Juanita Ruth Coulson (née Wellons) (born February 12, 1933) is an American

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and

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writer most well known for her ''Children of the Stars'' books, published from 1981 to 1989. She was a longtime editor of the science fiction fanzine '' Yandro''. She is also known for her

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music, receiving numerous awards for her songwriting.

Career

Coulson published her first novel, ''Crisis on Cheiron'', in 1967. She has collaborated with numerous authors including

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. Several of her novels concern the exploitation of primitive intelligent species, human expansion, and first contact.

Fannish activity

She edited the science fiction fanzine '' Yandro'', with her husband Robert Coulson, from 1953 to 1986. ''Yandro'' was nominated for the

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every year from 1958 to 1967. The magazine won in 1965, thus making Coulson one of the first women editors to be so honored. Coulson was a guest of honor at the 2010

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. She received the "Big Heart Award" for fan activism at Chicon 7 in 2012. In May 2014, Coulson was elected the delegate for the Down Under Fan Fund, and would be attending Continuum X, the 53rd annual Australian national science fiction convention.

Filk awards

She was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame in 1996. She was nominated for several

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s for filk music, winning the award for Best Writer/Composer in 2012.

Bibliography

Below is an incomplete bibliography: * ''Crisis on Cheiron'' (1967) * ''The Singing Stones'' (1968) * ''Door into Terror'' (1972) * ''The Secret of Seven Oaks'' (1972) * ''Unto the Last Generation'' (1975) * ''Space Trap'' (1976) * ''Dark Priestess'' (1977) * ''Fire of the Andes'' (1979) * ''Star Sister'' (1990) * ''Shadow over Scorpio'' (2004) * ''Witch World: Dictionary'' - Commissioned in the 1990s by Andre Norton so she could write "Warding of the Witch World" - Never published but it is posted in its entirety at http://andre-norton-books.com/the-witch-world/ww-dictionary

''Birthstone Gothic'' series

*''Stone of Blood'' (1975)

''Zodiac Gothic'' series

* ''Fear Stalks the Bayou'' (1976)

''Krantin'' series

* ''The Web of Wizardry'' (1978) * ''The Death God's Citadel'' (1980)

''Children of the Stars'' series

# '' Tomorrow's Heritage'' (1981) # ''Outward Bound'' (1982) # ''Legacy of Earth'' (1989) # ''The Past of Forever'' (1989)

Discography

Below is an incomplete discography: * ''Live at Filkcon West'' (1982) * ''Rifles and Rhymes'' (1984) * ''Past and Future Tense'' (1989)

References

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