Marjorie Luesebrink

Marjorie Luesebrink
BornMarjorie Coverley Luesebrink
August 4, 1943
California, United States
DiedOctober 4, 2023(2023-10-04) (aged 80)
Pen nameM.D. Coverley
NationalityAmerican
Website
califia.us

Marjorie Coverley Luesebrink (August 4, 1943 – October 4, 2023) was an American writer, scholar, and teacher. Writing hypermedia fiction under the pen name M.D. Coverley, she is best known for her epic hypertext novels Califia (2000) and Egypt: The Book of Going Forth by Day (2006). A pioneer born-digital writer, she is part of the first generation of electronic literature authors that arose in the 1987–1997 period.[1] She was a founding board member and past president of the Electronic Literature Organization[2] and the first winner of the Electronic Literature Organization Career Achievement Award, which was named in her honor.[3] Lusebrink was professor emeritus, School of Humanities and Languages at Irvine Valley College (IVC).

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