Eugie Foster (December 30, 1971 – September 27, 2014) was an American short story writer, columnist, and editor.
Her stories have been published in a number of magazines and book anthologies, including Fantasy Magazine, Realms of Fantasy, Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, and Interzone. Her collection of short stories, Returning My Sister's Face and Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice, was published in 2009.
After receiving her master's degree in psychology, she retired from academia to pen flights of fancy. She also edited legislation for the Georgia General Assembly, which from time to time she suspected were another venture into flights of fancy. She was also a director for Dragon*Con and edited their onsite newsletter, the Daily Dragon.
Eugie received the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Novelette for "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" which you can listen to on Escape Pod. She's also been a finalist for the Hugo, Washington Science Fiction Association Small Press, and British Science Fiction Association awards.
Foster died at Emory University Hospital on September 27, 2014 from respiratory failure, a complication of treatments for Large B-Cell Lymphoma. The day Foster died, Daily Science Fiction published her last short story, nominated for the Nebula award, "When it Ends, He Catches Her." This story ran on PseudoPod.
Work on Escape Artists[]
Writing
Escape Pod
- EP017 The Life and Times of Penguin, read by Mur Lafferty
- EP039 My Friend is a Lesbian Zombie, ready by The Word Whore
- EP121 The Snow Woman's Daughter, read by cunning minx
- EP214 Sinner, Baker, Fablist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast (2010 Hugo Award nominee), read by Lawrence Santoro
- EP261 Only Springtime When She's Gone, read by Jason Adams
- EP388 Trixie and the Pandas of Dread, read by Mur Lafferty
Pseudopod
- PP004 Returning My Sister’s Face, read by Stephen Eley
- PP018 Oranges, Lemons and Thou Beside Me, read by Paul S. Jenkins
- PP040 Wanting to Want, read by Tabitha Smith
- PP091 Caesar’s Ghost, read by Cat Rambo
- PP137 The Reign of the Wintergod, read by Leann Mabry
- PP265 Biba Jibun, read by Kara Grace
- PP428 When It Ends, He Catches Her, read by Tina Connolly
PodCastle
- PC028 The Tanuki-Kettle, read by Tina Connolly
- PC063 Daughter of Botu, read by Diane Severson
- PCMini045 When Shakko Did Not Lie, read by Melissa Bugaj
- PC184 Black Swan, White Swan, read by Abra Staffin-Wiebe
Cast of Wonders
- CW200 Running on Two Legs, read by Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
Narration
Escape Pod
- EP229 Littleblossom Makes a Deal With the Devil, by S. Hutson Blount
Pseudopod
- PP343 Magdala Amygdala, by Lucy Snyder
PodCastle
- PC105 Honored Guest, by Ellen Kushner