What is Pat Cadigan?
{{Infobox Writer | name = Pat Cadigan | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|09|10}} | image = Pat Cadigan.jpg | caption = Pat Cadigan at the 2007 World Fantasy Convention | nationality = United States | alma_mater = [[University of Massachusetts]], [[University of Kansas]] | genre = [[science fiction]], [[cyberpunk]] | notableworks = ''[[Synners]]'', ''[[Fools (novel)|Fools]]'' | awards = {{awd|[[Arthur C. Clarke Award]]|1992|[[Synners]]}} {{awd|[[Arthur C. Clarke Award]]|1995|[[Fools (novel)|Fools]]}} }} '''Patricia Oren Kearney Cadigan''' (born September 10, 1953) is an [[Americans|American]] [[science fiction author]]. Her work is part of the [[cyberpunk]] movement. Her novels and short stories all share a common [[theme]] of exploring the relationship between the human mind and technology. ==Life and early work== She was born in [[Schenectady, New York]], and grew up in [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]]. Cadigan was a student at the [[University of Massachusetts]] and the [[University of Kansas]]. She studied with [[James Gunn (author)|James Gunn]] at Kansas and graduated in 1975. That same year Cadigan joined the convention committee for [[MidAmeriCon]], the 34th [[World Science Fiction Convention]] being held in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]] over [[Labor Day]] weekend 1976. Her job as a committee member was to help guest of honor [[Robert A. Heinlein]]. She also worked for fantasy writer [[Tom Reamy]] at his Nickelodeon Graphics [[typesetting]] and [[graphic design]] business. Reamy died in 1977 and Cadigan went to work as a writer for Kansas City's [[Hallmark Cards]]. She went to live in [[England]] with her son Bob Fenner in 1996. She is now married there to her third husband. ==Writing== In the late 1970s and early 1980s, she was a magazine editor. She worked on [[small press]] fantasy and science fiction magazines called ''Chacal'' and'' [[Shayol]]'' with her second husband, Arnie Fenner. Cadigan sold her first professional science fiction story in 1980. She