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Susan Kaye Quinn at NASA Dryden
Susan Kaye Quinn (top) interning at NASA Dryden (1985).

Stories behind the Stories

Each of the 125 Writers on the Moon (and 8 Stowaways) carefully curated the items they chose to send to the Moon. The authors included their spotlight books, of course, but many included several more works as well as personal items to illustrate who they were as people, not just as writers. Some sent tributes to lost friends or family. Several shared their space with other authors (their own individual stowaways), including anthologies, screenplays, whole catalogs of artwork, and more. Each wrote a README file to explain their choices, the story behind the stories.

You can find the README file for the project as whole here.

Below are the 125 official Writers on the Moon and the 8 official stowaways. Click the link to read the story behind their stories.

Chang'e Holding the Moon
Chang'e Holding the Moon by Ambrose Beaulieu

WRITERS ON THE MOON STORIES-BEHIND-THE-STORIES

MANIFEST #    NAME

#1 Susan Kaye Quinn

#2 Julien Morgan

#3 Jaden Wilkes

#4 Bron Rauk-Mitchell

#5 Rysa Walker

#6 John Gregory Hancock

#7 Rhiannon Frater

#8 Dale Ivan Smith

#9 Samuel Peralta

#10 Kody Boye

#11 Patrice Fitzgerald

#12 A.A. Chamberlynn

#13 Madeline Freeman

#14 D. Robert Pease

#15 Cynthia Port

#16 Addison Moore

#17 Marilyn Peake

#18 T.K. Eldridge

#19 Damyanti Biswas

#20 Jon Frater

#21 Aarti V Raman

#22 Shelli R Johannes

#23 S. J. Pajonas

#24 Anthea Sharp

#25 RJ Crayton

#26 Patricia Gilliam

#27 Maureen O. Betita

#28 Christine Pope

#29 Shéa MacLeod

#30 Jamie Krakover

#31 Corinne O’Flynn

#32 Kat Mizera

#33 Jemi Fraser

#34 Lily Zante

#35 Lisa Manifold

#36 Jenna Barwin

#37 Samantha Cole

#38 Nicole Zoltack

#39 Hannah Steenbock

#40 Carolyn R. Parsons

#41 Brighton Walsh

#42 Rebecca Rode

#43 Moira Katson

#44 Rae Lori

#45 Frank Bardessono

#46 Blair Babylon

#47 Catherine Stine

#48 Mary E. Twomey

#49 DK Cassidy

#50 Skye MacKinnon

#51 C.J. Booth

#52 J. Rose Alexander

#53 Stephanie Damore

#54 Tina Glasneck

#55 Daphne Loveling

#56 Calla Zae

#57 M.C. Cerny

#58 Philip Harris

#59 Kristen Taber

#60 Bethany Adams

#61 Kari Kilgore

#62 Edward J. Branley

#63 Jennifer Willis

#64 T.J. Kelly

#65 Joslyn Westbrook

#66 Sasha Cottman

#67 Stella Bixby

#68 Jason A. Adams

#69 Russell Nohelty

#70 Elizabeth S. Wolf

#71 L.L. Richman

#72 Ryan Hill

#73 JL Blair

#74 Artemis Crow

#75 Chrys Fey

#76 Elaine Kaye

#77 Leah Ashton

#78 Sarah Ettritch

#79 Rhonda Hopkins

#80 Avril Sabine

#81 Kari Holloway

#82 Tony James Slater

#83 Skye Malone

#84 Anastasia Wilde

#85 Deanna Chase

#86 SJ Mayeski

#87 Kate Danley

#88 Mona Marple

#89 Polly Holmes

#90 Zachary Chopchinski

#91 Sonia Rao

#92 Helen Smith

#93 Ann Omasta

#94 Ariele Sieling

#95 Charity Tahmaseb

#96 Bennu Bright

#97 Allison Chan

#98 Tina Moss

#99 M Pepper Langlinais

#100 J.W. Garrett

#101 A.P. Watson

#102 Luci Beach

#103 Cat Johnson

#104 K. Gorman

#105 Juliet Vane

#106 Jane Hinchey

#107 Angie Arland

#108 Malorie Cooper

#109 Alanah Andrews

#110 Nirina Stone

#111 M.E. Layton

#112 Tori Knightwood

#113 Imogene Nix

#114 Stephanie and Isaac Flint

#115 Deniz Barki Bevan

#116 Elise Noble

#117 Dania Voss

#118 Val O. Morris

#119 Skyler Grant

#120 Lauren Stewart

#121 Tara C. Allred

#122 TJ Muir

#123 Gwen Gardner

#124 Caia Daniels

#125 JC Andrijeski

STOWAWAY STORIES

Stowaway #1 Edward Robert Durlak
Stowaway #2 Edward Neale Durlak
Stowaway #3 Noelle Gaussens
Stowaway #4 Jackie Tansky
Stowaway #5 Lorena Dinger
Stowaway #6 Cindi Knowles
Stowaway #7 Chris Fried
Stowaway #8 Ambrose Beaulieu