Laurel Winter (born Laurel Anne Hjelvik in Columbus, Montana; April 22, 1959) is an author of fantasy, science fiction, and poetry. [1] In childhood, she attended a one-room schoolhouse.
Her first published fantasy story was "Mail Order Eyes" in 1988. She has since won two Rhysling Awards. Her novella "Sky Eyes", published in the March 1999 F&SF, won the World Fantasy Award in 2000. [2] She has written young adult fiction. [3] Her novel Growing Wings was first published in 2000 by Houghton Mifflin.
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| 2008 | Winter, Laurel (October–November 2008). " | |||
| Mail order eyes | 1988 | |||
| The Moon Garden Cookbook | 1994 | Winter, Laurel (February 1994). "The Moon Garden Cookbook". F&SF . 86 (2). |
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series. Her work was first published in 1959, and her literary career spanned nearly sixty years, producing more than twenty novels and over a hundred short stories, in addition to poetry, literary criticism, translations, and children's books. Frequently described as an author of science fiction, Le Guin has also been called a "major voice in American Letters". Le Guin said she would prefer to be known as an "American novelist".
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