Alice Bradley Sheldon

American science fiction writer

1915 or 1916   -   1987

genre: science fiction
country of citizenship: United States of America
educated at: George Washington University, Sarah Lawrence College, American University
occupation: novelist, writer, author, psychologist, artist, science fiction writer
award received: Nebula Award for Best Short Story, Hugo Award for Best Novella, Nebula Award for Best Novella, Nebula Award for Best Novelette, Locus Award for Best Short Story, Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame

Alice Bradley Sheldon (August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987) was an American science fiction author better known as James Tiptree Jr., a pen name she used from 1967 to her death. It was not publicly known until 1977 that James Tiptree Jr. was a woman. From 1974 to 1977 she also used the pen name Raccoona Sheldon. Sheldon was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2012.
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