
My passion is connecting people to stories, information and resources to inform and enrich their lives. I work as a teen librarian at a 23-library system in the Pacific Northwest and am a member of our Student Success Team. I encourage teens and tweens to explore STEM topics including robotics and coding and find themselves in books. I led the team that developed two digital escape rooms as part of our Summer Reading program.
I've presented at national and regional science fiction/fantasy conventions on graphic novels and the ways readers interact with speculative fiction and at regional library conferences on STEM in the library and supporting intellectual freedom. As treasurer of the nonprofit group Broad Universe, I support female-identifying and non-binary writers, editors and publishers in the speculative fiction genres.
Before becoming a librarian, I worked as a newspaper journalist, covering crime, education and the environment. I still publish in VOYA and Library Journal, most recently Movers and Shakers profiles.
I also write for short speculative fiction markets. Find my stories "Mothers and Daughters" Abyss and Apex (October 2019,) “Cranes’ Return” in Tales of the Sunrise Lands, an Anthology of Japanese Fantasy (2017) at Guardbridge Books.
I will talk anywhere, anytime about books, the appeal of graphic novels and genre fiction, the information and reading needs of teens and tweens, the craft of writing, research skills, digital and information literacy, STEM in the library, and intellectual freedom. I'm always looking for my next challenge.
Sessions in which Marta Murvosh participates
- 2022 Worldcon Site Announcement Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Presentation
- Stranger in a Strange Head: Imposter Syndrome Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Networking for Writers and Publishers Programming - Discussion Groups
- 11:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 1 hour 50 minutes
- Discussion Group
- Old New Writers Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Terrain of the Heart: Landscapes that Influence Story Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- History and SF Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Fandom Over the Years - The Female Perspective Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Writers on Writing: The Plot's the Thing Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- SF and Fantasy Comics and Graphic Novels Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Post The Three-Body Problem: What Is Happening in Mainland Chinese Science Fiction? Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Before and After Tolkien: Epic Fantasy Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 9:00 NZST - 9:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Writing Fantasy and SF from the Margins Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Young Adult Fiction: From the Page and From the Screen Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Horror from Elsewhere Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Hugo Awards Ceremony Events - Events Room
- 11:00 NZST - 14:30 NZST | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Event
- Writing for Young Adults Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading Programming - Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Reading
- From Kuttner to Pratchett: Humour in Science Fiction and Fantasy Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Not Your Parents' Space Opera Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Novel, Novella or Short Story? Choosing the Right Length for Fiction Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Urban Fantasy in the 21st Century Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Chinese Short Fiction Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 18:00 NZST - 18:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- What's Different about New Zealand Comics? Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 19:00 NZST - 19:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Fairy Tales and Fantasy Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Military SF: Getting It Right Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel