Andre Norton was born Alice Mary Norton in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of rug company owner and his wife. She began writing while she was in high school, and she was the editor of a literary page in the school's paper. She also wrote her first novel, Ralestone Luck, which was published in 1938. Her first published novel was The Prince Commands (1934). She graduated from high school in 1930 and began studying teaching at Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University. In 1932 she dropped out early due to economic conditions and began working for the Cleveland Library System. In 1934, she legally changed her name to Andre Alice Norton, the pen name she had adopted to increase her marketability since boys were the main audience for fantasy. In 1941, she bought a bookstore called the Mystery House in Mount Rainier, Maryland, but the business failed and she returned to the Cleveland Public Library. In 1950 she became a reader for the Gnome Press Co. In 1958 she became a full-time author. In 1966 she moved to Florida for health reasons, and then to Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In 1977, she received the Gandalf Grand Master Award from the World Science Fiction Society, and in 1983 she received the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. She died in March of 2005 of congestive heart failure.
She has been called the Grande Dame of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Over the course of her career, she published over 300 published titles read by four generations. Shortly after her death, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America created the Andre Norton Award for outstanding work of fantasy or science fiction for Young Adults.
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American writer of science fiction and fantasy
Born | 17 February 1912 |
Died | 17 March 2005 |
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Andre Norton
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American writer of science fiction and fantasy
Born | 17 February 1912 |
Died | 17 March 2005 |
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Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, fantasy, general, Science fiction, Witch world (imaginary place), fiction, American Science fiction, Fiction, general, Life on other planets, Children's fiction, Witch World (Imaginary place), Fantasy, Juvenile fiction, American Fantasy fiction, Fantasy fiction, Time travel, Science Fiction, Fiction in English, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Magic, Children's stories, Accessible book, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, science fiction, space opera, Solar Queen (Imaginary space vehicle), Fiction, fantasy, historicalPlaces
Earth, Witch World, Janus, United States, Arzor, Astra, China, Egypt, England, High Hallack, Ohio, Thoth, Yiktor, A desolate planet, Alternate Earth, Arizona, Atlantis, Canuche in Halio, Carribean Sea, Clio (fictional planet), Forerunners, France, Great Britain, Hall of leave taking, InyangaPeople
Naill Renfro, Andre Norton, Eet, Gorgol, Hosteen Storm, Krip Vorland, Krip Vorlund, Logan Quade, Maelen, Medic Tau, Murdoc Jern, Ross Murdock, Andas Kastor, Anigel, Arskane, Barkers, Blake Walker, Brad Quade, Capt Jellico, Capt. Foss, Captain Jellico, Captain Jellico and the crew of ""The Solar Queen"", Craike, Dalgard Nordis, Dane ThorsenTime
The far distant future, 20th century, Distant future, Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D., In the future, 000 years after the Folsom Man, 1700, 1800s, 1930s, 2250 A.D., 3956 AD, 8054 AD, A woman's fight for freedom., Alien Planet, Far Future, In the Future, Post-Apocalypse, Prehistoric Times, Present day to 10, Revolution, 1775-1783, The Far Distant Future, To 332 B.C., Twentieth Century, in an alternative universe of low tech accessible from Earth thru ancient standing stoneID Numbers
- OLID: OL27951A
- VIAF: 121640202
- Wikidata: Q235899
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Alternative names
- Andrew North
- Alice Mary Norton
- Alice M. Norton
- André Norton
- Alice Andre Norton
- Andre NORTON
- André Norton
- Norton André
- André NORTON
- María del Carmen Gutiérrez Sánchez
- Carmela Gutiérrez de Gambra
- Miguel Arazuri
- André Ronsac
- Clara San Miguel
- Alice Norton
- Enid Colman
- Andrė Norton
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