Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal pairs alternate history with close attention to performance, communication and technical problem-solving. The Relentless Moon is the third Lady Astronaut novel, following The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky, and Tor Books published it in 2020. The novel received Hugo and Locus award nominations. Kowal’s wider fiction includes the Glamourist Histories, Ghost Talkers and The Spare Man. Her professional work also includes puppetry, voice acting and participation in the Writing Excuses podcast. Those performance disciplines complement fiction that frequently tests how people cooperate under pressure, whether in an alternate space programme or a historical fantasy setting.