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Kelly Lagor

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in Chicago, The United States

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http://www.kellylagor.com

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror

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March 2008

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She writes things.

She grew up in Chicago, but now lives in southern California. She has never gotten used to it.

She used to be a scientist, but now helps scientists do better science. Because SCIENCE.

She plays banjo and ukulele in a band, and guitar otherwise.

To read more of her fiction, you can go to http://kellylagor.com/writing/ ...more

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Unwanted fungi, origins of life, and a Q&A with Adrian Tchaikovsky

Hello, hello! It’s been about 10 months since my last update, but that’s also because I spent most of that time either working on the second draft of a novel (it’s done! I even like it!) or contending with a very weird and frustrating health issue that started with heartburn and ended with a bad case of sciatica that overall really threw me off my stride. Two endoscopies, some anti-fungals, the en

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	Uncanny Magazine Issue 34: May/June 2020 by Lynne M. Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Damian Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Elsa Sjunneson (Editor) 3.81 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2020	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
	Asimov's Science Fiction, September/October 2024 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nick Wolven, Naomi Kritzer (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 48 ratings — 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
	Asimov's Science Fiction, January/February 2024 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Goodreads Author), Greg Egan 3.79 avg rating — 43 ratings	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
	How to Make a Triffid 3.33 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Analog Science Fiction & Fact, May/June 2021 by Trevor Quachri (Editor), Lettie Prell (Goodreads Author), Neal Asher (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings	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
	Asimov's Science Fiction, January/February 2023 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Norman Spinrad, David Ira Cleary 3.27 avg rating — 37 ratings	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
	Asimov's Science Fiction, May/June 2023 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Allen M. Steele, Andy Dudak 3.50 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2023	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
	Coins of Chaos by Jennifer Brozak (editor), Kelly Swails (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Glenn Rolfe (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.42 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Analog Science Fiction & Fact, May/June 2024 by Trevor Quachri (Editor), Martin L. Shoemaker, Michael Capobianco (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 28 ratings — 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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