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SUE BURKE spent many years working as a reporter and editor for a variety of newspapers and magazines before writing her critically acclaimed novel, Semiosis. A Clarion workshop alumnus, Burke has published more than thirty short stories in addition to working extensively as a literary translator. Usurpation is the third book in her Semiosis series (Semiosis, Interference). She lives in Chicago.
Praise for the Semiosis series: ""This is up there with Ursula K. Le Guin: science fiction at its most fascinating and most humane.""--Thrillist ""Interference is as good as Semiosis, which is no small feat for the sequel of a book whose strength lay in its thought-provoking concepts. Like Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice, Sue Burke elevated a good story with a great idea.""--SFRevu ""This is top class SF, intelligent and engaging and I loved every moment of it.""--Adrian Tchaikovsky, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Children of Time ""This first-contact tale is extraordinary.""--Library Journal, starred review ""Impressive debut novel . . . lush . . . beautiful.""--Publishers Weekly, starred review ""Intelligent, riveting and ultimately uplifting, Semiosis asks big questions and gives satisfying answers.""--Emma Newman, author Planetfall ""A fascinating world.""--The Verge ""A solid debut.""--SFRevu ""A magnetic meditation on biochemistry and humanity.""--Locus Online ""Sharp, evocative . . . Semiosis unfolds the old science fiction idea of first contact in ways that are both traditional and subversive.""--The Christian Science Monitor ""A clever, fascinating, fun and unique debut.""--Kirkus ""Burke's world building is exceptional, and her ability to combine the intricacies of colonization with the science of botany and theories of mutualism and predation is astounding."" --Booklist ""In Semiosis, Sue Burke blends science with adventure and fascinating characters, as a human colony desperately seeks to join the ecosystem of an alien world."" --David Brin, author of Earth and Existence. ""A first contact novel like none you've ever read. . . . The kind of story for which science fiction was invented."" --James Patrick Kelly, winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards ""Sue Burke has created one of the most fascinating alien personae science fiction has seen in this decade."" -David Nichols, early American historian and author of Engines of Diplomacy ""A gripping story of colonization and biological wonders.""--Gregory Frost, author of the Shadowbridge novels ""A fantastic SF debut . . . Semiosis will remain relevant for years to come."" --Prof. Daniel Chamovitz, award-winning author of What a Plant Knows and Director of the Manna Center for Plant Biosciences at Tel Aviv University..
