Laurel Winter (born Laurel Anne Hjelvik in

Columbus, Montana Columbus is a town in and the county seat of Stillwater County, Montana, United States. The population was 1,857 at the 2020 census. History The community originated as a stagecoach station on the Yellowstone River. The original name was Shee ...

; April 22) is an author of fantasy, science fiction, and poetry. In childhood, she attended a

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house. Her first published fantasy story was "Mail Order Eyes" in 1988. She has since won two

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s. Her novella "Sky Eyes", published in the March 1999

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, won the

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in 2000. She has written

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. Her novel ''Growing Wings'' was first published in 2000 by Houghton Mifflin.

Bibliography

Novels

Short fiction

;StoriesShort stories unless otherwise noted.

References

External links

Laurel Winter's official site
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