Sibylle Machat IF

Sibylle Machat (or, in short: Sib) has been involved in the German filk community for over a decade, which she discovered via tapes bought at a Star Trek convention. She's been a regular attendee of both German and British filk conventions and discovered the pleasure and pain of attending conventions even further away two years ago (oh, the pleasure of going there - oh, the pain of not having the money to go). She is looking forward to October a *LOT*, where she will be Interfilk guest at OVFF and thus have the chance of attending her first ever US convention.

Music was not a central aspect of Sib's upbringing or an early passion for her, though she was reportedly able to sing along (if the reproduction of all lyrics as "didy no no me babe" counts as 'singing along,' that is) with her dad's Johnny Cash tapes in the car at a rather early age. She has, suffice to say, expanded her repertoire somewhat since then. The current state includes being able to play the guitar, trying to teach herself the keyboard, and having produced an assortment of songs she vaguely hopes are funny.

Sib lives in northern Germany right now, where she teaches American Studies at the University of Flensburg, is writing her PhD, and does not get to spend enough time sailing.

This is Sib's first Pegasus nomination and she's a strange mix of baffled, very very delighted, happy and speechless about it. Reports that she clutched the email informing her of said nomination tightly and muttered "my preciousssss" are outlandish lies, however, and to be firmly denied! (Ed. note: Of course they are. Because 'my precioussss' is English. Now, 'mein schaaaaaaaaaaatz...' with the same tone of voice is more believable....)..

If you want to know more about Sib, visit her website: www.thesib.com