Joanna Russ

Joanna Russ (born 22 February 1937), American writer, pioneer of feminist science fiction, essayist.

Biography

Grew up in the Bronx. Born to Bertha Zinner and Evarett I. Russ. BA with High Honors in English from Cornell University (1957); MFA from Yale University School of Drama (1960). Came out in 1969. Taught at Cornell, SUNY Binghamton, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Washington (Seattle).

First published in 1959.

Bibliography

Novels

• Picnic on Paradise (1968)
• And Chaos Died (1970)
• The Female Man (1975)
• We Who Are About To... (1977)
• Kittatinny: A Tale of Magic (1978)
• The Two of Them (1978)
• On Strike Against God (1980) (non-SF)

Collections

• The Adventures of Alyx (1976; 1986)
• The Zanzibar Cat (1983)
• Extra(Ordinary) People (1985)
• The Hidden Side of the Moon (1987)

Nonfiction

• "The Image of Women in Science Fiction" (1971)
• How to Suppress Women's Writing (1983)
• [[Magic Mommas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans