Susan C. Petrey Explained

Susan Candace Petrey (7 April 1945 – 5 December 1980) was an American writer of fantasy short fiction.

Biography

Born in Seattle, Petrey worked as a medical technologist after obtaining a degree in microbiology. Most of her writing took place in a setting involving "gentle healing vampires", the "Varkela".[1] Only three of her stories were professionally published during her lifetime. More of her work appeared in the posthumous collection Gifts of Blood (1990).[2] In 1981, she was nominated, also posthumously, for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and her story "Spidersong" was nominated for the Hugo Award.

Petrey was active in the Portland, Oregon science fiction fandom. A group of her friends established the Susan C. Petrey Clarion Scholarship Fund[3] in her memory. The fund annually raises money to send aspiring writers to the Clarion Workshop.

Notes and References

  1. News: Cross . Debbie . Wrigley . Paul M. . Author Spotlight: Susan C. Petrey - Lightspeed Magazine . 19 June 2018 . . 11 November 2014 . 20 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180620001012/http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-susan-c-petrey/ . live .
  2. News: Davis Nicoll . James . Fighting Erasure: Women SF Writers of the 1970s, Part VIII . 19 June 2018 . . 18 June 2018 . 11 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180711021225/https://www.tor.com/2018/06/18/fighting-erasure-women-sf-writers-of-the-1970s-part-viii/ . live .
  3. Web site: Susan C. Petrey Clarion Scholarship Fund – OSFCI . osfci.org . 19 June 2018 . 19 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180619214303/http://osfci.org/petrey/ . live .