Leslie What | |
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 What in 2022 | |
| Born | Leslie Joyce Nelson 1955 (age 68–69) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | Santa Ana College California State University, Fullerton Pacific University (MFA) Clarion Workshop |
| Period | 1992-present |
| Genre | Speculative Fiction |
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Leslie What (born Leslie Joyce Nelson, 1955) is a Nebula Award-winning writer of speculative, literary fiction and nonfiction with three books and nearly 100 short stories and essays to her credit. An attendee of Clarion Workshop, she lives in Oregon. She won the Nebula in 1999 for the short story, The Cost of Doing Business, and in 2005, she was a finalist for the Nebula, along with Eileen Gunn, for their co-written novelette, Nirvana High.