Andre Norton Dead at 93

Posted on March 20, 2005

Legendary fantasy and science fiction author Andre Norton died Friday night at her home of congestive heart failure at the age of 93. She the first woman to be a SFWA Grand Master and to be inducted in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. She received Skylark, Balrog, and World Fantasy awards, and was the first woman to win the Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy award. Her last e novel, Three Hands for Scorpio (Tor) will be released in April. You can read the SFWA's obituary here. She will be greatly missed.


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