Shauna S. Roberts
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Shauna S. Roberts (born September 17, 1956 in Beavercreek, Ohio) is an American science fiction author, science writer and medical writer.
Personal background and education[]
In addition to Ohio, Roberts has lived in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa, the District of Columbia and New Orleans. She now resides in Riverside, California. She received her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977, and her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Northwestern University in 1984. She attended the Clarion Writers Workshop in 2009. She is a current member of the Orange County Science Fiction Club.
Science and medical writing[]
Roberts was editor of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's from 1986 to 1989, and wrote for The Journal of NIH Research, from 1989 to 1990.
Her nonfiction works outnumber her fiction credits, which are more recent. She wrote the American Diabetes Association's award-winning patient newsletter, ,[1] during its entire period of publication (1993–1999). She co-authored Basic Demographic Observations on Free-Ranging Rhesus Monkeys (with Donald Stone Sade, Diane Chepko-Sade, Jonathan M. Schneider, and Joan T. Richtsmeier) (1985) and The Commonsense Guide to Weight Loss for People with Diabetes (with Barbara Caleen Hansen) (1999). She has written numerous articles in such venues as Diabetes Forecast, Diabetes Care, Diabetes Self-Management, The Journal of NIH Research, Science, The FASEB Journal, Analytical Chemistry, , , , , , and .
Fiction writing[]
Roberts's published short stories include:
- "Slipping Into Love", in the anthology Pleasure of the Heart and Other Stories (2002).
- "Insipid Love Songs", Fables (August 2003).
- "My Father's New Wife", Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (February/March 2004).
- "Hero Home", in the anthology Clash of Steel, Book One: Reluctant Hero. (2005).
- "The Hunt", (Fall 2006).
- "A Llama's Tale", (27 January 2008).[2]
- "Elessa the Restless", in the anthology Barren Worlds (2008).
- "Coyote and the Gamblers", in the anthology Return to Luna (2008).
- "Ennui", (April 2009).
- "The Hunt", Jim Baen's Universe (February 2010).[3]
Her first novel, , was published by Hadley Rille Books in 2009.[4]
References[]
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2010-03-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.SpaceWesterns.com/articles/45/
- ^ http://baens-universe.com/articles/The_Hunt
- ^ "Review: Like Mayflies In A Stream by Shauna Roberts". GUD Magazine. Summer 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
External links[]
- 1956 births
- Living people
- People from Beavercreek, Ohio
- American women short story writers
- American short story writers
- American medical writers
- Women medical writers
- American science fiction writers
- Novelists from Ohio
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers
- American women novelists
- American women non-fiction writers