The Female Man

About the Author

Joanna Russ, a former New Yorker, was born February 22, 1937. She received her B.A. in English at Cornell University and her M.P.A. in Playwriting and Dramatic Literature at Yale Drama School.

Ms. Russ has taught creative writing at universities and SF workshops (such as the famous Clarion workshops with Robin Scott Wilson) since 1966, and recently taught at the State University of New York at Binghamton, N.Y., where she still makes her home. Joanna Russ has written over forty short stories for a wide range of science fiction and trade magazines, journals and anthologies.

In 1972, she won the Nebula Award (best short story) for “When It Changed” (which appeared in Harlan Ellison’s Again Dangerous Visions and upon which THE FEMALE MAN is based). Joanna Russ is also the author of two previous novels, Picnic on Paradise (1968) and And Chaos Died (1970).

Aside from her writing and teaching activities, Ms. Russ also lectures frequently.