Rosel George Brown (March 15, 1926 – November 26, 1967) was an American

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Biography

Born in

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, she lived in the city of her birth with her husband after concluding her formal education at

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, where she majored in ancient

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, and at the

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where she received her M.A. in Greek. Several of her books were dedicated to her husband W. Burlie Brown, who was a history professor at

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. The couple had two daughters, born in 1954 and 1959. In addition to writing, she worked as a teacher and a welfare visitor in Louisiana. In 1959, she was nominated for the

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for best new author. Her life and career were cut short when she died of

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at the age of 41 in 1967. The fourth ''

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Anthology'' contains an obituary written by

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, and

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dedicated her 1970 anthology ''Alchemy & Academe'' to Brown, along with several other people. Brown and McCaffrey had met at a

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Works

Brown's works were mainly written in the late 1950s to the mid-1960s and generally were favorably received by critics and readers. Her main novels are ''Sibyl Sue Blue'' a.k.a. '' Galactic Sibyl Sue Blue'', and its sequel, ''The Waters of Centaurus'', which chronicle the life of Sybil Sue Blue, a female detective. ''The Waters of Centaurus'' was published after her death, and was copyrighted by her husband in 1970. She also collaborated on the novel ''Earthblood'' (1966) with

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, reviewing ''Galactic Suburbia: Recovering Women's Science Fiction'' by

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, notes that Yaszek's inclusion of Rosel George Brown is important viewing her, along with

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, and

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as "significant 1950s talents now in danger of lapsing into obscurity." Her short stories appeared in ''

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'' and elsewhere. A collection of Brown's short stories, entitled ''A Handful of Time'', was published by

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in 1963 (annotated as in the list of short stories below).

Short stories

A list of some of Brown's short stories follows: *"From an Unseen Censor", ''

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'', Sep. 1958 *"Hair-Raising Adventure", ''Star Science Fiction #5'', 1959 *"Virgin Ground", ''

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'', Feb. 1959 *"Lost in Translation", ''

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'', May 1959 *"Car Pool", ''

'', Jul. 1959 *"Save Your Confederate Money, Boys", ''

'', Nov. 1959 *"Flower Arrangement", ''

'', Dec. 1959 *"Signs of the Times", ''

'', Dec. 1959 *"David's Daddy", ''

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'', Jun. 1960 *"Step IV", ''

'', Jun. 1960 *"There's Always a Way", ''

'', Jul. 1960 *"A Little Human Contact", ''

'', Apr. 1960 *"Just a Suggestion", ''

'', Aug. 1960 *"Of All Possible Worlds", ''

'', Feb. 1961 (also republished in ''Rediscovery: science fiction by women (1958-1963)'') *"Visiting Professor", ''

'', Feb. 1961 *"The Ultimate Sin", ''

'', Oct. 1961 *"And a Tooth", ''

'', Aug. 1962 *"Fruiting Body", ''

'', Aug. 1962 *"Smith's Revenge", original in ''A Handful of Time'' (1963) *"The Devaluation of the Symbol", original in ''A Handful of Time'' (1963) *"The Artist", ''

'', May 1964

Novels

* ''Earthblood'' (with

) (1966) * ''Sibyl Sue Blue'' series ** ''Sibyl Sue Blue'' (1966) - Also published as ''Galactic Sibyl Sue Blue'' (1968) ** ''Waters of Centaurus'' (published posthumously) (1970)

External links

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Rosel George 1926 births 1967 deaths 20th-century American novelists American science fiction writers American women short story writers American women novelists Deaths from lymphoma Women science fiction and fantasy writers 20th-century American women writers Writers from New Orleans Tulane University alumni University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni 20th-century American short story writers Novelists from Louisiana