1 Works by Rebecca Carlson
| Title | Role | Year | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rumpelstiltskin Does Cold Fusion | Author | Short Story |
Rebecca Carlson
Rebecca J. Carlson
LDS
LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Russel Carlson
public_contact: russ_oc@hotmail.com
1973
Provo, Utah
BS Physics, 1995 Brigham Young University
Rebecca Carlson has worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a research assistant, taught college algebra at Utah State University, and is currently a homemaker and mother of four young children. During her college years she edited the "Journal of Extraneous Scientific Topics" or "JEST," a science humor magazine which had a small circulation around BYU campus and over the internet.
"I majored in physics at Brigham Young University, and worked in the summers as an undergraduate research assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Even as a busy physics student, I never stopped writing. I created the Journal of Extraneous Scientific Topics, a science humor magazine that my friends and I photocopied and peddled around campus. The magazine itself only lasted a few years, but I married one of my editorial staff members and now we're raising five children together.
After graduating from college, instead of pursuing my physics career, I went home to hang out with my kids. We told stories and read books together, and all the while I wrote and wrote.
I sold my first short story in 2000, and finished my first novel-length manuscript in 2007. My latest work, Earthcrosser, is a post-apocalyptic novel for middle grade readers. I'm starting a new book, Corridor in the Closet, a middle grade contemporary fantasy.
These days you can find me in La'ie, Hawaii, where I teach the occasional college algebra class at BYU-Hawaii and write from a little hideout I call The Scribblers Cove."
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English