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Sheila Finch

Sheila Finch (born 1935) is a science fiction author. She has won the Nebula Award for her 1998 novella “Reading the Bones,” which was later expanded into a novel. She was born in London, and currently lives in Los Angeles.

From Sheila Finch's official website:

Sheila Finch is the award winning author of eight science fiction novels.  Her novel, Infinity's Web, recieved the Compton Crook award and her young adult book, Tiger in the Sky, won the 1999 San Diego Book award for best juvenile fiction.

In 1998, she won the Nebula Award for her novella, "Reading The Bones."

Sheila's work has been collected in numerous anthologies and she's a regular contributor to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

She is most well known for her many stories about members of the Guild of Xenolinguists, the translators for the languages in the worlds we will explore in the future.

Sheila spent many years as a teacher of creative writing at the college level in souther California as well as at conferences and conventions around the world.  A large number of her students have themselves become published authors.  Now retired from El Camino College, she continues to teach through many venues.

Author photo by Anne Hutchins

Other websites:

• Welcome to Sheila Finch, the author's official site. Includes her complete bibliography.
• http://lingster1.livejournal.com The author's blog site.
• Sheila Finch in Wikipedia

 

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