Suzy McKee Charnas
American novelist and short story writer
Died when: 83 years 72 days (998 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Suzy McKee Charnas (born October 22, 1939) was an American novelist and short story writer, writing primarily in the genres of science fiction and fantasy.
She has won several awards for her fiction, including the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award and the James Tiptree Jr.
Award.A selection of her short fiction was collected in in 2004.The Holdfast Chronicles, a four-volume story written over the course of almost thirty years (the first installment, Walk to the End of the World was published in 1974, and the last installment, was published in 1999) is considered to be her major accomplishment in writing.
The series addresses the topics of feminist dystopia, separatist societies, war, and reintegration.Another of her major works, The Vampire Tapestry, has been adapted (by Charnas herself) into a play called "".
She lives in New Mexico.
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