Carol Emshwiller | |
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 Carol Emshwiller, 1998 | |
| Born | Carol Fries April 12, 1921 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | February 2, 2019 (aged 97) Durham, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Genre | science fiction, magical realism |
Carol Emshwiller (April 12, 1921 – February 2, 2019) was an American writer of avant-garde short stories and science fiction who won prizes ranging from the Nebula Award to the Philip K. Dick Award. Ursula K. Le Guin has called her "a major fabulist, a marvelous magical realist, one of the strongest, most complex, most consistently feminist voices in fiction."[1] Among her novels are Carmen Dog and The Mount. She also wrote two cowboy novels, Ledoyt and Leaping Man Hill. Her last novel, The Secret City, was published in April 2007.
She was married to artist and experimental filmmaker Ed Emshwiller and "regularly served as his model for paintings of beautiful women."[2] The couple had three children: Eve Emshwiller, a botanist and ethnobotanist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison; Susan Emshwiller, author and co-screenwriter of the movie Pollock; and Peter Emshwiller, an actor, artist, screenwriter, and novelist.
- ^ Le Guin, Ursula K. "Ledoyt: A Novel by Carol Emshwiller". Strange Horizons. Strange Horizons. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Emshwiller, Ed". Updated January 9, 2023. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. 4th ed. Entry by co-editor John Clute. Retrieved January 12, 2023.