Sylvia Spruck Wrigley


Sylvia Spruck Wrigley is an American/German author, writing science fiction and fantasy as Sylvia Spruck Wrigley, and aviation non-fiction as Sylvia Wrigley. She grew up in Los Angeles, USA and Germany. She is currently resident in Tallinn, Estonia, where she moved with her partner Cliff Stanford in 2017.
Wrigley's short story "Alive, Alive Oh", published in the June 2013 issue of Lightspeed Magazine, was a nominee for the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. She has written bespoke near-future science fiction for Thales Group and NATO and serialised fiction at Serial Box.
She has spoken at major fiction conventions such as Worldcon and Estcon.

Aviation

Sylvia Spruck Wrigley is a general aviation pilot who has spoken in the press about aviation incidents, such as to the Express regarding the disappearance of flight MH370.

Aviation bibliography

Aviation media appearances

Science fiction and fantasy bibliography

Selected stories in online magazines

  • "Hoist by her own Picard" Nature, 2021
  • Two lists..." Daily SF, 2017
  • "Project Daffodil" Nature, 2016
  • "Domnall and the Borrowed Child", a Tor.Com Novella, November 2015
  • "Alienated" Nature Physics, October 2014
  • "Space Travel Loses its Allure When You’ve Lost Your Moon Cup" Crossed Genres, July 2014
  • "Regarding Your Unexpected Visit to the Surface of an Apparently Only Mostly Uninhabited Planet" Daily SF, January 2014
  • "I've Been Hacked", Daily SF, January 2014
  • "A Letter from Your Mother", Daily SF, January 2014
  • "Alive, Alive Oh", Lightspeed, June 2013
  • "When the Selkie Comes", Daily SF, September 2013
  • "Vintage Millennial Cookery InfoManual by the Geusian Ladies Society", Crossed Genres, May 2013
  • "The Front Line", Nature, May 2013
  • "Old Flames", Daily SF, November 2012
  • "Looking for a Knight in Shining Armor", Daily SF, November 2011
  • "Plague of Locusts", Unlikely Story, 2011