Background
Laura Mixon was born on December 8, 1957 in New Mexico, United States.
Albuquerque, NM 87131, United States
Laura J. Mixon received a Bachelor of Science from the University of New Mexico in 1979.
400 Bizzell St, College Station, TX 77843, United States
Laura J. Mixon attended Texas A&M University.
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Laura J. Mixon's 22nd century is a far cry from utopia; pollution and global warming have begun to ravage the planet and drive a cowering populace indoors. Gangs of violent, dispossessed children prowl city streets, fresh foods are hard to come by, and average temperatures reach 130 degrees Fahrenheit. But along with the bad side effects of technology come the good: scientist Carli D'Auber's stunning advancement in communications allows people to send their consciousness across vast distances and interact at the other end through a remote device called a waldo.
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More than a hundred years after a small band of humans stole an antimatter-fueled starship and headed away at near-lightspeed, a colony of those renegades' descendants are now struggling to survive on Brimstone, a barely-habitable world of ice and bitter cold four dozen light-years from Earth. In the long run, they hope to slowly terraform Brimstone, making it, if not Earthlike, at least bearable.
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Laura Mixon was born on December 8, 1957 in New Mexico, United States.
Laura J. Mixon received a Bachelor of Science from the University of New Mexico in 1979. She also attended Texas A&M University. Laura is a graduate of the Clarion writing workshop.
Laura J. Mixon wrote and illustrated her own mystery-thriller and futuristic tales when she was still a child. A later discovery—of Clifford D. Simak's Ring around the Sun, at age eleven—ignited a lifelong interest in reading and writing science fiction. A chemical engineer, Mixon has worked in polymer research and in the environmental field. In addition, she created and managed the environmental affairs department for Salomon, Inc., the parent company of Salomon Smith Barney. Mixon also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya for two years in the early 1980s.
Mixon's first published science fiction novel, Astropilots, was written for young adults. In this story, a young cadet named Jason, who attends the top training academy for intergalactic pilots, is nearly killed by an unscrupulous classmate. Her second novel, Glass Houses, was published in 1991. In work Greenwar, written with her husband, Steven Gould, Mixon tells about the troubles of Emma Tooke, an executive whose company extracts energy and food from the sea. In the course of the novel, the company's off-shore facility is threatened by a hurricane, bankruptcy, and an attack by eco-terrorists.
In Proxies, Mixon explores a near-future world in which politics and science collide over the future of human aspirations.
Laura’s latest book Up Against It was published in 2011.
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2015Laura J. Mixon's work has been the focus of academic studies on the intersection of technology, feminism, and gender.
Laura J. Mixon is a member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).
Laura J. Mixon is married to Steven Gould, a database programmer and science fiction writer. They have two children - Emma Marie and Carita Elizabeth.