Suzette Haden Elgin

Linguist and science fiction writer and artist. Creator of the Coyote Jones series, the Ozark Trilogy, and the Native Tongue Trilogy, and various short stories. She has written several popular works on communication, focusing on how to avoid or defuse verbal conflict and attacks.

Creator of the constructed language Láadan, a women's language; first discussed in the Native Tongue Trilogy.

Influences, Impacts, Intertextualism, Connections

• "The Two of Them" by Joanna Russ, which took the characters and settings from Elgin's short story "For the Sake of Grace".

Bibliography

• See annotated bibliography at SHE's website.

Coyote Jones (Communipath Worlds)

• The Communipaths (1970)
• Furthest (1971)
• At the Seventh Level (1972)
• Star-Anchored, Star-Angered (1979)
• Yonder Comes the Other End of Time (1986)

• The Coyote Jones novels are currently out of print. Suzette Haden Elgin explained the problem with the reprint contract at Wildside Press at her website (http://www.sfwa.org/members/elgin/CoyoteJones.html ).

The Ozark Fantasy Trilogy

• Twelve Fair Kingdoms (1981)
• The Grand Jubilee (1981)
• And Then There'll Be Fireworks (1981)
• Yonder Comes the Other End of Time (1986)
• See SHE's Ozark Trilogy page for more information, including a paper doll and two filksongs.

The Native Tongue Trilogy

• Native Tongue (1984)
• Native Tongue II: The Judas Rose (1987)
• Native Tongue III: Earthsong' (1993)

Numerous nonfictional works on linguistics and communication skills. Of particular interest:

• A First Dictionary and Grammar of Láadan (1st ed.; 2d ed. 1988)
• Genderspeak (1993)

External Links

• Ozarque (Suzette Haden Elgin's LiveJournal)
• Suzette Haden Elgin's Website