Karen Kruse Anderson

Karen Kruse Anderson (IPAEng|kruːzi; born 1932) is the widow and sometime co-author of Poul Anderson, and mother-in-law of writer Greg Bear.

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name = Karen Kruse Anderson
birthdate = 1932
genre = Fantasy

She is noted as the first person to use the term "filk music" in print. [Cite web
url=http://www.nightsong.com/filk/twippledop/
title=Tracking Down The First Deliberate Use Of "Filk Song"
accessdate=2007-08-20
author=Lee Gold] She also wrote the first publishedFact|date=August 2007 science fiction haiku (or scifaiku), "Six Haiku" (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1962). She also probably coined the term "sophont" to describe the general class of sentient beings.Fact|date=August 2007

Robert Heinlein in part dedicated his 1982 novel Friday to Karen. [cite book | author=Heinlein, Robert A | title=Friday| publisher=New England Library | year=1984 | id=ISBN 0-450-05549-3]

Bibliography

Novels

King of Ys

# "Roma Mater" (1986) with Poul Anderson
# "Gallicenae" (1987) with Poul Anderson
# "Dahut" (1987) with Poul Anderson
# "The Dog and the Wolf" (1988) with Poul Anderson

The Last Viking

# "The Golden Horn" (1980) with Poul Anderson
# "The Road of the Sea Horse" (1980) with Poul Anderson
# "The Sign of the Raven" (1980) with Poul Anderson

Collections

* "The Unicorn Trade" (1984) with Poul Anderson

References

External links

* [http://scifan.com/writers/aa/AndersonKaren.asp Bibliography] at SciFan
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