Andre Alice Norton (February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005), science fiction and fantasy author, was born Alice Mary Norton in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. She published her first novel in 1934. She was the first woman to receive the Gandalf Grand Master Award from the World Science Fiction Society in 1977, and she won the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award from the SFWA in 1983.

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The parents of Alice Mary Norton were Adalbert Freely Norton, who owned a rug company, and Bertha Stemm. She began writing at Collinwood High School in Cleveland, under the tutelage of Miss Sylvia Cochrane. She was the editor of a literary page in the school's paper for which she wrote short stories. During this time, she wrote her first book—Ralestone Luck, which was eventually published as her second novel in 1938, the first being The Prince Commands in 1934.

After graduating from high school in 1930, Norton continued her education at Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University. In 1932, she began working for the Cleveland Library System and remained there for 18 years, latterly in the children's section of the Nottingham Branch Library in Cleveland. She legally changed her name to Andre Alice Norton in 1934 to appeal to a predominantly male audience and to increase her marketability. From 1940 to 1941, she worked as a special librarian in the cataloguing department of the Library of Congress, involved in a project related to alien citizenship. The project was abruptly terminated at the start of World War II.

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@dhskee Bought 1st Anita Blake book ages ago because Gateway Arch was on cover & blurb was by Andre Norton. Have lost track of series.
kazahel (kazahel) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:25:59 -0000
@dhskee Bought 1st Anita Blake book ages ago because Gateway Arch was on cover & blurb was by Andre Norton. Have lost track of series.
@jchutchins King's Under the Dome and Robinson's Mars Trilogy for The Mister, some old school Andre Norton YA for The Spawn.
hsusannemoore (H. Susanne Moore) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:44:00 -0000
@jchutchins King's Under the Dome and Robinson's Mars Trilogy for The Mister, some old school Andre Norton YA for The Spawn.
From there to the Wizard of Oz, Phantom Tollbooth, etc. First sf/f book bought with own $$--Andre Norton's Year of the Unicorn.
dianagill (Diana Gill) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:28:38 -0000
From there to the Wizard of Oz, Phantom Tollbooth, etc. First sf/f book bought with own $$--Andre Norton's Year of the Unicorn.
@EosBooks Andre Norton was my gateway drug. My dad had some of her books around, and my public school library had more.
DeannaHoak (Deanna Hoak) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:59:46 -0000
@EosBooks Andre Norton was my gateway drug. My dad had some of her books around, and my public school library had more.
Andre Norton, Alexander Lloyd. RT @EosBooks: ...what got you into fantasy and/or science fiction? I.e. What was your gateway drug?
romanticsf (Preeti-RomanticSFBks) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:36:23 -0000
Andre Norton, Alexander Lloyd. RT @EosBooks: ...what got you into fantasy and/or science fiction? I.e. What was your gateway drug?

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