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Birthday
(Tuesday)
Died
Birthplace
Nationality
Languages
American English, English
Spouse
Huntington D. Sheldon (1945-1987)
Parents
Herbert Edwin Bradley, Mary Hastings Bradley
Education
American University, George Washington University, Sarah Lawrence College
Zodiac Sign
♍ Virgo
Chinese Zodiac
兔 Rabbit
Name Origin
English < Old High German < Proto-Germanic (*aþalaz)
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DROPTHE_ GOSSIP
Alice Bradley Sheldon: American science fiction writer (1915–1987).
Born in Chicago (died at age 71).
9 awards including Hayakawa Award.
Studied at American University.
AWARDS (9)
B
Hayakawa Award
WON
B
Hugo Award for Best Novella
WON
B
Locus Award for Best Novella
WON
B
Locus Award for Best Short Story
WON
Biography
Alice Bradley Sheldon, better known as James Tiptree Jr., was an American science fiction and fantasy author. It was not publicly known until 1977 that James Tiptree Jr. was a pen name of a woman, which she used from 1967 until her death. From 1974 to 1985, she also occasionally used the pen name Raccoona Sheldon. Tiptree was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Alice Bradley Sheldon was born in Chicago.
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