UK citizen in late 2014. 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. Cadigan has won a number of awards, including the 2013 Hugo Award for "The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi" in the Best Novelette category, and the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1992 and 1995 for her novels Synners and Fools. Robert A. Heinlein dedicated his 1982 novel Friday in part to Cadigan following her being the guest liaison to him at the 34th Worldcon in Kansas City. Health In 2013, Cadigan announced that she had been diagnosed with cancer. She underwent surgery after an early diagnosis, suffered a relapse some years after, and recovered after extensive chemotherapy. Bibliography From the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. 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; 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) The