Joan D. Vinge
Born	(1948-04-02)April 2, 1948 (age 77) Baltimore,Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist
Education	San Diego State University (BA)
Genre	Science fiction
Notable works	The Snow Queen, The Cat Novels
Spouses	Vernor Vinge ​ ​ (m. 1972; div. 1979)​ James Frenkel ​ (m. 1980)​

Joan D. Vinge (/ˈvɪndʒi/ ^ⓘ; born April 2, 1948, asJoan Carol Dennison) is an Americanscience fiction author. She is known for herHugo Award–winning novelThe Snow Queen (1980) and its sequels, her series about a telepath named Cat, and herHeaven's Chronicles books. She also is the author ofThe Random House Book of Greek Myths (1999).

Vinge studied art in college, but eventually changed to a major inanthropology, and received a B.A. degree fromSan Diego State University in 1971.^{[citation needed]}

Vinge has been married twice: first to fellow science fiction authorVernor Vinge from 1972 to 1979, and currently to science fiction editorJames Frenkel since 1980. Vinge and Frenkel have two children, and live inChapel Hill, North Carolina. She has taught at theClarion Workshop several times, both East and West.

Robert A. Heinlein dedicated his 1982 novelFriday in part to Joan.^[1]

On March 2, 2002, Vinge was severely injured in a car accident that left her with "minor but debilitating" brain damage that, along with herfibromyalgia, left her unable to write. She recovered to the point of being able to resume writing around the beginning of 2007,^[2] and her first new book after the accident was the 2011novelization of the movieCowboys & Aliens.^[3]

Vinge's first published story, "Tin Soldier", a novella, appeared inOrbit 14 in 1974. Her stories have also appeared inAnalog,Millennial Women,Asimov's Science Fiction, and several "Best of the Year" anthologies.

Several of her stories have won major awards: Her novelThe Snow Queen won the 1981Hugo Award for Best Novel. "Eyes of Amber" won the 1977Hugo Award for Best Novelette. She has also been nominated for several other Hugo andNebula Awards, as well as for theJohn W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Her novelPsion was named a Best Book for Young Adults by theAmerican Library Association.

• The Outcasts of Heaven Belt (1978)
• The Heaven Chronicles (1991) (contained novel and related novella "Legacy")

• The Snow Queen (1980)
• World's End (1984)
• The Summer Queen (1991)
• Tangled Up In Blue (2000)

• "Psiren" (1980, published as chapbook, reprinted inPhoenix in the Ashes and 2007 printing ofPsion)
• Psion (1982, expanded version published 2007)
• Catspaw (1988)
• Alien Blood (1988, omnibus ofPsion andCatspaw)
• Dreamfall (1996)

• Fireship / Mother and Child (1978) - single-volume collection of two novellas.
• Eyes of Amber (1979)
• Phoenix in the Ashes (1985)

• Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – The Storybook Based on the Movie (1983)
• Tarzan, King of the Apes (1983)
• The Dune Storybook (1984)
• Return to Oz (1985)
• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
• Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
• Santa Claus: The Movie Storybook (1985)
• Ladyhawke (1987)
• Willow (1988)
• Lost in Space (1998)
• Cowboys & Aliens (2011) (Winner of the 2012Scribe Award for Best Adapted Novel^[4]}
• 47 Ronin (2013)

• "Tin Soldier" (1974)
• "Mother and Child" (1975)
• "The Peddler's Apprentice" (with Vernor Vinge) (1975)
• "The Crystal Ship" (1976)
• "To Bell the Cat" (1977)
• "Eyes of Amber" (1977)
• "View from a Height" (1978)
• "Phoenix in the Ashes" (1978)
• "Fireship" (1978)
• "Psiren" (1980)
• "The Storm King" (1980)
• "Voices from the Dust" (1980)
• "The Hunt of the Unicorn" (1980)
• "Exorcycle" (1982)
• "Golden Girl and the Guardians of the Gemstones" (as by Billie Randall) (1985)
• "Tam Lin" (1985)
• "Latter-Day Martian Chronicles" (1990)
• "Murphy's Cat" (2000)

• "Phoenix" (1978)
• "Sun and Chimes Dropping" (1978)
• "Alien Lover" (1980)
• "There Are Songs" (1980)

• Official site on SFF.net (archived 1 March 2017)
• Joan D. Vinge at theInternet Speculative Fiction Database

• 1948 births
• 20th-century American novelists
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• 20th-century American short story writers
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• 21st-century American novelists
• 21st-century American poets
• 21st-century American short story writers
• 21st-century American women novelists
• American science fiction writers
• American women short story writers
• Hugo Award–winning writers
• Living people
• Novelists from California
• Novelists from Maryland
• Novelists from Wisconsin
• People from Chula Vista, California
• San Diego State University alumni
• American women science fiction and fantasy writers
• Writers from Baltimore
• Hilltop High School (Chula Vista, California) alumni
• 20th-century American women poets

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