
In 2008 she won the Campbell Award for Best New Writer, while three of her short fiction works have been nominated for the Hugo Award: “Evil Robot Monkey” in 2009 and “For Want of a Nail” in 2011, which won the Hugo for short story that year.

Her debut novel Shades of Milk and Honey (Tor 2010) was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Novel. Official Bio – Hugo-award winning author, Mary Robinette Kowal is a novelist and professional puppeteer. Mary and I discuss how that novel came together, and they also explore the other facets of her career, including her award-winning work as a puppeteer, and her side gig as a voice over artist, reading audio books and short stories for other writers. And things get worse as it becomes clear that the Spirit Corps are being directly targeted by the German war effort. Without her fiancé to validate her findings to the top brass, her reports are dismissed. But while he is away at the front, she discovers the presence of a traitor.

Ginger is engaged to a British intelligence officer.
