Mary E. Lowd


"Stand tall like Worf; speak precisely like Data; and, never do anything Picard would not approve." -- Mary, age 11

     Mary E. Lowd is a science-fiction and furry writer in Oregon.  She lives in a crashed spaceship disguised as a house with her husband, two children, a bevy of cats and dogs, and the occasional fish.
 
     Her fiction has won an Ursa Major Award, two Leo Literary Awards, and two Cóyotl Awards.  She is also the editor and founder of the furry e-zine Zooscape.

     You can email Mary at the spoonfree version of:  eponymousspoon@marylowd.spooncom.
Set in the far-future when dogs rule the Earth and otters dance through the skies in their spaceships, the Otters In Space trilogy combines the sometimes whimsical, sometimes deadly serious interspecies politics of talking animals with a spirit of pioneering, space adventure and hard science-fiction.  (Imagine Star Wars crossed with Zootopia.)

In addition to the core trilogy, there's also a coming-of-age/light romance spin-off (In a Dog's World) and mystery spin-off (Jove Deadly's Lunar Detective Agency).  Nexus Nine and the upcoming Tri-Galactic Trek are an extra-layer of fiction deep -- set inside a fictional universe within the Otters In Space universe.

The Snake's Song is a stand-alone fantasy adventure featuring a squirrel.




More than 150 of Mary's short stories have been published with more on the way!  Learn about them in this list of publications (with brief descriptions) or this bibliography.  Head over to Deep Sky Anchor and read a bunch of them for free!  Or, better yet, check out her anthologies.