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Sylvia Spruck Wrigley

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Sylvia Spruck Wrigley
Born7 March 1968
Germany
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican/German
GenreFantasy, science fiction, aviation
Notable worksAlive, Alive Oh; The Front Line; You Fly Like a Woman
Website
intrigue.co.uk

Sylvia Spruck Wrigley (born 7 March 1968) is an American/German author, writing science fiction and fantasy as Sylvia Spruck Wrigley, and aviation non-fiction as Sylvia Wrigley. She grew up in Los Angeles, USA and Germany. She is currently resident in Tallinn, Estonia, where she moved with her partner Cliff Stanford in 2017.[1]

Wrigley's short story "Alive, Alive Oh",[2] published in the June 2013 issue of Lightspeed Magazine, was a nominee for the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.[3] She has written bespoke near-future science fiction for Thales Group[4] and NATO[5] and serialised fiction at Serial Box.

She has spoken at major fiction conventions such as Worldcon[6] and Estcon.[7]

Aviation

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Sylvia Spruck Wrigley is a general aviation pilot who has spoken in the press about aviation incidents, such as to the Express[8] regarding the disappearance of flight MH370.

Aviation bibliography

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  • "Without a Trace: 1970–2016", May 2019
  • "Without a Trace: 1881–1968", March 2018
  • "The Mystery of Malaysia Flight 370", May 2014
  • "Why Planes Crash: Case Notes 2001", May 2013
  • "You Fly Like A Woman", December 2011
  • "Monthly column in Piper Flyer", 2007–2008

Aviation media appearances

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Science fiction and fantasy bibliography

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Selected stories in online magazines

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  • "Hoist by her own Picard" Nature, 2021
  • Two lists..." Daily SF, 2017
  • "Project Daffodil" Nature, 2016
  • "Domnall and the Borrowed Child", a Tor.Com Novella, November 2015
  • "Alienated" Nature Physics, October 2014
  • "Space Travel Loses its Allure When You’ve Lost Your Moon Cup" Crossed Genres, July 2014
  • "Regarding Your Unexpected Visit to the Surface of an Apparently Only Mostly Uninhabited Planet" Daily SF, January 2014
  • "I've Been Hacked", Daily SF, January 2014
  • "A Letter from Your Mother", Daily SF, January 2014
  • "Alive, Alive Oh", Lightspeed, June 2013
  • "When the Selkie Comes", Daily SF, September 2013
  • "Vintage Millennial Cookery InfoManual by the Geusian Ladies Society", Crossed Genres, May 2013
  • "The Front Line", Nature, May 2013
  • "Old Flames", Daily SF, November 2012
  • "Looking for a Knight in Shining Armor", Daily SF, November 2011
  • "Plague of Locusts", Unlikely Story, 2011

References

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  1. ^ "Sylvia Spruck Wrigley | Speakers | Worldcon 75". sites.grenadine.co. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Alive, Alive Oh". 25 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Nebula Awards: "International SF" and Problems of Identity". 25 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Diversity matters".
  5. ^ "Better Business Through Sci-Fi". The New Yorker. 30 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Sylvia Spruck Wrigley | Speakers | Worldcon 75". sites.grenadine.co. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Estcon 2024: Sylvia Spruck Wrigley - AI Murderboti lugude näitel (inglise keeles)". Youtube.
  8. ^ "Stray bullet may have downed the missing Malaysian jet". 26 May 2014.
  9. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14487154/ [user-generated source]
  10. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386950/ [user-generated source]
  11. ^ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=812584728769811 [user-generated source]
  12. ^ "– YouTube". YouTube.
  13. ^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
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