Ada Palmer

(June 9, 1981 –)

Dr. Ada Palmer is a Chicago fan, historian and writer. She was a member of Double Star and Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association. She is a member of the folk/filk groups Trickster and King and Sassafrass.

In mundane life, she is Assistant Professor in the Department of History and the College at the University of Chicago.

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
• Official website.
• Palmer’s song “Somebody Will” performed by Sassafrass.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 2017 -- 2017 Campbell Award, Chessiecon 2017, Compton Crook Award for Too Like the Lightning
• 2019 -- Storming the ConFusion, FOGcon 8
• 2021 -- toastmaster at Windycon 47
• 2023 -- Confluence 2023, Astronomicon 14

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1981—

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