Joan Lyn Slonczewski | |
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Born | Hyde Park, New York, U.S. | August 14, 1956
Education | Bryn Mawr College (AB) Yale University (PhD) University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation(s) | Microbiology professor Science fiction author |
Employer | Kenyon College |
Known for | A Door into Ocean |
Website | Homepage |
Joan Lyn Slonczewski (born August 14, 1956)[1] is an American microbiologist at Kenyon College and a science fiction writer who explores biology and space travel. Their books have twice earned the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel: A Door into Ocean (1987) and The Highest Frontier (2011). With John W. Foster and Erik Zinser, they coauthor the textbook, Microbiology: An Evolving Science (W. W. Norton) now in its fifth edition.