Alison Tellure | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Years active | 1977-1984 |
| Spouse | Rob Chilson |
Alison Tellure is an American writer of science fiction who published several pieces of short fiction in the 1970s and 80s. [1]
Tellure was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. She obtained a degree in history and worked in various occupations such as artist's model and taxi dancer. [2]
She married fellow SF writer Rob Chilson. The name Alison Tellure is a pseudonym. [3]
Tellure's stories are set on an alien world over which a godlike creature rules, and which is also inhabited by smaller beings similar to humans. [1] The stories were published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact from 1977 to 1984. One of them, "Green-Eyed Lady", was republished in the 1983 anthology Aliens from Analog.
Stanley Schmidt recommended her works as examples of how to effectively write from an alien viewpoint. [4]
All published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| "Yes, Virginia" | 1977 | |
| "Lord of All It Surveys" | 1977 | |
| "Skysinger" | 1977 | |
| "Green-Eyed Lady, Laughing Lady" | 1982 | also published as "Green-Eyed Lady", nominated for the Analog Readers Poll Award [5] |
| "Low Midnight" | 1984 | nominated for the Analog Readers Poll Award [5] |
