1. Patricia Oren Kearney Cadigan was born on September 10,1953 and is a British-American science fiction author, whose work is most often identified with the cyberpunk movement.
11 Facts About Pat Cadigan
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Pat Cadigan was educated in theater at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and studied science fiction and science fiction writing at the University of Kansas under science fiction author and editor James Gunn.
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Pat Cadigan met her first husband, Rufus Pat Cadigan, while in college; they divorced shortly after she graduated from KU in 1975.
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That same year, Cadigan joined the convention committee for MidAmeriCon, the 34th World Science Fiction Convention being held in Kansas City, Missouri, over the 1976 Labor Day weekend; she served on the committee as the convention's guest liaison to writer guest of honor Robert A Heinlein, as well as helped to develop programming for the convention.
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Pat Cadigan prepared the type galleys for MidAmeriCon's various publications, including the convention's hardcover program book.
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Pat Cadigan and Fenner's son, Robert, was born in 1985.
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Pat Cadigan emigrated to London in 1996, where she is married to her third husband, Christopher Fowler.
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Pat Cadigan sold her first professional science fiction story in 1980.
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Robert A Heinlein dedicated his 1982 novel Friday in part to Cadigan following her being the guest liaison to him at the 34th Worldcon in Kansas City.
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In 2013, Pat Cadigan announced that she had been diagnosed with cancer.
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Pat Cadigan underwent surgery after an early diagnosis, suffered a relapse some years after, and recovered after extensive chemotherapy.