Susan Palwick

Susan Palwick is an American science fiction and fantasy writer who began her career by publishing "The Woman Who Saved the World" for "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" in 1985.

Palwick holds a doctoral degree from Yale and currently teaches as an associate professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno. Although not a prolific author, Palwick's work has received multiple awards, including the Rhysling Award (in 1985) for her poem "The Neighbor's Wife." She won the Crawford Award for best first novel with "Flying in Place" in 1993, and The Alex Award in 2005 for her second novel, "The Necessary Beggar". Her third novel, "Shelter", was published by Tor in 2007. Another book, "The Fate of Mice" (a collection of short stories), has also been published by Tachyon Publications.

Susan Palwick is a practicing Episcopalian.

Books by Susan Palwick

*"Flying in Place" (1993)
*"The Necessary Beggar" (2005)
*"The Fate of Mice" (2007)
*"Shelter" (2007)

External links

* [http://improbableoptimisms.blogspot.com/ Susan Palwick's blog]