Born in 1946, part of the first wave of the baby boom, which meant that she went to school in very crowded classrooms, where there wasn't much attention paid to individual students. In a long and circuitous way, this ultimately led to her becoming a teacher in a college where classes are small and a great deal of attention is paid to individual students. Teaches science fiction writing at Columbia College of Chicago, and sometimes teaches other forms of popular fiction writing, and likes it a lot. But that's only a small part of her life.
She has been a professional writer since 1971, both her own and in collaboration with her husband Alex. She has published 6 novels and thirty or so short stories, novelets, and novellas. She has been nominated twice each for the Hugo and the Nebula, the SF field's highest awards. She has also written a nonfiction book, Overcoming the Pain of Inflammatory Arthritis, which is about the use of pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) for arthritis, a disease she has had all of her adult life. And Editor-in-Chief and Autocrat of Spec-Lit, a more-or-less-annual anthology she persuaded Columbia College to fund, which showcases the best SF of her students as well as some classic stories that haven't seen print in a long time. Spec-Lit also gives Alex and her (he's the Associate Editor and Art Director) a chance to put some of their favorite Emsh paintings on the covers. This author has been recommended by 5 other readers. | |
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