Janet Berliner, formerly Janet Gluckman (September 24, 1939 – October 24, 2012), was a

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-winning author and served as president of the

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from 1997 to 1998. She was also a member of

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, the

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, and the

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. She was born in

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, South Africa, but moved to America with her husband in 1960. She became a citizen of the United States in 1966, and lived in

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Bibliography

Series

*''Madagascar Manifesto'' **'' Child of the Light'' (1991) **''Child of the Journey'' (1996) **''Children of the Dusk'' (1997) –

winner *''The Madagascar Manifesto'' (omnibus) (2002) (with

George Guthridge George Guthridge (born 1948) is an American author and educator. He has published over 70 short stories and five novels and has been acclaimed for his successes teaching writing and critical/creative thinking. In 1997 he and coauthor Janet Berlin ...

)

Novels

*''Rite of the Dragon'' (1981) (writing as Janet Gluckman) *''Artifact'' (2003) (with

Kevin J. Anderson Kevin James Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American science fiction author. He has written spin-off novels for ''Star Wars'', ''StarCraft'', ''Titan A.E.'' and ''The X-Files literature#Novels, The X-Files'', and with Brian Herbert is the ...

, Matthew J. Costello and

F. Paul Wilson Francis Paul Wilson (born May 17, 1946, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American medical doctor and author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, and other genres of literary fiction. His books include the Repairman Jack n ...

)

Short stories

* ''A Case for Justice'' (1998) (collected in

Harry Turtledove Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14, 1949) is an American author who is best known for his work in the genres of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery fiction. He is a student of history and completed ...

's anthology ''

Alternate Generals Bibliography of science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction and nonfiction writer Harry Turtledove: Writing as Eric Iverson ''Elabon'' * ''Wereblood'' (1979) * ''Werenight'' (1979, revised in 1994 to include ''Wereblood'') * ''Prince of the North ...

'')

Essays

* ''Mi Yagid Labanim'' (1996) (Published in Johnathan Blacke and

Robert Hatch Robert Hatch is a game designer and writer who developed key role-playing game releases for White Wolf Publishing from 1993 to 2001. He is known primarily for three games he co-created: the science fiction game ''Trinity'', the super-hero game '' ...

's roleplaying supplement '' Charnel Houses of Europe: The Shoah'')

References

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