Fairbairns, Zöe (1948–)
Fairbairns, Zöe (1948–)
British science-fiction writer and novelist. Name variations: Zoe Ann Fairbairns. Born Dec 20, 1948, in Kent, England; educated at a convent school in Twickenham and St. Andrews University.
Was writer-in-residence at several schools and universities, including Deakin University in Australia and Sunderland Polytechnic in UK; wrote science-fiction novel Benefits (1979); other novels include Live as Family (1968), Down: An Explanation (1969), and Here Today (1984); nonfiction includes Study War No More (1974) and, with James Cameron, Peace Moves: Nuclear Protest in the 1980s (1984). Awarded Fawcett Prize (1985).
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