{{Short description|American science fiction author (born 1974)}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Marie Lilian Vibbert | image = Marie Vibbert at the beach in Chicago.jpg | image_size = 200px | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1974}} | birth_place = East Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = Case Western Reserve University (BS) | occupation = {{flatlist| * Novelist * short story author }} | genre = Science fiction | website = {{URL|https://www.marievibbert.com}} }}

'''Marie Lilian Vibbert''' (born 1974) is an American science fiction author.

== Background == Vibbert was born in East Cleveland, Ohio in 1974, the daughter of a construction worker who was also a professional sculptor and painter.<ref>Lovett, Richard A. (Nov/Dec. 2017). "Biolog: Marie Vibbert," ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Vol. 137'', No. 11-12.</ref> She has a twin sister named Grace.

She received a bachelor's degree in Geology and English from Case Western Reserve University in 1998. She played as a lineman in professional women's football for the Cleveland Fusion team.<ref>"[https://observer.case.edu/cwru-alumni-hit-gridiron-for-cleveland-fusion/ CWRU Alumni hit gridiron for Cleveland Fusion]," ''The Observer,''April 5, 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2022.</ref> She works as a programmer at the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship through University Technology.<ref name="The Daily 2021">"[https://thedaily.case.edu/5-questions-with-marie-vibbert-novelist-and-utech-staff-member/ 5 questions with… Marie Vibbert, novelist and (U)Tech staff member]", ''The Daily,'' CWRU, Feb. 19, 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2022.</ref>

Vibbert attended the Clarion Workshop in 2013.<ref>Clarion Workshop, [http://clarion.ucsd.edu/san-diego-alumni/ San Diego Alumni]. Retrieved 18 November 2022.</ref> and is a member of the Cleveland-based Cajun Sushi Hamsters writing workshop,<ref>Johnson, Andrea (December 2, 2014). "[https://apex-magazine.com/interviews-2/interview-with-marie-vibbert/ Interview with Marie Vibbert]," ''Apex Magazine''. Retrieved 18 November 2022.</ref><ref name="author bio" /> and an organizer for the Cleveland Game Developers group.<ref name="author bio">[https://www.marievibbert.com/author-bio/ Author Bio], marievibbert.com. Retrieved 18 November 2022.</ref> She lives with her husband Brian Crick in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

She, and her twin, are both long-time active members in the Society for Creative Anachronism's Middle Kingdom where Marie Vibbert is known as ''Lyonnete Vibert''. She researches and teaches on topics of the arts, customs and culture of the Middle Ages.

== Writing == ===Fiction=== While she published an early short story, "Brain Trust" in the online magazine ''Reflection's Edge'' in February 2006, her significant body of short fiction started to appear after 2013. Her work has appeared in science fiction magazines including ''Analog Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Daily Science Fiction'', and ''Clarkesworld'', and has been reprinted in several anthologies. Her work has been called "the embodiment of what science fiction should be in 2016" by ''The Oxford Culture Review''.<ref>Shaw, William (Feb. 3, 2016). [https://theoxfordculturereview.com/2016/02/03/review-best-of-apex-magazine/ Review: ‘Best of Apex Magazine’]", ''The Oxford Culture Review''. Retrieved 19 November 2022.</ref>

Her debut science fiction novel, ''Galactic Hellcats''<ref>Vibbert, Marie (2021). ''Galactic Hellcats,'' Vernacular Books. {{ISBN|978-1-952283-07-9}}.</ref> appeared in 2021,<ref name= "Nickoloff">"Nickoloff, Annie (Mar. 9, 2021). "[https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/03/cleveland-author-marie-vibbert-debuts-first-sci-fi-novel-galactic-hellcats.html Cleveland author Marie Vibbert debuts first sci-fi novel ‘Galactic Hellcats’]," ''Cleveland.com''. Retrieved 18 November 2022.</ref> and was longlisted for the BSFA Award for 2021. Reviews of the book called it "Tongue-in-cheek humor, delightfully absurd (if sometimes over the top) action, and heartening themes of found family keep the pages turning" (''Publishers Weekly'')<ref>"[https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781952283079 Galactic Hellcats"], ''Publishers Weekly'', Nov. 24, 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2022.</ref> and "An interplanetary biker-squad romp that’s less cheesy than the Russ Meyer–esque premise suggests" (''Kirkus Reviews'').<ref>"[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/marie-vibbert/galactic-hellcats/ Galactic Hellcats"], ''Kirkus Reviews'', March 19, 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2022.</ref> A sequel, ''Andrei and the Hellcats,''<ref>Vibbert, Marie (2025). ''Andrei and the Hellcats,'' Lethe Press. {{ISBN|978-1590217948}}.</ref> appeared from Lethe Press in 2025.

A fantasy novel ''The Gods Awoke''<ref>Vibbert, Marie (2022). ''The Gods Awoke,'' Journey Press,. {{ISBN|978-1-951320-22-5}}.</ref> appeared in August, 2022. She also co-authored a thriller ''MegaDeath'' with Tory Quinn,<ref>Quinn, Tory, with Vibbert, Marie, ''MegaDeath'', Level 4 Press. {{ISBN| 978-1-64630-066-2}}</ref> appearing in 2022.

Her most recent novel, ''Multitude'', came out from Apex Books in May, 2026.<ref>"[https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781955765497 Multitude]", ''Publishers Weekly'', April 2026. Retrieved 12 April 2026.</ref><ref name="Apex_Multitude">"[https://www.apexbookcompany.com/products/multitude Multitude]', Apex Book Company. Retrieved 12 April 2026.</ref>

=== Poetry === Vibbert's poetry has appeared in multiple publications, including ''Asimov's Science Fiction,<ref>https://fromearthtothestars.com/2020/01/15/how-i-wrote-a-rondel-about-time-travel/</ref> Illumen, Star*Line,<ref>https://sfpoetry.com/sl/issues/starline45.2.html</ref> Utopia Science Fiction,<ref>https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page/february-2021-vol-2-issue-4</ref> Eye to the Telescope,<ref>https://eyetothetelescope.com/archives/009issue.html</ref><ref>https://eyetothetelescope.com/archives/027issue.html</ref> Abyss & Apex,<ref>https://www.abyssapexzine.com/archives/abyss-and-apex2007/panchos-email/</ref> Dreams & Nightmares, Gathering Storm,'' and ''Kaleidotrope''.<ref>https://kaleidotrope.net/archives/winter-2020/the-hot-one-by-marie-vibbert/</ref> Her poems have been nominees for the Rhysling award for science fiction poetry in 2016,<ref>https://www.sfpoetry.com/ra/pages/16rhysling.html</ref> 2021,<ref>https://www.sfpoetry.com/ra/pages/21rhysling.html</ref> and 2022.<ref>https://www.sfpoetry.com/ra/pages/22rhysling.html</ref>

=== Scholarship=== Vibbert has presented scholarly research on the subjects of women's headgear of the late Middle Ages,<ref>Vibbert, Marie (credited as Lyonnete Vibert) (2005). "Constructing the Headdresses of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries", Known World Costume Symposium Proceedings.</ref><ref>Vibbert, Marie (August 2006). "Headdresses of the 14th and 15th Centuries", ''The Compleat Anachronist'', SCA monograph series No. 133.</ref> (within the Society for Creative Anachronism), on class issues in science fiction,<ref>Vibbert, Marie (March 30, 2022). "[https://vector-bsfa.com/2022/03/30/jobs-and-class-of-main-characters-in-science-fiction/ Jobs and Class of Main Characters in Science Fiction]," ''BSFA Vector'', British Science Fiction Association, Issue 294. Retrieved 20 November 2022.</ref> and on the statistical analysis of female writers of science fiction short stories.<ref>Vibbert, Marie, “Visible Women in Astounding and Analog,” presented at An Astounding 90 Years of Analog Science Fiction and Fact: The Fourth Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium, December 12, 2019. [https://file770.com/an-astounding-90-years-of-analog-science-fiction-and-fact-symposium-videos-online/ Video] of the presentation available at File770. Retrieved 20 Nov. 2022.</ref><ref>Vibbert, Marie (November–December 2020). "The Women We Can See in Analog," ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'', volume 140, issue 11-12 pp. 98ff.</ref>

== Awards == *"Keep Talking" won the 2014 ''Apex Magazine'' Story of the Year.<ref>Conner, Lesley (January 21, 2015). "[https://apex-magazine.com/blog/apex-magazine-story-of-the-year-2014-winner/ Apex Magazine Story of the Year 2014 Winner]", ''Apex Magazine''. Retrieved 18 November 2022.</ref> *"The Willing Body, the Reluctant Heart" placed second in the ''Analog'' Reader's Poll in 2018.<ref>[https://locusmag.com/2019/05/2018-analog-anlab-and-asimovs-readers-awards/ 2018 Analog AnLab and Asimov's Readers' Awards]", May 18, 2019, ''Locus Magazine''. Retrieved 18 November 2022.</ref> *"The Unlikely Heroines of Callisto Station" placed second in the ''Analog'' Reader's Poll in 2021.<ref>"[https://www.analogsf.com/about-analog/analytical-laboratory-results/ 2021 Analytical Laboratory Results]", ''Analog'', May/June 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.</ref> *"We Built This City" won the ''Clarkesworld'' Reader's Poll for Best Novelette/Novella in 2022<ref>"[https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/readers_poll_2022/ The Best From 2022]", ''Clarkesworld Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine'', March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.</ref> and was a finalist for the 2022 Nebula Award for Best Novelette<ref>"[https://nebulas.sfwa.org/58th-nebula-awards-finalists/ SFWA Names the 58th Nebula Award Finalists]", ''Nebula Awards'', March 7, 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.</ref> and the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.<ref>[https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2023-hugo-awards/ 2023 Hugo Awards], retrieved 5 August 3023.</ref>

== Bibliography == {{Incomplete list |date=March 2023}}{{bots|deny=Citation bot}}

=== Novels === * ''Galactic Hellcats'' (2021) * ''The Gods Awoke'' (2022) * ''MegaDeath'' (2022), with Tory Quinn * ''Andrei and the Hellcats'' (2024) * ''Multitude'' (2026)<ref name="Apex_Multitude"/>

=== Poetry === <!--;Collections ;Anthologies (edited)--> ;List of poems {|class='wikitable sortable' width='90%' |- !width=25%|Title !|Year !|First published !|Reprinted/collected |- |“Appartment on Hessler” |2006 |''Deep Cleveland'' | |- |"Pancho's Email" |2007 |''Abyss and Apex''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-01-02 |title=Abyss & Apex : Second Quarter 2007 : Pancho' s Email by Marie Vibbert {{!}} Abyss & Apex |url=https://www.abyssapexzine.com/archives/abyss-and-apex2007/panchos-email/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |language=en-US}}</ref> | |- |“Forearm Bones” |2008 |Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association's Online Halloween Poetry Reading<ref>{{Cite web |title=Science Fiction Poetry Association |url=http://sfpoetry.com/hw/08halloween.html |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=sfpoetry.com}}</ref> | |- |“Found Poems” |2009 |''Death In Common: Poems From Unlikely Victims''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vernon |first=Steve |url=https://www.amazon.com/Death-Common-Poems-Unlikely-Victims/dp/0981662633/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412263768&sr=1-7&keywords=%22Death+in+Common%22+poems |title=Death In Common: Poems From Unlikely Victims |date=2009-08-06 |publisher=Daverana Enterprises |isbn=978-0-9816626-3-3 |editor-last=Ristow |editor-first=Richard |edition=First |language=English}}</ref> | |- |“What do you want for lunch?” |2013 |''Sanitarium Magazine'', Issue 9 | |- |“At the Tip Top” |2013 |''Eye to the Telescope'', Issue 9<ref name="Eye to the Telescope">{{Cite web |title=Eye to the Telescope |url=http://eyetothetelescope.com/archives/009issue.html |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=eyetothetelescope.com}}</ref> | |- |“Two Body Problem” |2013 |''Eye to the Telescope'', Issue 9<ref name="Eye to the Telescope"/> | |- |“The Mermaids of Lake Erie” |2013 |The Hessler Street Fair Poetry Contest, Second Prize | |- |“The Slaves in my Basement” |2014 |''Songs of Eretz''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Songs of Eretz Poetry Review |url=http://www.songsoferetz.com/p/e-zine_3.html |access-date=2023-12-17}}</ref> | |- |“Shelter” |2014 |''Vending Machine: Poetry for Change'' | |- |“An Unrequited Process Loops” |2015 |''Asimov's Science Fiction'', February 2015. |2016 Rhysling Award Anthology. The Poetry Planet podcast for Starship Sofa. |- |“How to Talk to Boys” |2016 |''The Ghazal Page'', August 2016. | |- |“Little Monsters” |2017 |Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association's Online Halloween Poetry Reading. | |- |“The Magic Mirror Confesses” |2017 |''Illumen'', Fall 2017. | |- |“Calling it a Day” |2018 |''Spaceports and Spidersilk'', January 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spaceports & Spidersilk January 2018 |url=http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/773602 |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Smashwords |language=en}}</ref> | |- |“To the Knight’s Lady” |2018 |''Eye to the Telescope'', January 2018. | |- |“Hazel” |2018 |''Liquid Imagination''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hazel by Marie Vibbert |url=https://liquidimagination.silverpen.org/article/hazel-marie-vibbert/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Liquid Imagination |language=en-US}}</ref> | |- |"To Current Occupant" |2018 |''Strange Horizons'', March 2018<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vibbert |first=Marie |date=2018-03-05 |title=To Current Occupant |url=http://strangehorizons.com/poetry/to-current-occupant/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Strange Horizons |language=en}}</ref> | |- |"Spaceship Office Building" |2018 |''Grievous Angel'', July, 2018 | |- |"The Last Typewriter" |2018 |''Riddled With Arrows'', November 2018<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vibbert |first=Marie |date=2018-11-01 |title=The Last Typewriter |url=https://www.riddledwitharrows.com/riddled-with-arrows-2-3/objects/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Riddled With Arrows |language=en-US}}</ref> | |- |“We Carry” |2019 |''Analog Science Fiction & Fact'', March 2019 | |- |“To Klaatu” |2019 |''Geek Out! Queer Pop Lit Art & Ideas'' | |- |“My Killer Robot” |2019 |''Illumen'', April 2019 | |- |“On the Blackrock Road” |2019 |''Dreams & Nightmares'', May 2019 | |- |"Choose You Own Advent" |2019 |''Lite Lit One'' | |- |"Puzzle Box" |2019 |''Lite Lit One'' | |- |"St. Sebastian" |2019 |''Lite Lit One'' | |- |"Life in Front of Counters" |2019 |''Lite Lit One'' | |- |“Football on Mars” |2019 |''Illumen'', Autumn 2019 | |- |“Unlooping, a Time Travel Rondel |2020 |''Asimov's Science Fiction'', January 2020. |2021 Rhysling Award Anthology. |- |"The Hot One" |2020 |''Kaleidotrope'', January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vibbert |first=Marie |date=2020-01-01 |title=The Hot One |url=https://kaleidotrope.net/archives/winter-2020/the-hot-one-by-marie-vibbert/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Kaleidotrope |language=en-US}}</ref> | |- |“Homeland Offense” |2020 |''Dreams & Nightmares'', January 2020. | |- |“Arab Law Student Shot by Police” |2020 |Cleveland Humanities Festival 2020. (Performed by Hillary Wheelock.)<ref>{{Citation |title=CHF 2020: "Arab Law Student Shot by Police" by Marie Vibbert |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaBiMqo-GeY |access-date=2023-12-17 |language=en}}</ref> | |- |“Altar Stone” | |The Red House Anthology | |- |“Princess Cat Robot” |2021 |''Utopia Science Fiction Magazine'', February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vibbert |first=Marie |date=2021-02-01 |title=Princess Cat Robot |url=https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page/february-2021-vol-2-issue-4 |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, February 2021, Vol. 2 Issue 4 (digital) |language=en}}</ref> | |- |“Over the Moon” |2021 |''Utopia Science Fiction Magazine'', February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vibbert |first=Marie |date=2021-02-01 |title=Over the Moon |url=https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page/february-2021-vol-2-issue-4 |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, February 2021, Vol. 2 Issue 4 (digital) |language=en}}</ref> | |- |“Skynet Demurs” |2021 |''Utopia Science Fiction Magazine'', February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vibbert |first=Marie |date=2021-02-01 |title=Skynet Demurs |url=https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page/february-2021-vol-2-issue-4 |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, February 2021, Vol. 2 Issue 4 (digital) |language=en}}</ref> | |- |"Window is Born" |2021 |''TERSE'', May 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-21 |title=“Window is Born” by Marie Vibbert |url=https://tersejournal.com/2021/05/21/window-is-born-by-marie-vibbert/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=TERSE. Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> | |- |“Infernocrusher” |2022 |''Simultaneous Times Newsletter'', December 2021. | |- |“Dragonrider” |2022 |''Simultaneous Times Newsletter'', December 2021. | |- |"Return to the Cities" |2022 |''The Future Fire'', Issue 60.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vibbert |first=Marie |title=Return to the Cities |url=http://futurefire.net/2022.60/fiction/return.html |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=The Future Fire}}</ref> | |- |“Alternate Realities” |2022 |''Illumen'', Winter 2022. | |- |“Eyeliner Boy” |2022 |''Riddled With Arrows'', February 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vibbert |first=Marie |date=2022-02-14 |title=Eyeliner Boy |url=https://www.riddledwitharrows.com/rwa-5-1/eyeliner-boy/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Riddled with Arrows, Issue 5.1 |language=en-US}}</ref> | |- |“If I Were Human” |2022 |''Star*Line'', Volume 45, Issue 2.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Star*Line, Vol 45, Issue 2 |url=http://sfpoetry.com/sl/issues/starline45.2.html |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Science Fiction Poetry Association}}</ref> | |- |“Positronic Effigy” |2023 |''Abyss & Apex'', September 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vibbert |first=Marie |date=2023-10-01 |title=Positronic Effigy |url=https://www.abyssapexzine.com/2023/09/positronic-effigy/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Abyss & Apex }}</ref> | |}

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==External links== * [https://www.marievibbert.com/ Official Website] * {{ISFDB name|id=Marie_Vibbert|name=Marie Vibbert}} * [https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/vibbert_marie Marie Vibbert] entry in ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' * {{IMDb name|11547310|Marie Vibbert}} * [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8642797.Marie_Vibbert Goodreads author page]

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