Dr. Simon Reads Appendix N Part Nineteen: Andre Norton
Dr. Simon Reads Appendix N Part Nineteen: Andre Norton This is an ongoing sporadic series, in which I explore classic fantasy and science fiction works. Appendix N is the bibliography of Gary Gygax's original Dungeon Masters Guide, and lists a range of classic SF and fantasy authors that influenced his interest in the fantastical. See the first part of this series for more information. Andre Norton The second of only three women on this list. Andre Alice Mary Norton, born 1912 in Cleveland Ohio, and died 2005, of congestive heart failure in a hospice in Tennessee, having spent some years in Florida due to ill health. She was first woman to be made SFWA Grand Master and to be inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Her career is suitably bookish - teacher, librarian, bookshop owner. She's got an impressive bibliography, as well as being twice winner of a Hugo, and there's now a writers' prize named after her. Appendix N doesn’t suggest