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'''Maura McHugh''' ([http://splinister.com/blog/ Splinister blog], [http://babblogue.com/cv1.html website], [http://babblogue.com/blog/ Babblogue blog]) is a writer and web designer.
'''Maura McHugh''' ([http://splinister.com/ Splinister]) was born in the USA, but raised and educated in Co. Galway, Ireland. She has lived in the USA, and travels there often. At moment she is resident in South Galway, Ireland. She is the webmaster and blogger for the [http://script.ie Irish Playwrights and Scriptwriters Guild], and writes scripts, short stories, novels, and plays. She is not afraid to call herself a feminist.


==FSF scholars log==
From 1992 - 1996 she pursued a Ph.D. in [http://tcd.ie Trinity College, Dublin] in modern women's science fiction, and during that time she served as Information Officer (twice) and President (once) of the [http://www.gsu.tcd.ie/ Graduate Students' Union]. As Information Officer she edited the academic journal, ''Alumnus'' for two years. She also worked on the organisational committee for the Irish National Science Fiction Convention, [http://octocon.com Octocon] for four years, and wrote articles and conducted interviews for the Irish Science Fiction Association's monthly newsletter (now defunct). She left academia eventually with no regrets to enter the IT industry.
1995 mmmchugh at tcd.ie


: 1995: "I am a research student in English at Trinity College Dublin, in Ireland in the area of contemporary women's SF. I am most intersted in examining as many new novels and authors as possible (such as Nicola Griffith and Maureen F. McHugh). I am looking into the whole soft/hard SF debate and how this is applied specifically to women's work."
In the following period she worked in a number of different companies as Lotus Notes Administrator, System Administrator, and IT Manager. She was the technology host for [http://online.ie Online.ie] from 2000-2002, and wrote articles about the IT industry.
 
In 2001 she left full-time employment to work freelance as a web designer and  consultant, and to focus once again upon her writing. In 2002 she moved from Dublin to her home county of Galway. A love of cinema and scriptwriting drove her back to college.
 
Maura is a member of the fortnightly Galway Screenwriters and Playwrights Workshop, and the Irish Playwrights & Screenwriters Guild.
 
==Education==
'''College'''
* B.A. in English and History at [http://www.nuigalway.ie/ NUIG], Ireland
* M.A. in English at [http://www.nuigalway.ie/ NUIG], Ireland by research thesis (''"A Man's Brain and a Women's Heart": The Divisions in Anglo-Irish Nineteenth Century Fantastic Fiction'')
* Diploma in Film Studies, at [http://www.nuigalway.ie/ NUIG], Ireland
* M.A. in Screenwriting at the [http://filmschool.ie/ Huston School of Film and Digital Media], [http://www.nuigalway.ie/ NUIG], Ireland.
 
'''Courses/Workshops'''
* Introduction to Screenwriting, [http://www.filmbase.ie/ Filmbase], Dublin
* Foundation Course in Filmmaking, [http://www.galwayfilmcentre.ie/ Galway Film Centre], Galway
* [http://clarionwest.org/ Clarion West Writers Workshop], Seattle; Summer 2006.


==Works==
==Works==
* "Mirror Mirror" (short story)
'''Short Stories'''
* "Bone Mother" (short story) in ''Fantasy'' anthology ed. by Sean Wallace & Paul Tremblay (forthcoming)
* "[http://splinister.com/?section=fiction&piece=Mirror+Mirror+-+short+story Mirror Mirror]" ''College Green'', 1993
* "Who Hears Our Cries in Forgotten Tongues?" ''[http://www.wingedhalo.com/ Flash Me Magazine]'', September 2004
* "In the Woods" ''[http://www.cabinet-des-fees.com/ Cabinet Des Fées]'', Vol 1, May 2006
* "Bone Mother" in ''Fantasy'' anthology ed. by Sean Wallace & Paul Tremblay, May 2007
 
'''Scripts'''
* "Senses" (short) co-written with Brian O'Grady - a top twenty finalist in the Filmbase Short Script Awards, Autumn 2006.
 
==External Links==
* [http://splinister.com/ Splinister]


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Revision as of 05:48, 25 April 2007

Maura McHugh (Splinister) was born in the USA, but raised and educated in Co. Galway, Ireland. She has lived in the USA, and travels there often. At moment she is resident in South Galway, Ireland. She is the webmaster and blogger for the Irish Playwrights and Scriptwriters Guild, and writes scripts, short stories, novels, and plays. She is not afraid to call herself a feminist.

From 1992 - 1996 she pursued a Ph.D. in Trinity College, Dublin in modern women's science fiction, and during that time she served as Information Officer (twice) and President (once) of the Graduate Students' Union. As Information Officer she edited the academic journal, Alumnus for two years. She also worked on the organisational committee for the Irish National Science Fiction Convention, Octocon for four years, and wrote articles and conducted interviews for the Irish Science Fiction Association's monthly newsletter (now defunct). She left academia eventually with no regrets to enter the IT industry.

In the following period she worked in a number of different companies as Lotus Notes Administrator, System Administrator, and IT Manager. She was the technology host for Online.ie from 2000-2002, and wrote articles about the IT industry.

In 2001 she left full-time employment to work freelance as a web designer and consultant, and to focus once again upon her writing. In 2002 she moved from Dublin to her home county of Galway. A love of cinema and scriptwriting drove her back to college.

Maura is a member of the fortnightly Galway Screenwriters and Playwrights Workshop, and the Irish Playwrights & Screenwriters Guild.

Education

College

  • B.A. in English and History at NUIG, Ireland
  • M.A. in English at NUIG, Ireland by research thesis ("A Man's Brain and a Women's Heart": The Divisions in Anglo-Irish Nineteenth Century Fantastic Fiction)
  • Diploma in Film Studies, at NUIG, Ireland
  • M.A. in Screenwriting at the Huston School of Film and Digital Media, NUIG, Ireland.

Courses/Workshops

Works

Short Stories

  • "Mirror Mirror" College Green, 1993
  • "Who Hears Our Cries in Forgotten Tongues?" Flash Me Magazine, September 2004
  • "In the Woods" Cabinet Des Fées, Vol 1, May 2006
  • "Bone Mother" in Fantasy anthology ed. by Sean Wallace & Paul Tremblay, May 2007

Scripts

  • "Senses" (short) co-written with Brian O'Grady - a top twenty finalist in the Filmbase Short Script Awards, Autumn 2006.

External Links

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