Sylvia Spruck Wrigley

Sylvia Spruck Wrigley
Born (1968-03-07) 7 March 1968
Germany
OccupationAuthor
Writing career
GenresFantasy, science fiction, aviation
Notable worksAlive, Alive Oh; The Front Line; You Fly Like a Woman
Websiteintrigue.co.uk

Sylvia Spruck Wrigley (born 7 March 1968) is an American/German author, writing science fiction and fantasy as Sylvia Spruck Wrigley, and aviation non-fiction as Sylvia Wrigley. She grew up in Los Angeles and Germany. She currently lives in Tallinn, Estonia, where she moved with her partner Cliff Stanford in 2017.[1]

Wrigley's short story "Alive, Alive Oh",[2] published in the June 2013 issue of Lightspeed Magazine, was a nominee for the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.[3] She has written bespoke near-future science fiction for Thales Group[4] and NATO[5] and serialised fiction at Serial Box.

She has spoken at major fiction conventions such as Worldcon[6] and Estcon.[7]

Aviation

Sylvia Spruck Wrigley is a general aviation pilot who has spoken in the press about aviation incidents, such as to the Express[8] regarding the disappearance of flight MH370.

On her website, Fear of Landing, Sylvia explores what accident reports reveal about flying and what they leave out. In 2019, the website had nearly half a million visitors.

Other notable works include Lessons before the accident in March 2026 for AOPA and Great Mull Air Mystery has finally been solved in March 2026 for The Times.

Aviation bibliography

  • "Pilot Error", 2023
  • "Chapter 55: Age and Aging", in 'The Routledge Handbook of Star Trek', 2022
  • "Reckless Final Approach: US Bangla Flight 211", 2021
  • "Without a Trace: 1970–2016", May 2019
  • "Yak-52 Crash at MoD Boscombe Down", 2019
  • "Without a Trace: 1881–1968", March 2018
  • "Why Planes Crash: Case Files 2003", 2016
  • "The Mystery of Malaysia Flight 370", May 2014
  • "Why Planes Crash: Case Files 2002", 2014
  • "Why Planes Crash: Case Notes 2001", May 2013
  • "You Fly Like A Woman", December 2011
  • "Monthly column in Piper Flyer", 2007–2008

Aviation media appearances

  • National Geographic ''Mayday''[9]
  • Air Crash Investigation Season 21, 2021[10]
  • Aircrash Confidential Series 2, 2012 and Series 3, 2018[11]
  • Channel One Russia 30 March 2014: Спасатели вновь изменили район поиска пропавшего малазийского "Боинга"
  • M6 (TV channel) 5 March 2015: Disparition du vol MH370
  • NTV (Russia) 28 March 2015: Центральное телевидение
  • TRT World Nexus 'Air France, Airbus - guilty of MANSLAUGHTER' 28 May 2026[12]

Science fiction and fantasy bibliography

Selected stories in online magazines

References

  1. ↑ "Sylvia Spruck Wrigley | Speakers | Worldcon 75". sites.grenadine.co. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Alive, Alive Oh". 25 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Nebula Awards: "International SF" and Problems of Identity". 25 November 2009.
  4. ↑ "Diversity matters".
  5. ↑ "Better Business Through Sci-Fi". The New Yorker. 30 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sylvia Spruck Wrigley | Speakers | Worldcon 75". sites.grenadine.co. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Estcon 2024: Sylvia Spruck Wrigley - AI Murderboti lugude näitel (inglise keeles)". Youtube.
  8. ↑ "Stray bullet may have downed the missing Malaysian jet". 26 May 2014.
  9. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386950/
  10. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14487154/
  11. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386950/
  12. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj3tTEY64rQ
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