Andre Norton

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Andre Norton

Birth-Death

1912-2005

Biography and Works

Andre Norton, born Alice Mary Norton, was a librarian turned author who wrote children's and adult SFF and history. She sometimes wrote under pen names Andrew North or Allen Weston. Her work often deals with the maturation of a young protagonist depending on appreciating some aspect of history in their world. Her Witch World series marked a turn to fantasy. Norton wrote the first novel based on Dungeons and Dragons. She has won many awards, was a co-founding member of the Swordsman and Sorcerer's Guild in America, and was the first woman to be named SFWA Grand Master and to be inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. She has been called the Grand Dame of SFF (Wikipedia - Andre Norton).

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