Background
Caren Gussoff was born in New York, New York and attended the University of Colorado at Boulder, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Clarion W.
(In the year 2060, the next plague has arrived. MaGo bots,...)
In the year 2060, the next plague has arrived. MaGo bots, the nanotechnology used for everything from fighting the common cold to radical life extension, have begun to malfunction, latching onto the brain's acetylcholine receptors to cause a permanent state of delirium. The Birthday Problem follows four Seattle survivors: Chaaya Gopal Lee, great-granddaughter of the MaGo programmer, whom the pandemic turns into a killer; 40-something ex-rock star and pharmacy technician Greystone Toussaint, the "King of Seattle"; Alastair Gomez-Larsen, forced to become a blood-smuggler to treat his father's liver disease; and Didi VanNess, a lovesick former-WNBA center and CNA, who tries to win back her wife's heart against a backdrop of madness, death and 30 cats, all named Ira.
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Caren Gussoff was born in New York, New York and attended the University of Colorado at Boulder, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Clarion W.
She writes both literary fiction and speculative fiction novels and short stories. She currently lives in Seattle, Washington. At Clarion West in 2008, she was awarded The Octavia East. Butler Memorial Scholarship by the Carl Brandon Society.
Upon publication of her first novel, Homecoming (Serpent"s Tail, 2000), Gussoff was nominated as a Village Voice "Writer on the Verge." Her second book, The Wave And Other Stories, contained a novella influenced by Virginia Woolf"s The Waves.
Her third novel The Birthday Problem, is a post-apocalyptic science fiction story about a communicable mental illness. Gussoff"s other fiction and essays have been anthologized by Serpent"s Tail, Seal Press, and Prime Books.
Gussoff also authored the setting chapter of the Gotham Writers" Workshop Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide (Bloomsbury United States of America). In 2009, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer featured Gussoff as a "Geek of the Week."
Gussoff is lesser-known for being a Neo-Burlesque performer.
From 2000 - 2005, she combined science fiction and comedy performing with the stage name, "Betty Rage.".
(In the year 2060, the next plague has arrived. MaGo bots,...)