Clare Winger Harris | |
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 Clare Winger Harris, as pictured in the 1929 debut issue of Science Wonder Quarterly | |
| Born | Clare Winger January 18, 1891 Freeport, Illinois |
| Died | October 26, 1968 (age 77) Pasadena, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1923–1933 |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Spouse | Frank Clyde Harris |
| Children | 3 |
Clare Winger Harris (January 18, 1891 – October 26, 1968[1]) was a pioneering science fiction writer whose short stories were published during the 1920s. She is credited as the first woman to publish stories under her own name in science fiction magazines.[2][3][4] Harris began publishing stories in 1926 and soon became popular with readers, with most of her fiction appearing in the influential magazine Amazing Stories.[1] She published a total of twelve stories, all but one of which were collected in 1947 as Away From the Here and Now; a full collection was not published until 2019 when The Artificial Man and Other Stories appeared. Her stories, which often feature strong female characters, have been reprinted in anthologies such as Library of America's The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women and Wesleyan University Press's Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction.
- ^ a b "Meet the Reclusive Woman Who Became a Pioneer of Science Fiction". Literary Hub. 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ^ "Clare Winger Harris," The Future is Female!, Library of America, accessed March 18, 2024.
- ^ Donawerth, Jane (1990). "Teaching Science Fiction by Women". The English Journal (subscription required). 79 (3): 39–46. doi:10.2307/819233. JSTOR 819233.
- ^ Davis, Cynthia J.; West, Kathryn (1996). Women Writers in the United States: A Timeline of Literary, Cultural, and Social History. Oxford University Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-19-509053-6.