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	'''Virginia Kidd''' (Mildred Virginia Kidd, June 2, 1921 - January 11, 2003) was an influential literary agent in SF, representing [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] and many other significant SF writers. Kidd was also an editor, poet, and writer in her own right. She founded the [[Virginia Kidd Literary Agency]], which continues to represent many writers. She was a [[Futurian]] and one of the founding members of the Vanguard Amateur Press Association.		'''Virginia Kidd''' (Mildred Virginia Kidd, June 2, 1921 - January 11, 2003) was an influential literary agent in SF, representing [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] and many other significant SF writers. Kidd was also an editor, poet, and writer in her own right. She founded the [[Virginia Kidd Literary Agency]], which continues to represent many writers. She was a [[Futurian]] and one of the founding members of the [[Vanguard Amateur Press Association]].

	She had been married to opera singer Jack Emden (1943-1947) and then fellow SF writer [[James Blish]] (1947 - 1963)		She had been married to opera singer Jack Emden (1943-1947) and then fellow SF writer [[James Blish]] (1947-1963).

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	'''Virginia Kidd''' (Mildred Virginia Kidd, June 2, 1921 - January 11, 2003) was an influential literary agent in SF, representing [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] and many other significant SF writers. Kidd was also an editor, poet, and writer in her own right. She founded the [[Virginia Kidd Literary Agency]], which continues to represent many writers.		'''Virginia Kidd''' (Mildred Virginia Kidd, June 2, 1921 - January 11, 2003) was an influential literary agent in SF, representing [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] and many other significant SF writers. Kidd was also an editor, poet, and writer in her own right. She founded the [[Virginia Kidd Literary Agency]], which continues to represent many writers. She was a [[Futurian]] and one of the founding members of the Vanguard Amateur Press Association.

			She had been married to opera singer Jack Emden (1943-1947) and then fellow SF writer [[James Blish]] (1947 - 1963)

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			The Futurians: the Story of the Science Fiction "Family" of the 30'S That Produced Today's Top Sf Writers & Editors (1977) by Damon Knight.
	==Works==		==Works==

	===Edited ~~works~~===		===Edited anthologies===
	* ''[[Saving Worlds: A Collection of Original Science Fiction Stories]]'' (with Roger Elwood, 1973)		* ''[[Saving Worlds: A Collection of Original Science Fiction Stories]]'' (with Roger Elwood, 1973)
	* ''[[The Wounded Planet]]'' (1974)		* ''[[The Wounded Planet]]'' (1974)
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	* ''[[Interfaces: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction]]'' (1980) (with [[Ursula K. Le Guin]])		* ''[[Interfaces: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction]]'' (1980) (with [[Ursula K. Le Guin]])
	* ''[[Edges: Thirteen New Tales from the Borderlands of the Imagination]]'' (1980) (with Ursula K. Le Guin).		* ''[[Edges: Thirteen New Tales from the Borderlands of the Imagination]]'' (1980) (with Ursula K. Le Guin).

			==Edited works==
			* ''[[Dragonflight]]'' by [[Anne McCaffrey]] (1968)
			* ''[[The Eye of the Heron]]'' by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] (1982)

	===Written works===		===Written works===
			* "Argument" ''Weird Tales 55'' (Fall 1998, p.51)
	* "Kangaroo Court" (1966 short story; reprinted as "Flowering Season")		* "Kangaroo Court" (1966 short story; reprinted as "Flowering Season")
			* "A King of King" (poem, 1995)
	* "Ok, O Che? by K." (1995 short story)		* "Ok, O Che? by K." (1995 short story)
	* "Argument" (1998 poem)		* "Argument" (1998 poem)
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	* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]], [http://www.ursulakleguin.com/VirginiaKidd.html "About Virginia Kidd"] (2003 in memoriam) ("I come back to what I wrote above, "She loved to take a risk." I was, to start with, and often since, one of her major risks. I never was a safe horse. But oh, what a joy it was, racing under her colors!")		* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]], [http://www.ursulakleguin.com/VirginiaKidd.html "About Virginia Kidd"] (2003 in memoriam) ("I come back to what I wrote above, "She loved to take a risk." I was, to start with, and often since, one of her major risks. I never was a safe horse. But oh, what a joy it was, racing under her colors!")
			* Soky Chhe, [http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Kidd__Virginia.html "Virginia Kidd"], [http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/ The Pennsylvania Center for the Book]


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	==Further reading==		==Further reading==
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	* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]], [http://www.ursulakleguin.com/VirginiaKidd.html "About Virginia Kidd"] (2003 in memoriam)		* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]], [http://www.ursulakleguin.com/VirginiaKidd.html "About Virginia Kidd"] (2003 in memoriam) ("I come back to what I wrote above, "She loved to take a risk." I was, to start with, and often since, one of her major risks. I never was a safe horse. But oh, what a joy it was, racing under her colors!")

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			* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]], [http://www.ursulakleguin.com/VirginiaKidd.html "About Virginia Kidd"] (2003 in memoriam)

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