Eleanor Arnason

(December 28, 1942 –)

Eleanor Atwood Arnason is an SF author living in Minneapolis. She was one of the editors of the fanzine, All Mimsy.

Arnason's earliest published story, "A Clear Day in the Motor City", appeared in New Worlds in 1973. The anthropological focus in her work has led many to compare her fiction to that of Ursula K. Le Guin.

She has been a member of The Workshop, the Aardvark Writing Group, The Lady Poetesses from Hell and The Wyrdsmiths.

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
• Website.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1988 -- Minicon 23
• 1991 -- Diversicon 1, James Tiptree, Jr. Award
• 1994 -- First Contact 1, Minnesota Fantasy Award
• 2000 -- 2000 Best Novelette Hugo (nomination)
• 2001 -- Arcana 31, CONvergence 2001
• 2004 -- WisCon 28
• 2007 -- MarsCon 2007
• 2016 -- Gaylaxicon 2016
• 2017 -- Diversicon 25
• 2018 -- CONvergence 2018
• Mythopoeic Award (for A Woman of the Iron People)
• Spectrum Award (for "Dapple")
• HOMer Award (for her novelette "Stellar Harvest")

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