Karen Anderson (born June Millichamp Kruse ; September 16, 1932 – March 17, 2018) published fiction and essays solo and in collaboration with her husband and others.

Biography

Anderson was born June Millichamp Kruse in

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, a suburb of

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. In the 1980s she co-authored several books in collaboration with her husband,

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. She is noted as the first person to use the term ''

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'' in print and she wrote the first published science fiction haiku (or scifaiku), "Six Haiku" (''

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'', July 1962). She also probably coined the term ''sophont'' to describe the general class of sapient beings. 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

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, of whose theories about parallel universes Poul Anderson later became an enthusiast.

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dedicated his 1982 novel, ''

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'', in part to Anderson. The writer

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is her son-in-law.

Bibliography

Novels

King of Ys

# ''Roma Mater'' (1986) with Poul Anderson # ''Gallicenae'' (1987) with Poul Anderson # ''Dahut'' (1987) with Poul Anderson # ''The Dog and the Wolf'' (1988) with Poul Anderson

The Last Viking

# ''The Golden Horn'' (1980) with Poul Anderson # ''The Road of the Sea Horse'' (1980) with Poul Anderson # ''The Sign of the Raven'' (1980) with Poul Anderson

Collections

* ''The Unicorn Trade'' (1984) with Poul Anderson

References

External links

Bibliography
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