Lucy Jane Bledsoe
Lucy Jane Bledsoe | |
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Born | February 1, 1957 Portland, Oregon, United States |
Occupation | novelist, science writer |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Fiction, nonfiction |
Subject | LGBT literature, family relationship, adventure |
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Lucy Jane Bledsoe (born February 1, 1957 in Portland, Oregon, United States[1][2]) is a novelist and science writer,[3] who writes both fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults. She focuses on LGBT literature and has received several awards for her fictional and non-fictional writings, establishing herself as a Stonewall Book Award winner and four-time Lambda Literary Award finalist.[3][4]
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Biography
Bledsoe was born into a family of many members in Portland, Oregon, United States, where she grew up.[1][2][5] Bledsoe stated in an interview that she started writing stories when she was young and had always wanted to become a writer.[2][6] She was inspired to write by her high school teacher.[2] From 1975 to 1977, Bledsoe attended Williams College. She earned a B.A. at University of California at Berkeley in 1979.[1][7] Bledsoe is openly lesbian.[8]
Career and honors
Bledsoe writes both fiction and non-fiction books, though to her contemporary fiction is most interesting to write, as she loves "exploring [her] imagination".[2][6] Bledsoe has said that her works are influenced by many authors, among them are James Baldwin, Willa Cather, Adrienne Rich, Barbara Kingsolver.[2] While her writings primarily focus LGBT literature, Bledsoe also writes about family relationships and adventures in the wild.[6]
In 1985, she received the PEN Syndicated Fiction Award.[1][3] In 1995, Bledsoe published Sweat: Stories and a Novella, which helped her garner her first Lambda Literary Award finalist title for Lesbian Fiction.[9] In 1997, she wrote her first adult novel Working Parts, for which she received the 1998 Stonewall Book Award - the American Library Association Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Award for Literature.[10]
In 1998, Lesbian Travels: A Literary Companion, Whereabout Books, which she worked on as the editor, garnered her a second Lambda Literary Award finalist title, this time for Anthologies/Non-Fiction.[11] In 2002, Bledsoe was awarded a California Arts Council fellowship in literature.[7][12]
Bledsoe's 2002 children book Hoop Girlz, which is about a ten-year-old girl who loves playing basketball but, due to being rejected to play in a basketball camp tournament, she decides to form her own team. Hoop Girlz was selected as one of Booklist 's Top 10 Sports Books for Youth of the year and featured among Core Collection: Sports Fiction for Girls.[3][13] Her second Lambda Literary Award finalist title for Lesbian Fiction (third Lambda Literary Award finalist title when counting all categories) came in 2003 with the publication of her second adult novel This Wild Silence.[14]
Bledsoe has travelled to Antarctica three times and written three books about Antarctica, How to Survive in Antarctica, The Ice Cave: A Woman's Adventures from the Mojave to the Antarctic, and The Big Bang Symphony.[3] Her newest novel Biting the Apple was published in 2007 and is currently a finalist for the 20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards in the category Women's fiction.[4]
Besides writing, Bledsoe is a CD-ROM script writer for National Geographic and several other educational organizations, e.g. George Lucas Educational Foundation.[7] From 1997 to 2003, she taught scriptwriting in the Masters of Creative Writing Graduate Program at the University of San Francisco.[7][15] Bledsoe contributes to several magazines, including Newsday, Conditions, Ms., Fiction International, and Frontiers.[5][7]
Bledsoe is a member of Media Alliance and National Writers Union.[1] Her books have been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, German, and Dutch.[16] Bledsoe has been given two National Science Foundation artist and writers in Antarctica fellowships.[7][17][18]
Criticism
Bledsoe has been criticised for allegedly unscientific and inaccurate work in the High School textbook "Fearon's Biology", especially the phrase "tiny green specks" to describe the ultimate origins of life on Earth.[19]
Writings
Books for adults
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Books for children
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- Why is Nelly Gutierrez so Cute? 2013.
References
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External links
- Articles with dead external links from October 2010
- 1957 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American novelists
- American women novelists
- American science writers
- LGBT writers from the United States
- Lesbian writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- LGBT novelists
- Women science writers
- 20th-century women writers
- 21st-century women writers