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Guests of Honor have included Ursula K. Le Guin, Katherine Maclean, Vonda McIntyre , Susan Wood, Suzy McKee Charnas, John Varley, Joan D. Vinge, David Hartwell, Beverly DeWeese, Octavia ButlerOctavia Butler or Octavia E. Butler (born June 22, 1947) is an American science fiction writer, and one of the handful of African-American women in the field. She is one of the recipients of the MacArthur Foundation's "genius grants". Bibliography Pattern, Chelsea Quinn YarbroBorn September 15, 1942 in Berkeley, California, Yarbro attended Berkeley schools through high school followed by three years at San Francisco State College (now University). In November 1969 she married Donald Simpson and divorced in February 1982. She h, DonDonald Allen Wollheim ( October 1, 1914 November 2, 1990) was a science fiction writer (under pseudonyms, including David Grinnell , editor and publisher. A member of the Futurians, he was one of the leading influences on the development of science fictio & Elsie Wollheim, Buck & Juanita Coulson, Terry CarrTerry Carr ( February 19, 1937 April 7, 1987) was a science fiction author and editor. Terry Carr was born in Grants Pass, Oregon. He was an enthusiastic publisher of " fanzines" (fan magazines) for science fiction which opened his way into the profession, Suzette Haden ElginSuzette Haden Elgin is an American science fiction author. Born in 1936 in Missouri, she attended the University of California San Diego in the 1960s, and began writing science fiction in order to pay tuition. She has a PhD in linguistics, and is the only, Elizabeth A. Lynn , Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Connie WillisConstance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born December 31, 1945) is an American science fiction writer. She was one of the most honored science fiction writers of the 80s and 90s, winning (among other awards) eight Hugo Awards and six Nebula Awards. Selected Bibl, Esther Friesner , Samuel R. DelanySamuel Ray "Chip" Delany, Jr. born April 1, 1942) is a gay Black American writer, academic, and literary critic. Delany was born and raised in Harlem and attended the Bronx High School of Science. Delany and the poet Marilyn Hacker, who met in high school, Avedon Carol, R. A. MacAvoy, George R.R. Martin, Howard Waldrop, Stu Shiffman, Iain M. Banks, Emma Bull, Pat Murphy, Pamela Sargent , Trina Robbins, Eleanor Arnason, Lois McMaster Bujold, Maureen McHugh, Karen Joy Fowler , Barbara Hambly, Nancy Kress, Nicola Griffith, Judith Merril, Sheri S. Tepper, Charles de Lint, Jeanne Gomoll, Elisabeth Vonarburg, Nalo Hopkinson, China Miéville, Carol Emshwiller , Patricia A. McKillip, Mary Doria Russell, Gardner Dozois, Pat Cadigan, Terri Windling , and Melissa Scott.
The James Tiptree, Jr. Award, an annual literary prize for science fiction or fantasy that expands or explores our understanding of gender, originated in a discussion at a prior WisCon, and the Tiptree Ceremony is often held at WisCon. Broad Universe, an organization with the primary goal of promoting science fiction, fantasy, and horror written by women, also originated in a discussion at a prior WisCon; as did the Carl Brandon Society, which is dedicated to addressing the representation of people of color in science fiction, fantasy and horror.
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