Maureen F. McHugh
Maureen McHugh in 2006.
Born	(1959-02-13)February 13, 1959 (age 67)
Pen name	Michael Galloglach
Occupation	Writer, novelist
Nationality	American
Period	1988–present
Genre	Science fiction, fantasy

Maureen F. McHugh (born February 13, 1959^[1]) is an Americanscience fiction andfantasy writer.

McHugh published her first story inRod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine in 1988, under the pseudonym Michael Galloglach.^[2] This was followed by a pair of publications under her own name inIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1989. Since then, she has written four novels and over twenty short stories.

Her first novel,China Mountain Zhang (1992), was nominated for both theHugo Award and theNebula Award,^[1] and won theJames Tiptree, Jr. Award.^[2] In 1996, she won a Hugo Award for her short story "The Lincoln Train" (1995). Her short story collectionMothers and Other Monsters was shortlisted as a finalist forthe Story Prize in December 2005.^[3] In 2013, she was aReadercon guest of honor withPatricia A. McKillip.^[4]

McHugh has worked as a writer and/or managing editor for numerousalternate reality game projects, includingYear Zero andI Love Bees for42 Entertainment. Since 2009 she has been a partner at No Mimes Media, an alternate reality game company that she co-founded withSteve Peters and Behnam Karbassi.^[5]

• China Mountain Zhang (1992)
• Half the Day Is Night (1994)
• Mission Child (1998)
• Nekropolis (2001)Review by James Schellenberg.

• Mothers and Other Monsters,Small Beer Press (2005)
• After the Apocalypse,Small Beer Press (2011)

• "All in a Day's Work" (1988,Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine)^[2]
• "Kites" (1989)
• "Baffin Island" (1989)
• "The Queen of Marincite" (1990)
• "Render unto Caesar" (1992)
• "Protection" (1992)
• "The Missionary's Child" (1992)
• "The Beast" (1992)
• "Tut's Wife" (1993) (collected inMike Resnick's 1993 alternate history anthologyAlternate Warriors)
• "A Foreigner's Christmas in China" (1993)
• "Whispers" (1993)
• "A Coney Island of the Mind" (1993)
• "Virtual Love" (1994)
• "Nekropolis" (1994)
• "The Ballad of Ritchie Valenzuela" (1994) (collected in Mike Resnick's 1994 alternate history anthologyAlternate Outlaws)
• "The Lincoln Train" (1995) (collected in Mike Resnick's 1997 alternate history anthologyAlternate Tyrants)
• "Joss" (1995)
• "In the Air" (1995)
• "Learning to Breathe" (1995)
• "Homesick" (1996)
• "The Cost to Be Wise" (1996)
• "Interview: On Any Given Day" (2001)
• "Presence" (2002)
• "Ancestor Money" (2003)
• "Eight-Legged Story" (2003)
• "Frankenstein's Daughter" (2003)
• "Cannibal Acts" (2017)^[6]
• "Yellow and the Perception of Reality" (2020,Tor.com)^[7]

• Year Zero: Writer (2007)
• Last Call Poker: Writer and Managing Editor (2005)
• I Love Bees: Writer and Managing Editor (2004)

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