Sue Mason is a British illustrator of science fiction fanzines and other works. She has won two Hugo Awards.
Background Mason claims to have been thrown out of Sunday School at the age of 12 for wanting to be The Morrigan when she grew up.Mason, Sue. I Want to Be a Celtic Death Goddess When I Grow Up Minneapolis:Rune Press, 2003; p. 7 She became part of science fiction fandom in 1982.Mason, Sue. I Want to Be a Celtic Death Goddess When I Grow Up Minneapolis:Rune Press, 2003; p. 34
Science fiction fandom Mason is best known in worldwide science fiction fandom for her "whimsical, humorous and richly-detailed" pen-and-ink illustrations in the fanzine Plokta and elsewhere, some of which have been collected in the chapbook I Want to Be a Celtic Death Goddess When I Grow Up.I Want to Be a Celtic Death Goddess When I Grow UpGlyer, Mike. "Sue Mason Wins 2014 Rotsler Award" File 770 December 1, 2014 She was the winner of the Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund in 2000,TAFF History and described herself in her platform statement as "gamer, filker, costumer, dealer, apahack. On the committee of a filkcon and an Eastercon. I Mced the Glasgow Worldcon masquerade".2000 TAFF ballot and platforms
Mason was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist every year from 2001 to 2010,2010 Hugo Award Nominees (Details) and won it in 20032003 Hugo Awards and 2005.2005 Hugo Awards She lives near Manchester. She has won the Nova Award for Best Fan Artist seven times. She won the 2014 William Rotsler#Rotsler Award "for long-time artistic achievement in amateur publications of the science fiction community".Glyer, Mike. "Sue Mason Wins 2014 Rotsler Award" File 770 December 1, 2014
References
External links Mason's TAFF platform from 2000 "Mason, Sue" at Locus Index to SF Awards: Hugo Nominees List