1. Fiction

2. Poetry

3. Academic Work

4. Personal life

5. Bibliography
    Novels  Short fiction  Poetry 

6. External links

7. References

She was formerly a professor of English at Kent State University, where she wrote articles and several books of science fiction criticism under the name Mary T. Brizzi, including Reader's Guide to Anne McCaffrey and Reader's Guide to Philip José Farmer.^[5] She attended the Clarion Workshop in 1985,^[6] and she founded the Cajun Sushi Hamsters writing workshop in Cleveland, Ohio.^[7]

Fiction

Although Mary had published poetry and academic works before attending the Clarion Writers workshop, her main publications in science fiction occurred following Clarion, with the publication of the stories “What Do I See In You” in Writers of the Future Volume IV, and “Kings” in Pulphouse: the Hardback magazine. After this her work appeared regularly in the SF magazines such as The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Fact, as well as original anthologies such as Universe and Fast Forward.

Her first novel, An Old Fashioned Martian Girl was serialized in Analog magazine in 2004,^[8] and a revised version, Mars Girls, appeared from Apex in 2017.^[9] Her short story collection Bonsai Babies appeared from Omnium Gatherum in 2016.^[10]

Poetry

Turzillo is also a poet, published in a number of national publications. Her collection of poetry, Your Cat & Other Space Aliens, was published by VanZeno Press in 2007. A collaborative collection of poetry and fiction, Dragon Soup (written with artist and poet Marge Simon), appeared from VanZeno in 2008, and another collaboration with Simon, The Dragon's Dictionary, was published by Sam's Dot in 2010.

She has won several Ohio Poetry Day^[11] awards. She has won the Science Fiction Poetry Association's Elgin Award for best poetry book twice. In 2013, her collection Lovers and Killers (Dark Regions, 2012).^[12] In 2015, her poetry book Sweet Poison, a collaboration with Marge Simon (Dark Renaissance Books, 2014) won the award.^[13]

Academic Work

Turzillo has a Ph.D. in English from Case Western Reserve University, where her Ph.D. thesis was "The writer as double agent: essays on the conspiratorial mode in contemporary fiction." ^[14] She worked as a professor in the English Department of the Trumbull Campus of Kent State University. Under the name Mary T. Brizzi, she has published a number of papers in the area of science fiction criticism,^[15] and is the author of two books, Reader's Guide to Anne McCaffrey^[16] and Reader's Guide to Philip José Farmer.^[5]

Personal life

In her private life, Turzillo is a competitive fencer.^[17] In 2016, she was a member of the U.S women's foil team at the Veterans Fencing World Championships in Stralsund, Germany.^[18]

She is married to fellow science fiction writer Geoffrey A. Landis.^[19]

Bibliography

Novels

• {{cite book |author=Turzillo, Mary |authormask= |title=An old-fashioned Martian girl |year=2004 |isbn= }}^[20]
• {{cite book |author=Turzillo, Mary |authormask=1 |title=Mars girls |publisher= Apex Books |year=2017 |}}

Short fiction

Collections

• {{cite book |author=Turzillo, Mary |authorlink= |authormask= |title=Bonsai Babies |publisher= Omnium Gatherum |year=2016 |isbn= 978-0997971743}}

Stories^[

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Poetry

Collections

• {{cite book |author=Turzillo, Mary A. |authorlink= |authormask= |title=Your cat & other space aliens |publisher=vanZeno Press |year=2007 |isbn=9780978924409}}
• {{cite book |last1=Simon |first1=Marge |last2=Turzillo |first2=Mary A. |authorlink= |authormask= |title=Dragon soup |publisher=vanZeno Press |year=2008 |isbn=9780978924454}}
• {{cite book |author=Turzillo, Mary A. |authorlink= |authormask= |title=Lovers & killers |publisher=Dark Regions Press |year=2012 |isbn=9781937128326}}
• {{cite book |last1=Simon |first1=Marge |last2=Turzillo |first2=Mary A. |authorlink= |authormask= |title=Sweet Poison |publisher=Dark Renaissance Books |year=2014 |ISBN= 978-1605431901 }}^[22]

List of poems

External links

• Official site
• {{isfdb name|id=Mary_A._Turzillo|name=Mary A. Turzillo}}

References

• University of Al Qadarif
• University of al-Qaraouiyyine
• University of Alton
• University of Amikom Yogyakarta
• University of Andong
• University of Anglia Ruskin
• University of Antelope Valley
• University of Antilles-Guyane
• University of Applied and Environmental Sciences
• University of Applied and Environmental Sciences (Colombia)
• University of Applied and Environmental Sciences(Colombia)
• University of Applied Arts in Vienna
• University of Applied Management
• University Of Applied Science And Technology
• University of Applied Science and Technology
• University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Italian Switzerland
• University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
• University of Applied Sciences, Bingen
• University of Applied Sciences Bingen
• University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management
• University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg
• University of Applied Sciences HAS Den Bosch
• University of Applied Sciences, Kaiserslautern
• University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern
• University of Applied Sciences Koblenz