Biography

Kate Wilhelm has published many novels and short story collections. She wrote her first short story in 1956. She is a writer of great skill and her work spans the genres; she writes--and is best known for--science fiction, where she published her first stories; fantasy/magic realism; mystery, where she published her first novel; suspense; and even radio plays. Among her many awards are the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the France's Prix Apollo. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. Her best known works are the novel Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (a Hugo winner), and "The Planners" (which won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story).

She and her husband, the late Damon Knight, helped established the now famous Clarion Workshop. They were both regular instructors at the workshop for twenty-eight years. They have both lectured together at universities in South America and in Asia through the State Department Cultural Affairs Office.
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Possibly science fiction's highest honor, the Grand Master Award (as presented by the Science Fiction Writers of America), was renamed the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award after her husband, Damon Knight, died.

Guest of Honor, with Damon Knight at the Noreascon II World Science Fiction Convention (Aug. 29 to Sept. 1, 1980) in Boston.