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Lisa Tuttle

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Lisa Tuttle (born in Houston, Texas 1952) is a science fiction, fantasy, and on occasion horror author. From 1981 to 1987 she was married to Christopher Priest. She has lived in the United Kingdom since 1980. She lives in Scotland with her current husband.

In the 1970s she joined the Turkey City Writer's Workshop, a group of science fiction authors in Austin, Texas that included Howard Waldrop and Steven Utley. By 1974 she had gained attention with her stories and was the co-winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction. Her first novel came out in 1980 and was co-written with George R. R. Martin. In 1981 she became the first, and still the only, person to refuse the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. In 1989 she won the British BSFA award for short fiction. In more recent events a French short film in 2005 was based on a story of hers.
- IMDb mini biography by: The_Urban_Prince

Moved from Texas to the UK and lived in London with her first husband. After marrying her second husband, editor Colin Murray, she relocated to Torinturk, in rural Scotland.
Her first literary sale, the short story "Stranger in the House" was published when she was 19, in 1972.
Won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 1982 for "The Bone Flute". She refused the award after learning that another writer nominated in the same category was sending out his story to the judges for consideration. Tuttle found this an unfair campaign, and also criticized that the Nebula organization was not making sure the judges were given all the nominated works for them to cast their vote. Her refusal was not acknowledged at the awards ceremony, and instead an editor picked up the award. She has been the only writer to refuse a Nebula Award.

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