Carol Emshwiller
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Carol Emshwiller

9 books0 series

Carol Emshwiller (1921-2019) was an American writer of avant garde short stories and science fiction who has won prizes ranging from the Nebula Award to the Philip K. Dick Award. Ursula K. Le Guin has called her "a major fabulist, a marvelous magical realist, one of the strongest, most complex, mos…

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Carol Emshwiller (1921-2019) was an American writer of avant garde short stories and science fiction who has won prizes ranging from the Nebula Award to the Philip K. Dick Award. Ursula K. Le Guin has called her "a major fabulist, a marvelous magical realist, one of the strongest, most complex, most consistently feminist voices in fiction." Among her novels are Carmen Dog and The Mount. She has also written two cowboy novels called Ledoyt and Leaping Man Hill. Her most recent novel, The Secret City, was published in April 2007.

AUTHOR CAREER

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1974–20119 cataloged publications

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THE AUTHOR’S WRITING

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Main classification

Fantasy1 (11%)
Science Fiction8 (89%)

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Genres and themes

Science Fiction8 / 9 books
Fantasy1 / 9 books