Editing Pat Cadigan

{{Short description|British-American science fiction author (born 1953)}}
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| name         = Pat Cadigan
| image        = File:Portrait photoshoot at Worldcon 75, Helsinki, before the Hugo Awards – Pat Cadigan.jpg
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| caption      = Cadigan in 2017
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| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1953|09|10}}
| birth_place  = [[Schenectady, New York]], U.S.
| death_date   = <!-- {{Death date and age||1953|09|10}} -->
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| alma_mater   = [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]], [[University of Kansas]]
| occupation   = Writer
| genre        = [[Science fiction]], [[cyberpunk]]
| notableworks = ''Synners'', ''Fools''
| awards       = {{awards|[[Arthur C. Clarke Award]]|1992|Synners}} {{awards|[[Arthur C. Clarke Award]]|1995|Fools}}
{{awards|[[Hugo Award for Best Novelette]]|2013|[[The Girl-Thing who Went Out for Sushi]]}}
| language     = English
| nationality  = American<br />British (as of 2014){{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
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'''Patricia Oren Kearney Cadigan''' (born September 10, 1953) is a British-American [[science fiction author]], whose work is most often identified with the [[cyberpunk]] movement.<ref name="thehathorlegacy.com">{{Cite web |date=2024-05-14 |title=20 on the 20th — Pat Cadigan – The Hathor Legacy |url=https://thehathorlegacy.com/20-on-the-20th-pat-cadigan/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |language=en-US}}</ref> Her novels and short stories often explore the relationship between the human mind and technology. Her [[debut novel]], ''[[Mindplayers]]'', was nominated for the [[Philip K. Dick Award]] in 1988.<ref name="FF Mindplayers">{{cite web|title=''Mindplayers'' by Pat Cadigan|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/pat-cadigan/mindplayers.htm|access-date=June 21, 2009|publisher=FantasticFiction.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Locus Online">{{cite web | title=Pat Cadigan: The Future We Promised You | website=Locus Online | date=13 November 2016 | url=https://locusmag.com/2016/11/pat-cadigan-the-future-we-promised-you/ | access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref>

==Early years==
Cadigan was born in [[Schenectady, New York]], and grew up in [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]].

In the 1960s Cadigan and a childhood friend "invented a whole secret life in which we were twins from the planet Venus", she told [[National Public Radio]].<ref name="Vtwins">{{cite web| url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127369578| title = In Secret World, Girls Of The '60s Advised The Beatles| website = [[NPR]]}}</ref> "[[The Beatles]] "came to us for advice about their songs and how to deal with fame and other important matters." She goes on to say: "On occasion, they would ask us to use our highly developed [[shape-shifting]] ability to become them, and finish recording sessions and concert tours when they were too tired to go on themselves." The Venusian twins had other [[Superpower (ability)|superpowers]], that they would sometimes use to help out [[Superman]], [[Wonder Woman]] and other heroes, she said.<ref name="Vtwins" />

Cadigan was educated in theater at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] and studied science fiction and science fiction writing at the [[University of Kansas]] (KU) under science fiction author and editor [[James Gunn (author)|James Gunn]].<ref name="Locus Online"/>

Cadigan met her first husband, Rufus Cadigan, while in college; they divorced shortly after she graduated from KU in 1975. That same year, Cadigan joined the convention committee for [[MidAmeriCon]], the [[34th World Science Fiction Convention]] being held in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], over the 1976 [[Labor Day]] weekend; she served on the committee as the convention's guest liaison to writer guest of honor [[Robert A. Heinlein]], as well as helped to develop programming for the convention. At the same time, she also worked for fantasy writer [[Tom Reamy]] at his Nickelodeon Graphics Arts Service studio, where she daily typset various jobs. She also prepared the type galleys for MidAmeriCon's various publications, including the convention's hardcover program book. Following Reamy's death on 4 November 1977, Cadigan went to work as a writer for Kansas City, MO's [[Hallmark Cards]] company. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, she also edited the [[small press]] fantasy and science fiction magazines ''Chacal'' and later ''Shayol'' with her second husband, Arnie Fenner.<ref name="Locus Online"/> Her and Fenner’s son, Robert, was born in 1985.

Cadigan emigrated to London in 1996, where she is married to her third husband, Christopher Fowler (not to be confused with [[Christopher Fowler|the author of the same name]]). She became a UK citizen in late 2014.<ref name="The Arthur C. Clarke Award">{{Cite web |title=The Arthur C. Clarke Award |url=https://clarkeaward.com/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=The Arthur C. Clarke Award |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Locus Online"/>

==Writing career==
Cadigan sold her first professional science fiction story in 1980. Her success as an author encouraged her to become a full-time writer in 1987.

Cadigan's first novel, ''[[Mindplayers]]'', introduces what becomes the common theme to all her works: her stories blur the line between reality and perception by making the human mind a real, explorable place. Her second novel, ''Synners'', expands upon the same theme; both feature a future where direct access to the mind via technology is possible. While her stories include many of the gritty, unvarnished characteristics of the cyberpunk genre, she further specializes in this exploration of the speculative relationship between technology and the perceptions of the human mind.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Heuser |first=Sabine |url=https://brill.com/view/book/9789004334373/B9789004334373-s006.xml |title=Pat Cadigan's Virtual Mindscapes |date=2003-01-01 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-33437-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="thehathorlegacy.com"/>

Cadigan has won a number of awards, including the 2013 [[Hugo Award]] for "[[The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi]]" in the [[Hugo Award for Best Novelette|Best Novelette]] category, and the [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]] in 1992 and 1995 for her novels ''Synners'' and ''Fools''.<ref name="The Arthur C. Clarke Award"/>

[[Robert A. Heinlein]] dedicated his 1982 novel ''[[Friday (novel)|Friday]]'' in part to Cadigan following her being the guest liaison to him at the 34th [[Worldcon]] in Kansas City.<ref>{{cite book | author=Heinlein, Robert A | title=Friday| publisher=New England Library | year=1984 | isbn=0-450-05549-3}}</ref>[[File:Pat Cadigan in 2018.jpg|thumb|150px|Pat Cadigan in 2018]]

==Health==
In 2013, Cadigan announced that she had been diagnosed with cancer.<ref name=Cancer>[https://archive.today/20170910133853/https://fastfwd.livejournal.com/634086.html Why I've Decided to Talk About My Cancer], archived from the original at [http://fastfwd.livejournal.com/634086.html Why I've Decided To Talk About My Cancer], by Pat Cadigan, at [[LiveJournal]]; published June 27, 2013; retrieved September 10, 2017</ref> She underwent surgery after an early diagnosis, suffered a relapse some years after, and recovered after extensive chemotherapy.<ref>[https://patcadigan.wordpress.com/2020/12/31/okay-i-gotta-be-honest/  Okay, I gotta be honest--], by Pat Cadigan (published December 31, 2020; retrieved April 5, 2021</ref>

==Bibliography==
From the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Summary Bibliography: Pat Cadigan |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?96 |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=www.isfdb.org}}</ref>

===Series===
====Deadpan Allie====
#''[[Mindplayers]]'', (Bantam Spectra Aug. 1987)/(Gollancz Feb. 1988); revised and expanded from the following linked stories:
#*"The Pathosfinder", (nv) The Berkley Showcase: New Writings in Science Fiction & Fantasy, ed. John Silbersack & Victoria Schochet, Berkley July 1981
#*"Nearly Departed", (ss) ''Asimov's'' June 1983; [http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/nearly-departed/ read online]
#*"Variation on a Man", (ss) ''Omni'' Jan. 1984
#*"Lunatic Bridge", (nv) The Fifth Omni Book of Science Fiction, ed. Ellen Datlow, Zebra Books April 1987
#"Dirty Work", (nv) Blood Is Not Enough, ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow 1989
#"A Lie for a Lie", (nv) Lethal Kisses, ed. Ellen Datlow, Millennium Dec. 1996 {aka ''Wild Justice''}

====Dore Konstantin (TechnoCrime, Artificial Reality Division)====
#''[[Tea from an Empty Cup]]'', (Tor Oct. 1998); loosely based on the following linked novellas:
#*"Death in the Promised Land", (na) ''Omni Online'' March 1995 / ''Asimov’s'' Nov. 1995
#*"Tea from an Empty Cup", (na) ''Omni Online'' Oct. 1995 / Black Mist and Other Japanese Futures, ed. Orson Scott Card & Keith Ferrell, DAW Dec. 1997
#''Dervish is Digital'', (Macmillan UK Oct. 2000) / (Tor July 2001)

====Short fiction====
=====Collections=====
======''Patterns'' (1989)======
*''Introduction, [[Bruce Sterling]]''
*"Patterns", (ss) ''Omni'' Aug. 1987
*"Eenie, Meenie, Ipsateenie", (ss) ''Shadows 6'', ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday 1983
*"Vengeance Is Yours", (ss) ''Omni'' May 1983
*"The Day the Martels Got the Cable", (ss) ''F&SF'' Dec. 1982
*"Roadside Rescue", (ss) ''Omni'' July 1985
*"Rock On", (ss) Light Years and Dark, ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley 1984
*"Heal", (vi) ''Omni'' April 1988
*"Another One Hits the Road", (nv) ''F&SF'' Jan. 1984
*"[https://archive.org/details/Asimovs_v12n01_1988-01/page/n19/mode/2up?view=theater My Brother's Keeper]", (nv) ''Asimov's'' Jan. 1988
*"Pretty Boy Crossover", (ss) ''Asimov's'' Jan. 1986
*"Two", (nv) ''F&SF'' Jan. 1988
*"Angel", (ss) ''Asimov's'' May 1987; [http://io9.gizmodo.com/5860936/could-you-tell-the-difference-between-an-alien-visitation-and-being-touched-by-an-angel read online]
*"It Was the Heat", (ss) Tropical Chills, ed. Tim Sullivan, Avon 1988
*"The Power and the Passion", (ss)

======''Home by the Sea'' (1992)======
*''Introduction, [[Mike Resnick]]''
*"Dirty Work", (nv) ''Blood Is Not Enough'', ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow 1989
*"50 Ways to Improve Your Orgasm", (ss) ''Asimov's'' April 1992
*"Dispatches from the Revolution", (nv) ''Asimov's'' July 1991; [http://www.apex-magazine.com/dispatches-from-the-revolution/ read online] (''[[Alternate Presidents]]'' ed. Mike Resnick)
*"Home by the Sea", (nv) ''A Whisper of Blood'', ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow 1991; [http://www.strangehorizons.com/2011/20110829/1homesea-f.shtml Read online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101150550/http://www.strangehorizons.com/2011/20110829/1homesea-f.shtml |date=January 1, 2012 }}
*''A Cadigan Bibliography'', (bi)

======''Dirty Work'' (1993)======
*Introduction, ''[[Storm Constantine]]'' (in)
*"Dirty Work", (nv) ''Blood Is Not Enough'', ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow 1989
*"Second Comings—Reasonable Rates", (ss) ''F&SF'' Feb. 1981
*"The Sorceress in Spite of Herself", (ss) ''Asimov's''  Dec. 1982
*"50 Ways to Improve Your Orgasm", (ss) ''Asimov's'' April 1992
*"Mother's Milt", (ss) OMNI Best Science Fiction Two, ed. Ellen Datlow, OMNI Books 1992
*"True Faces", (nv) ''F&SF'' April 1992
*"New Life for Old", (ss) Aladdin: Master of the Lamp, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1992
*"The Coming of the Doll", (ss) ''F&SF'' June 1981
*"The Pond", (ss) Fears, ed. Charles L. Grant, Berkley 1983
*"The Boys in the Rain", (ss) ''Twilight Zone'' June 1987
*"In the Dark", (ss) When the Music's Over, ed. Lewis Shiner, Bantam Spectra 1991
*"Johnny Come Home", (ss) ''Omni'' June 1991
*"Naming Names", (nv) Narrow Houses, ed. Peter Crowther, Little Brown UK 1992
*"A Deal with God", (nv) Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurrences, ed. [[Richard Gilliam]], Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Unnameable Press 1992
*"Dispatches from the Revolution", (nv) ''Asimov's'' July 1991; [http://www.apex-magazine.com/dispatches-from-the-revolution/ read online]
*"No Prisoners", (nv) [[Alternate Kennedys]], ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1992
*"Home by the Sea", (nv) A Whisper of Blood, ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow 1991; [https://web.archive.org/web/20120101150550/http://www.strangehorizons.com/2011/20110829/1homesea-f.shtml Read online]
*"Lost Girls", (ss)

=====Chapbooks=====
*''My Brother's Keeper'', (Pulphouse July 1992); novelette, reprinted from ''Asimov's'' Jan. 1988
*''Chalk'', (This is Horror Nov. 2013); novelette
*''The Web: Avatar'', (Dolphin April 1999); novella

===Novels===
===Stand-alone novels===
*{{cite book |isbn=0553282549  |title=Synners |date=1991 |publisher=Bantam Books}}
* {{cite book |isbn=9780553295122  |title=Fools |date=1992 |publisher=Bantam Books}}

====Tie-ins====
* ''Lost in Space: Promised Land'' (HarperEntertainment April 1999/Thorndike Press July 1999; sequel to the film  ''[[Lost in Space (film)|Lost in Space]]'')
* ''[[Upgrade (The Twilight Zone)|Upgrade]] & [[Sensuous Cindy]]'' (Black Flame April 2004; [[novelization]] of episodes from ''[[The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'')
* ''Cellular'' (Black Flame Aug. 2004; novelization of ''[[Cellular (film)|Cellular]]'')
* ''Jason X'' (Black Flame Feb. 2005; novelization of ''[[Jason X]]'')
* ''[[Jason X: The Experiment]]'' (Black Flame February 2005; sequel to  ''[[Jason X]]'')
* ''Gemini Man'' (Titan Books, 2018; novelization of the film ''[[Gemini Man (film)|Gemini Man]]'', credited as "Titan Books")
* ''Alita: Battle Angel - Iron City'' (Titan Books, November 2018; prequel to the film ''[[Alita: Battle Angel]]'')
* ''[[The Batman Adventures: Mad Love#Novelization|Harley Quinn: Mad Love]]'' with [[Paul Dini]], (Titan Books, November 2018, novelization [[The Batman Adventures: Mad Love|the one-shot comic book]])
* ''Alita: Battle Angel — The Official Movie Novelization'' (Titan Books, February 2019; novelization of the film ''[[Alita: Battle Angel]]'')
* ''[[Alien 3]]: The Unproduced Screenplay'' (Titan Books, August 2021; novelization of the unproduced screenplay by [[William Gibson]])
* ''Ultraman: The Official Novelization'' (Titan Books, March 2023; novelization of the series ''[[Ultraman (1966 TV series)|Ultraman]]'')
* ''Ultraman: UltraSeven'' (Titan Books, March 2024 [[scheduled release date]])

===Tie-in nonfiction===
* ''The Making of Lost in Space'' (HarperPrism, May 1998; tie-in with ''[[Lost in Space (film)|Lost in Space]]'' film)
* ''Resurrecting the Mummy: The Making of the Movie'' (Ebury Press June 1999; tie-in with 1999 ''[[The Mummy (1999 film)|The Mummy]]'' film)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Pat Cadigan}}
{{Wikiquote|Pat Cadigan}}
* {{ISFDB name|name=Pat Cadigan}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130617192402/http://fastfwd.livejournal.com/ Ceci N'est Pas Une Blog]—Pat Cadigan on [[LiveJournal]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130830003116/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/story-behind-chalk-by-pat-cadigan Story behind Chalk by Pat Cadigan]—Online Essay at Upcoming4.me

; Interviews
* [http://tamaranth.blogspot.com/1993/05/interview-pat-cadigan-may-1993.html 1993 interview with Cadigan] at ''The Hardcore''
* [http://www.sfsite.com/06a/pc82.htm 2000 interview with Cadigan] at ''SF Site''
* [http://www.sfsite.com/05b/pc224.htm 2006 interview with Cadigan] at ''SF Site''
* [https://www.cyberpunks.com/an-interview-with-cyperpunk-great-pat-cadigan/ 2019 Interview with Cadigan]" at ''Cyberpunks.com''
* "[https://www.sfsite.com/06a/pc82.htm Step Outside: An Interview with Pat Cadigan]" at ''SFsite.com''
* [http://thehathorlegacy.com/20-on-the-20th-pat-cadigan/ 2009 interview with Cadigan] at ''The Hathor Legacy''
* [http://www.salonfutura.net/2010/10/interview-pat-cadigan/ 2010 video interview with Cadigan] at ''Salon Futura''
* [http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/cadigan_interview/ Driving through a Cloud with Pat Cadigan (interview)] at ''[[Clarkesworld Magazine]]'', January 2014
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