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N. Lee Wood
N. Lee Wood (born November 15, 1955) is an American author. She has written science fiction, fantasy, crime and mainstream novels. Biography N. Lee Wood was born November 15, 1955 in Hartford, Connecticut. She became a naturalized citizen of New Zealand in November, 2020. She holds a Master's degree in English literature from the Open University of Great Britain. She is an alumnus of the Clarion West Writers Workshop. Wood has travelled widely, and lived in the UK, France, Australia, and New Zealand. She was married to author Norman Spinrad from 1990 to 2005. Awards and honors Her novel ''Looking for the Mahdi'' was nominated for the 1997 Arthur C. Clarke Award. Selected works Novels *''Faraday's Orphans'' (1995) *''Looking for the Mahdi'' (1996) *''Bloodrights'' (1999) *''Master of None'' (2002) *''Redemption'' (as Lee Jackson, 2007) Inspector Keen Dunliffe Series *''Kingdom of Lies'' (2005) *''Kingdom of Silence'' (2009) Short fiction * "Molly Haskowin" (1990) * " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capital is Hartford and its most populous city is Bridgeport. Historically the state is part of New England as well as the tri-state area with New York and New Jersey. The state is named for the Connecticut River which approximately bisects the state. The word "Connecticut" is derived from various anglicized spellings of "Quinnetuket”, a Mohegan-Pequot word for "long tidal river". Connecticut's first European settlers were Dutchmen who established a small, short-lived settlement called House of Hope in Hartford at the confluence of the Park and Connecticut Rivers. Half of Connecticut was initially claimed by the Dutch colony New Netherland, which included much of the land between the Connecticut and Delaware Rivers, although the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Births
Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan). * January 22 – In the United States, The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), armed with nuclear weapons. * January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17, near Birmingham, England. * January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941. * January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China. February * February 10 – The United States Sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
