Uncanny Magazine Issue 3 by Lynne M. Thomas

The anthology has its roots among Thomas's friends who were visiting together in Chicago and who owned a publishing house, Mad Norwegian Press. She was a co-editor on Chicks Dig Time Lords, a Doctor Who anthology.

Thomas is very involved in Doctor Who fandom, though she remembers a time when the television show wasn't something most Americans knew about. It was during her time at Apex that Thomas edited Rachel Swirsky's award-winning story ' If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love.' Editing and fandom īeginning in 2011, Thomas was the Editor-in-Chief of the Hugo Award-nominated Apex Magazine, a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine, taking over as editor with issue 30 and concluding her term with issue 55 in 2013. Simpson Rare Book & Manuscript Professor of The Rare Book & Manuscript Library (University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign). She also highlighted the special collections at NIU by creating displays based on a theme, such as gender and identity. In addition to curating literary papers, Thomas is also interested in archiving digital ephemera. Valente, Patricia Wrede, Sharon Shinn, Ann Leckie, Elizabeth Bear, Tamora Pierce, Terri Windling, and Kage Baker, and the organizational archives of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. In her position as an archivist, she was in charge of the personal papers of over 75 science fiction authors such as Lois McMaster Bujold, Jack McDevitt, Fred Saberhagen, Eric Flint, Cherie Priest, Catherynne M. Thomas was the head of the rare books and special collections at Northern Illinois University (NIU) from 2004 until 2017. Michael is a full-time caregiver to Caitlin. She and her husband have one daughter, Caitlin, who has Aicardi syndrome.

Thomas has degrees in French and comparative literature from Smith College, a master's in library science from the University of Illinois, and a master's in English and American literature from Northern Illinois University. Thomas lives in Illinois with her husband, Michael Damian Thomas they are both Doctor Who fans. With her ten Hugo Award wins, Thomas is tied for second most wins among women and seventh all time for most wins amongst all Hugo Award winners. She is perhaps best known as the co-publisher and co-editor-in-chief of the Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine with her husband, Michael Damian Thomas. She has won ten Hugo Awards for editing and podcasting in the science fiction genre. Thomas is an American librarian, podcaster and award-winning editor.

Uncanny Magazine Issue 3 by Lynne M. Thomas