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Connellysusi is a science fiction author and former aerospace engineer based in the Pacific Northwest. After spending twelve years working on propulsion systems at a private spaceflight company, she left the aerospace industry to write full-time, bringing a background in orbital mechanics, materials science, and systems engineering to her fiction. Her work focuses on the intersection of hard science and human emotion—stories about people who must survive environments that do not care about them.
She is the author of three previous novels in the *Deep Black* series, which follows a salvage crew operating in contested space near a collapsing neutron star, as well as a collection of short stories titled *The Last Transmission and Other Signals*. Her fiction has been noted for its attention to scientific detail and its willingness to let characters fail in ways that feel earned rather than arbitrary.
When not writing, Connellysusi volunteers with educational outreach programs that bring engineering and science literacy to underserved schools. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her partner and two cats, none of whom have actually been to space but all of whom have strong opinions about it. She is currently at work on the sequel to *Escape from the Alien Ringworld* and can be found online at her author website or on social media under the handle @connellysusiwrites.
