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Susan M. Gaines [1]

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer
Public address: 
Santa Cruz, CA
California US
Email: 
susanmgaines@gmail.com
Bio: 

Susan M. Gaines is the author of the novels Accidentals and Carbon Dreams (reissued 2022), and of the science book Echoes of Life: What Fossil Molecules Reveal about Earth History, as well as stories and essays in many journals and anthologies. Gaines's literary fiction often incorporates natural history and scientific knowledge, and she is known for her pioneering contribution to the genres now variously known as eco-fiction, cli-fi, and lab-lit or science-in-fiction. She holds degrees in chemistry and oceanography. Raised in California, Gaines has spent much of her adult life in South America and Europe. Currently, she divides her time between Santa Cruz, CA and Bremen, Germany, where she was a founding director of the Fiction Meets Science program at the University of Bremen and the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study. 

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
German
Spanish
Twitter/X: 
@susanmgaines
Born in: 
CA
California
Raised in: 
CA
California
Website: 
https://www.susanmgaines.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Visiting Writer, American Academy in Rome

2018 Suffrage Science Award (for writing that inspires women in science)

Hanse Institute of Advanced Study Art in Science Fellowship

Pushcart Prize nominations, 1996, 1991

Squaw Valley Community of Writers Workshop Scholarship

Napa Valley Writers Workshop Scholarship

Literary Agent: 
Pamela Malpas
Agent/Agency name: 
Pamela Malpas
Writers Retreats: 
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair
Community of Writers
Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference
Napa Valley Writers’ Conference
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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