Vonda N. McIntyre
Vonda N. McIntyre | |
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Seattle, Washington, U.S. | |
Occupation | Writer, biologist |
Education | University of Washington (BS) |
Genre | Science fiction |
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Vonda Neel McIntyre (August 28, 1948 – April 1, 2019)[1] was an American science fiction writer and biologist.
Early life and education
Vonda N. McIntyre was born in
In 1970, she earned a Bachelor of Science, with honors, in biology from the University of Washington.[3] That same year, she attended the Clarion Writers Workshop. McIntyre went on to do graduate work at University of Washington in genetics.[3]
Career
In 1971, McIntyre founded the
McIntyre won her first Nebula Award in 1973, for the novelette '"Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand". This later became part of the novel Dreamsnake (1978), which was rejected by the first editor who saw it, but went on to win both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.[5] McIntyre became the third woman to receive the Hugo Award for Best Novel (1979).[6]
McIntyre's debut novel, The Exile Waiting, was published in 1975. In 1976, McIntyre co-edited Aurora: Beyond Equality, a feminist/humanist science fiction anthology, with Susan Janice Anderson.[7]
She also wrote a number of
While taking part in a science fiction convention panel on sci-fi in TV, McIntyre became exasperated at a fellow panelist's extreme negativity toward existing science fiction TV shows. She asked the panel and audience if they had managed to see Starfarers, which she claimed was an amazing SF miniseries that had almost no viewers due to bad scheduling on the part of the network. No such show existed, but after reflecting on the plot she described, McIntyre felt it would make a good novel, and went on to write Starfarers as well as its three sequels, later referring to it as "my Best SF TV Series Never Made".[11]
McIntyre's novel
She was able to complete a final novel, Curve of the World, shortly before her death in 2019.[15]
Personal life
She enjoyed crafting crocheted marine creatures to contribute to the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef project of the Institute For Figuring.[16]
McIntyre died on April 1, 2019, at her home in Seattle, Washington, of metastatic pancreatic cancer,[17] which was diagnosed in February.[1][18]
Legacy
In 2019, Clarion West established the Vonda N. McIntyre Memorial Scholarship, to enable women writers and writers of color to attend the Clarion West Writers Workshop and Writing the Other established the Vonda N. McIntyre Sentient Squid Memorial Scholarship, to help authors at any point in their career path and from every background, including those who don't have the money to pay for writing workshops.[citation needed]
Awards and tributes
- "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand": 1974 Nebula Award, nominated for the 1974 Hugo Award and the 1974 Locus Poll Award
- Dreamsnake: 1979 Hugo Award, 1979 Nebula Award
- Robert A. Heinlein dedicated his 1982 novel Friday, "to Vonda" (among many others).[19]
- James Tiptree, Jr. Award
- "Little Faces": Nominated for the 2005 James Tiptree, Jr. Award, 2006 Sturgeon Award, and the 2007 Nebula Award
- McIntyre was a Guest of Honor at Sasquan, the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention.
Bibliography
References
- ^ a b c d Holland, Steve (April 4, 2019). "Vonda N McIntyre obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ ISBN 9781558624320.
- ^ "Our Mission". Clarion West Writers Workshop. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- ^ a b McIntyre, Vonda N. [@vondanmcintyre] (July 8, 2012). "Both Dreamsnake and The Moon and the Sun were rejected by the first editors who saw them. #feministSF" (Tweet). Retrieved November 15, 2013 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Hugo Awards by Year". The Hugo Awards. July 19, 2007. Retrieved November 15, 2013.
- ISFDB. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ Starlog Magazine. Vol. 112. pp. 63–67. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ "The Comics Buyer's Guide". Comics Buyer's Guide. No. 1614. March 2006. p. 10.
- ISBN 9781476683546.
- ^ McIntyre, Vonda N. (October 18, 2009). "Casting Starfarers". bookviewcafe.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ISFDB. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ Groves, Don (August 9, 2013). "Australia attracts The Moon & the Sun". IF Magazine. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ Grobar, Matt (October 20, 2021). "'The King's Daughter': Gravitas Ventures Nabs Rights To Fantasy Film Starring Pierce Brosnan & More, With Narration By Julie Andrews". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
- Tor.com. April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "Contributors". Crochet Coral Reef. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2013.
- ^ Glyer, Mike (April 1, 2019). "Science Fiction Author Vonda N. McIntyre, Official Obituary". File 770. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- ^ "Vonda N. McIntyre (1948-2019)". Locus. April 2, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ Davitt, Jane (2002). "Heinlein's Dedications". Nitrosyncretic Press.
External links
- Vonda N. McIntyre – Memorial website
- Vonda N. McIntyre at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database