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Tricia Sullivan
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Tricia Sullivan (born July 7, 1968 in New Jersey, United States) is a science fiction writer. She also writes fantasy under the pseudonym Valery Leith.
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She moved to the United Kingdom in 1995. In 1999 she won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for her novel Dreaming in Smoke.[1][2] Her novels Maul, Lightborn, and Occupy Me have also been shortlisted for the Clarke award, in 2004, 2011, and 2017 respectively.[3][4][1][5]
Sullivan has studied music and martial arts. Her partner is the martial artist Steve Morris, with whom she has three children. They live in Shropshire.