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Siri Paulson (she/her) loves nothing more than mixing up genres to see what will happen. Her other passion is contra (folk) dancing. Her lifelong dreams include publishing novels (one and counting), travelling the world (had a good start until recently), and becoming an astronaut (still waiting...). She lives with her spouse in an old house in Toronto, dubbed the TARDIS because it's bigger on the inside.

Siri's most recent release is a near-future retelling of The Little Mermaid, a novella titled Voice of the Sea . Her queer fantasy novel City of Hope and Ruin, co-written with Kit Campbell, was released in 2016. Her work has also appeared in Abyss & Apex, Daily Science Fiction, and Polar Borealis, in Queer Sci Fi's flash fiction anthologies ...more

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	City of Hope and Ruin (Fractured World, #1) by Kit Campbell (Goodreads Author), Siri Paulson (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winter's Night by Kit Campbell (Goodreads Author), Siri Paulson (Goodreads Author), K.D. Sarge (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A New Year on Vega III really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seasons Eternal by Siri Paulson (Goodreads Author), K.D. Sarge (Goodreads Author), Erin Zarro (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under Her Protection: Stories of Women to the Rescue liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Rule the Stars: A Space Princess Anthology by Kit Campbell (Goodreads Author), Siri Paulson (Goodreads Author), Erin Zarro (Goodreads Author) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Turtleduck Press it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voice of the Sea: A Fairy Tale Novelette really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Polar Borealis, Issue 28, January/February 2024 by R. Graeme Cameron (Editor), Agata Antonow (Contributor), Gregg Chamberlain (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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2019 Writing and Life Recap

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No one single major thing to share this year, but a number of disconnected things:

Early in the year, my social dance community voted to move to gender-free terminology, which is more LGBTQIA-friendly and less ableist, among other things. I was one of the people who made that happen (incl Read more of this blog post »

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Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

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