Warren Carl Norwood (August 21, 1945 – June 3, 2005) was an American science fiction novelist, teacher, and musician. Norwood was a member of

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, doing business as Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, commonly known as SFWA ( or ) is a Non-profit organization, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization of professional science fiction an ...

and was the author of 14 science fiction novels, most of them written during the 1980s. When not writing, he was a longtime employee of Craig's Music in

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. Norwood also taught writing at

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and

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Military service and citations

A veteran of the

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, Warren received the

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, and

Army Commendation Medal The Commendation Medal is a mid-level United States military decoration presented for sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service. Each branch of the United States Armed Forces issues its own version of the Commendation Medal, with a fifth ...

Legacy

Upon his untimely death, his manuscripts and papers, consisting of 53 boxes of material, were transferred to the

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Special Collections department in Denton.Norwood archives at University of North Texas
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Death

Norwood died of liver disease and kidney failure in Weatherford, Texas on Friday, June 3, 2005 at the age of 59. He was survived by his wife Gigi Gephardt.

Bibliography

*1982 ''An Image of Voices'' *1983 ''Fize of the Gabriel Ratchets'' *1983 ''Flexing the Warp'' *1983 ''The Seren Cenacles'' (with Ralph Mylius) *1984 ''Midway Between'' *1984 ''Planet of Flowers'' *1985 ''Polar Fleet'' *1986 ''Final Command'' *1987 ''Shudderchild'' *1988 ''Trapped'' *1988 ''True Jaguar'' *1988 ''Vanished'' *1989 ''Stranded'' *1989 ''Refugee'' (unpublished; there is an unedited draft of this novel at University of North Texas in Special Collections)

Series

The Double-Spiral War

*''Midway Between'' *''Polar Fleet'' *''Final Command''

Time Police

*''Vanished'' *''Trapped'' *''Stranded'' *''Refugee''

The Windhover Tapes

*''An Image of Voices'' *''Flexing the Warp'' *''Fize of the Gabriel Ratchets'' *''Planet of Flowers''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Norwood, Warren 1945 births 20th-century American novelists American male novelists American science fiction writers Novelists from Texas 2005 deaths American male short story writers 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers