About the Author
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P.A. Cornell is a Chilean-Canadian speculative fiction writer who was raised on a steady diet of books. At age five she learned where all these books were coming from and decided writing was the path for her and never looked back. She penned her first science-fiction story as a third-grade assignment and still has it over three decades later. (For those curious, it’s about shape-shifting aliens.)
Despite this early interest in speculative fiction, her first publications were in non-fiction as a journalist and copy editor. Since 2016, she’s dedicated herself to writing science-fiction, fantasy, and horror full-time. Her work appears in several professional anthologies and genre magazines, links for which can be found throughout this website. An avid collector of joyful moments, when not writing she can be found reading, drinking various kinds of tea, building Lego sets (check out some of her builds on Instagram), hiking, making felt art, and watching movies, among other things. She also enjoys travel and hopes to do more of it in the future. Cornell has lived in six cities across two continents but currently shares a home in Ontario, Canada with her husband (and occasional first reader), three kids, and two cats. The cats are named “Jax” and “Rebel” after two of her characters. (Bonus points for anyone who can name the stories they appear in.) |
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Affiliations:
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (Active) Canadian Science Fiction Fantasy Association ALCiFF Chile (Chilean SFF Association) Odyssey Writing Workshop graduate (2002) Codex online writing group |
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Land Acknowledgement:
The home in which I live and work is situated upon the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas. This land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, which was an agreement between the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabek to share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes. I further acknowledge that this land is covered by the Between the Lakes Purchase, 1792, between the Crown and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
The home in which I live and work is situated upon the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas. This land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, which was an agreement between the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabek to share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes. I further acknowledge that this land is covered by the Between the Lakes Purchase, 1792, between the Crown and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
