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Mason is best known in worldwide science fiction fandom for her illustrations in the fanzine Plokta and elsewhere, some of which have been collected in the chapbook I Want to Be a Celtic Death Goddess When I Grow Up. She was the winner of the Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund in 2000, and described herself in her platform statement as "gamer, filker, costumer, dealer, apahack. On the committee of a filkcon and an Eastercon. I Mced the Glasgow Worldcon masquerade". Mason was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist every year from 2001–2010, and won it in 2003 and 2005. She lives near Manchester.

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