Joan D. Vinge

1948 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

genre: science fiction

country of citizenship: United States of America

native language: English

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: San Diego State University

occupation: poet, novelist, writer, science fiction writer

award received: Hugo Award for Best Novelette, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Hugo Award for Best Novel

official website: www.sff.net/people/jdvinge/home.htm

Joan D. Vinge ( (listen); born April 2, 1948, as Joan Carol Dennison) is an American science fiction author. She is known for such works as her Hugo Award–winning novel The Snow Queen and its sequels, her series about the telepath named Cat, and her Heaven's Chronicles books. She also is the author of The Random House Book of Greek Myths (1999). Source: Wikipedia (en)