wyfie: literally, “little wife,” implying a less-than-satisfactory substitute; colloquial and offensive term for a fem or a homosexual man.
About the Author
Melissa Scott studied history at Harvard College and Brandeis University, and earned her PhD. in comparative history. She published her first novel in 1984, and has since written some two dozen science fiction and fantasy works, including three co-authored with her partner, Lisa A. Barnett.
Scott’s work is known for the elaborate and well-constructed settings. While many of her protagonists are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender, this is perfectly integrated into the rest of the story and is rarely a major focus of the story. Shadow Man, alone among Scott’s works, focuses explicitly on issues of sexuality and gender.
She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction in 1986, and has won several Lambda Literary Awards.
In addition to writing, Scott also teaches writing, offering classes via her website and publishing a writing guide.
Scott lived with her partner, author Lisa A. Barnett, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire for 27 years, until the latter’s death of breast cancer on May 2, 2006.
Also by Melissa Scott
The Game Beyond
A Choice of Destinies
The Kindly Ones
Mighty Good Road
Dreamships
Burning Bright
Trouble and Her Friends
Dreaming Metal, a continuation from Dreamships
Night Sky Mine
The Shapes of Their Hearts
The Jazz
Five-Twelfths of Heaven
Silence in Solitude
The Empress of Earth
The Armor of Light
Point of Hopes
Point of Dreams
Proud Helios (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
The Garden (Star Trek: Voyager)
Conceiving the Heavens: Creating the Science Fiction Novel
Copyright
Paragons of Queer Speculative Fiction
Lethe Press
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Copyright Melissa Scott 1995, renewed 2009. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, except for brief citation or review, without the written permission of Lethe Press. For information write: Lethe Press, 118 Heritage Avenue, Maple Shade, NJ 08052.
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