Sheri S. Tepper

Sheri S. Tepper
Born (1929-07-16) July 16, 1929
Genre horror, mystery fiction, feminist science fiction
Notable works The Gate to Women's Country,
Beauty,
and The Arbai Trilogy
Notable awards World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement,
Locus Award in 1992 for Beauty

Sheri Stewart Tepper (born July 16, 1929) is an American writer of science fiction, horror and mystery novels. She is known for feminist science fiction, often with an ecofeminist slant.[1]

Biography

Sheri Stewart Douglas was born near Littleton, Colorado. She married at 20, divorced in her late twenties, and "spent ten years on my own, working all kinds of different jobs" as a single mother of two.[2] She wrote some poetry and children's stories as Sheri S. Eberhart and married Gene Tepper in the late 1960s.[2] From 1962 to 1986, she worked for Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood, finally as Executive Director. As of 1998, she operated a guest ranch near Santa Fe, New Mexico.[2]

She has written under several pseudonyms, including A. J. Orde, E. E. Horlak, and B. J. Oliphant.

In November 2015, she received the World Fantasy Award for Live Achievement.[3][4]

Works

Novels

Series

Non-series

Short works

Poetry

Essays/articles

Educational pamphlets for Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood:

Pseudonymous works

References

  1. "Sheri S. Tepper". Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2012. Literature Resource Center. Web. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  2. 1 2 3 "Sheri S. Tepper interview". Locus Online (locusmag.com). Retrieved 2014-08-02. Excerpt from "Sheri S. Tepper: Speaking to the Universe", Locus 41:3 (September 1998), pp. 4–8.
  3. "Locus Online News » World Fantasy Awards Winners 2015". www.locusmag.com. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
  4. "World Fantasy Convention 2015 -- Life Achievement Awards". www.wfc2015.org. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
  5. "Upcoming4.me". Sheri S Tepper - Fish Tales cover art and synopsis. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
  6. "1990 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  7. "1993 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  8. "1992 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  9. "1997 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  10. "1998 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  11. "2001 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  12. "2003 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  13. "2004 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  14. "2008 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  15. "2009 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-06-30.

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