Melinda M. Snodgrass

Melinda M. Snodgrass
Born	November 27, 1951 Los Angeles
Occupation	Writer
Genre	Science fiction, television

Melinda M. Snodgrass (born November 27, 1951 in Los Angeles) is a professional writer best known for her science fiction works in both print and television media.^[1]

She wrote several episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation^[2] while serving as the series' story editor during its second and third seasons. She has also contributed produced scripts for the series Odyssey 5, The Outer Limits, SeaQuest DSV, and Reasonable Doubts; she was also a consulting producer on The Profiler.

She has also written science fiction novels and short stories, notably the Circuit trilogy, and is the co-editor and a frequent story contributor to George R. R. Martin's long-running (since 1987) shared world Wild Cards series.^[3]

Snodgrass lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In her spare time she is an accomplished equestrian who competes in dressage competition.

Works

Short stories

• Wild Cards series
  • "Degradation Rites" (1987) in Wild Cards^[4]
  • “Relative Difficulties” (1987) in Aces High^[5]
  • “Mirrors Of The Soul” (1988) in Aces Abroad^[6]
  • “Blood Ties” (1988) in Down and Dirty^[7]
  • “The Devil's Triangle” in One-Eyed Jacks ^[8]
  • “Lovers Parts I-VI” (19) in Jokertown Shuffle ^[9]
  • “Lowball: A Wild Cards Mosaic Novel” (2014) ^[10]
• “The Wayfarer’s Advice” (2010) in Songs of Love and Death, anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois^[11][12]
• "No Mystery, No Miracle" (2011) in Down These Strange Streets, anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois^[13]
• "Written in Dust" (2013) in Old Mars, anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois^[14][15]
• "The Hands That Are Not There" (2013) in Dangerous Women, anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois^[16]

Novels

• Circuit series
  • Circuit (1986)
  • Circuit Breaker (1987)
  • Final Circuit (1988)
• The Edge series
  • The Edge of Reason (2008)
  • The Edge of Ruin (2010)
  • The Edge of Dawn (forthcoming, 2015)

References

1. Macmillan.com
2. Yahoo!
3. Kit, Borys (October 28, 2011). "'Game of Thrones' Author's Superhero Anthology 'Wild Cards' Headed to Big Screen (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
4. http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books1.html Accessed: October 5, 2014
5. http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books2.html Accessed: October 5, 2014
6. http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books4.html Accessed: October 5, 2014
7. http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books5.html Accessed: October 5, 2014
8. http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books8.html Accessed: October 5, 2014
9. http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books9.html Accessed: October 5, 2014
10. http://www.georgerrmartin.com/lowball-delivered-to-tor-books/ Accessed: October 8, 2014
11. "Songs of Love and Death edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois". SF Signal. January 14, 2010. Archived from the original on February 8, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2014. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
12. "Pocket Releases Songs of Love and Death". GeorgeRRMartin.com. November 24, 2010. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
13. DeNardo, John (October 1, 2010). "TOC: Down These Strange Streets Edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois". SF Signal. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
14. DeNardo, John (February 14, 2013). "TOC: Old Mars Edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois". SF Signal. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
15. Bedford, Robert H. (October 8, 2013). "Mars as We Thought it Could Be: Old Mars, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois". Tor.com. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
16. "Dangerous Women Arrives on Tor.com". Tor.com. July 24, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013.

External links

• Author's website and blog
• Melinda M. Snodgrass at the Internet Movie Database
• Melinda M. Snodgrass at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database