Doris Piserchia

Doris Piserchia
Born	Doris Elaine Summers 11 October 1928 (1928-10-11) (age 83) Fairmont, West Virginia
Language	English
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Joseph John Piserchia
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Doris Piserchia (born October 11, 1928 in Fairmont, West Virginia) is a science fiction writer who was born and raised in West Virginia. She served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1954 and after that received her Master's in educational psychology. She did not begin publishing until 1966. Her stories have an interest in aliens and have been termed "darkly comic" by admirers. Despite her military experience, age, and preference for older SF, she is often associated with the New Wave. Related to that she has a story in The Last Dangerous Visions. She has also been of interest to those in Feminist science fiction.^[1]

She has not published any work since 1983,^[2] shortly before her adult daughter died suddenly, leaving her with a three-year-old granddaughter to raise.^[3]

Bibliography

• Mr. Justice (1973)
• Star Rider (1974)
• A Billion Days of Earth (1976)
• Earthchild (1977)
• Spaceling (1978)
• The Spinner (1980)
• The Fluger (1980)
• Doomtime (1981)
• Earth in Twilight (1981)
• Blood County (1982) [as by Curt Selby]
• I, Zombie (1982) [as by Curt Selby]
• The Dimensioneers (1982)
• The Deadly Sky (1983)

References

Notes

1. ^ Henry, Liz (November 1995). "The Doris Piserchia Page". Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy & Utopia. http://feministsf.org/authors/piserchia/index.html. Retrieved 11 October 2011. 
2. ^ Clute and Nicholls 1995, p. 934.
3. ^ Pataki, Joanna; Tom Moody (Fall 2000). "An Interview with Doris Piserchia". The Doris Piserchia Website. http://www.digitalmediatree.com/dorispiserchia/interview/. Retrieved 11 October 2011. 

Bibliography

• Clute, John and Peter Nicholls (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St Martin's Griffin, 1995. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.

External links

• Biographical sketch from the Doris Piserchia website
• Doris Piserchia at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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