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M. Rickert

エム・リカート

M. Rikāto

Aliases: メアリー・リカート / Mary Rickert

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1959-12-11 （Port Washington, Wisconsin）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Wisconsin

Career

Occupations
Writer, Fantasy fiction writer
Active Years
1999-2024
Nominations
2006 Nebula Award for Best Novelette nominee (Journey into the Kingdom), 2006 International Horror Guild Award nominee (Journey into the Kingdom), 2007 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella nominee (Map of Dreams), 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection nominee (Holiday), 2016 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection and Best Novella nominees (You Have Never Been Here / The Mothers of Voorhisville)

Awards

World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction
2007
Work: Journey into the Kingdom
Category: Best Short Fiction
Organization: World Fantasy Convention
Result: Winner
World Fantasy Award for Best Collection
2007
Work: Map of Dreams
Category: Best Collection
Organization: World Fantasy Convention
Result: Winner
Crawford Award
2007
Work: Map of Dreams
Organization: Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
Result: Winner
Shirley Jackson Award
2012
Work: The Corpse Painter's Masterpiece
Category: Best Novelette
Result: Winner
Locus Award for Best First Novel
2015
Work: The Memory Garden
Category: First Novel
Organization: Locus Magazine
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Corpse Painter's Masterpiece

2011 Fantasy

Journey into the Kingdom

2006 Fantasy

Map of Dreams

2006 Fantasy collection

A collection of fantasy short stories.

The Memory Garden

2014 Fantasy novel

Her first novel about memory and a garden.

The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

2021 Fantasy novel

Bibliography

  • Map of Dreams
  • Holiday
  • You Have Never Been Here
  • The Memory Garden
  • The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Poetic proseEmotional depthSurreal elements
Recurring Motifs
LossDreamsMonstrosity

Legacy

M. Rickert is a renowned American fantasy writer who has won major awards like the World Fantasy Award and Shirley Jackson Award for her distinctive surreal and emotional fiction.

Trivia

  • Born in Port Washington and lives in Wisconsin.
  • Many stories published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.