Warren Carl Norwood | |||||||
Birth Date: | 21 August 1945 | ||||||
Death Place: | Weatherford, Texas, U.S. | ||||||
Nationality: | American | ||||||
Genre: | Science fiction | ||||||
Spouse: | Gigi Sherrell Norwood | ||||||
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Warren Carl Norwood (August 21, 1945 – June 3, 2005) was an American science fiction novelist, teacher, and musician.
Norwood was a member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and was the author of 14 science fiction novels, most of them written during the 1980s.
When not writing, he was a longtime employee of Craig's Music in Weatherford, Texas. Norwood also taught writing at Weatherford College and Tarrant County College.
A veteran of the Vietnam War, Warren received the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and Army Commendation Medal.
Upon his death, his manuscripts and papers, consisting of 53 boxes of material, were transferred to the University of North Texas Special Collections department in Denton.[1]
Norwood died of liver disease and kidney failure in Weatherford, Texas on Friday, June 3, 2005 at the age of 59. He was survived by his wife Gigi Sherrell Norwood.