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Gene Wolfe

Born: May 7, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York
First Publication: The Dead Man, Sir, October 1965
First Novel: Operation Ares, Berkley, 1970
Nebula Awards: The Death of Doctor Island, 1973 Novella
The Claw of the Conciliator, 1981 Novel
Gandalf Awards:The Shadow of the Torturer
Stories From the Old Hotel
Gene has also won the Chicago Foundation for Literature Award, the Prix Apollo, The Dealthrealm Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the British Science Fiction Award. Steve Jackson Games is putting out a game based on The Book of the New Sun.
Gene and his wife, Rosemary, have four children (Roy, Maddie, Teri, and Matt), now all grown, and one grandchild, Rebecca "Becca" Marie Spizzirri. They also have a dog named Calamity Jane. (As opposed to Becca's dog, Hot Chocolate).
"Most people have good instincts and bad opinions."


Card 19 was issued at Disclave '96 and Wiscon 20, May 24, 1996.
(photo by John L. Coker III)
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