Warrior and the King | |
| 2006 | ... With By Good Intentions | |

#### Sheriff Doris Webster & the Returning Dead

* A Dying Breed, (1992)
* The Light at the End of the Day, (1993)
* The Quick and the Dead, (1997)

### Poetry

| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
| STAR-crossed lovers | 2006 | Richerson, Carrie (Mar 2006). "STAR-crossed lovers". Aeon (Six). | |

## References and sources

* ↑ "Summary Bibliography: Carrie Richerson". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
* ↑ "Carrie Richerson (1952-2019)". Locus Online. 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
* ↑ "Carrie Richerson". Best SF. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
* ↑ Walton, J. (2018). An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000. Tom Doherty Associates. p. 482. ISBN 978-1-4668-6573-0. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
* ↑ "sfadb : Carrie Richerson Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2019-10-04.
* ↑ Moon, E. (2016). Against the Odds. Serrano Legacy. JABberwocky Literary Agency, Incorporated. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-62567-232-2. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
* ↑ Abbott, C. (2016). Imagining Urban Futures: Cities in Science Fiction and What We Might Learn from Them. Wesleyan University Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-8195-7672-9. Retrieved 2019-10-04.