Karen Anderson (writer)

Karen Anderson
Born June Millichamp Kruse
September 16, 1932
Erlanger, Kentucky
Died March 18, 2018(2018-03-18) (aged 85)
Sunland-Tujunga, Los Angeles
Occupation Writer, editor
Nationality American
Period 1958–present
Genre Fantasy

Karen Anderson (born June Millichamp Kruse /ˈkruːzi/; September 16, 1932 – March 18, 2018)[1][2] was the widow and sometime co-author of Poul Anderson[1] and mother-in-law of writer Greg Bear. She also saw published fiction she wrote by herself, and essays solo and in collaboration with her husband and others.

Biography

Anderson was born June Millichamp Kruse in Erlanger, Kentucky,[1][2] a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. She is noted as the first person to use the term filk music in print.[3]

She wrote the first published[4] science fiction haiku (or scifaiku), "Six Haiku" (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1962). She also probably coined the term sophont to describe the general class of sapient beings.

As a student of philology in 1950 she, along with three friends, founded a Sherlock Holmes society, naming it the "Red Circle Society." She was, around this time, a friend of Hugh Everett III, of whose theories about parallel universes Poul Anderson later became an enthusiast.[5]

Robert A. Heinlein dedicated his 1982 novel, Friday, in part to Karen.[6] In the 1980s she was an active writing collaborator with her husband, co-authoring several books.

Bibliography

Novels

King of Ys

  1. Roma Mater (1986) with Poul Anderson
  2. Gallicenae (1987) with Poul Anderson
  3. Dahut (1987) with Poul Anderson
  4. The Dog and the Wolf (1988) with Poul Anderson

The Last Viking

  1. The Golden Horn (1980) with Poul Anderson
  2. The Road of the Sea Horse (1980) with Poul Anderson
  3. The Sign of the Raven (1980) with Poul Anderson

Collections

  • The Unicorn Trade (1984) with Poul Anderson

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Anderson, Karen". Revised October 8, 2013. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (sf-encyclopedia.com). Retrieved 2014-08-14. Entry by 'JC', John Clute.
  2. 1 2 "Karen Anderson – Summary Bibliography". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2014-08-14. Select a title to see its linked publication history and general information. Select a particular edition (title) for more data at that level, such as a front cover image or linked contents.
  3. ↑ Lee Gold. "Tracking Down The First Deliberate Use Of "Filk Song"". Archived from the original on 2006-11-20. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  4. ↑ Anderson, Karen (July 1962). "Six Haiku". The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
  5. ↑ Eugene Shikhovtsev's Biography of Hugh Everett, mit.edu; accessed 4 April 2018.
  6. ↑ Heinlein, Robert A. (1984). Friday. New England Library. ISBN 0-450-05549-3.
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