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Posted By: Bmat Mar 17, 2005 - 10:52 am

Andre Norton died of pneumonia March 17, 2005. She was born on February 17, 1912. She wrote many fantasy and young adult books (Witch World series) and mentored hundreds of young writers. (Dead People Server)

'Andre Norton, now considered the "Grand Dame of Science Fiction and Fantasy," was born Alice Mary Norton on February 17, 1912, in Cleveland...

Through her masterful storytelling -- and with an element of luck -- Andre Norton has become one of science fiction's most famous female authors. She has won the Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy and the Nebula Grand Master Award, the first woman to receive each. In 1958, Norton left Gnome Press to write full time, and she concentrated on opening a writer's retreat near her home in Tennessee. "There are several writer's retreats in existence," she says, "but they won't admit genre writers." With the opening of "High Hallack," Science Fiction, Mystery, Fantasy, Romance, Horror, and Western writers had a working retreat and research library of their own. Though she laments, "most modern fiction -- at least in this country -- is violent, raw, and most pessimistic," she recognizes talent in the many upcoming writers. Her advice is to follow her path. "A good way to start these days is to write in the Young Adult field. It's not as crowded." '

http://www.ohioreadingroadtrip.org/norton/