Norton, Andre (1912–2005)

American science-fiction writer. Name variations: Alice Mary Norton; (pseudonyms) Andrew North; Allen Weston. Born Alice Mary Norton, Feb 17, 1912, in Cleveland, Ohio; legally changed name to Andre Norton in 1934; died Mar 17, 2005, in Murfreesboro, TN; dau. of Adalbert Freely Norton (rug salesman) and Bertha Stemm Norton; attended Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve); never married.

Author of more than 140 novels for children and young adults, as well as short-story collections, anthologies, poetry, and essays, wrote her 1st novel while in high school (later published as Ralestone Luck, 1938); worked in children's book section of Cleveland Public Library (1932–50); at 22, published The Prince Commands (1934); was a reader at Gnome Press (1950–58) and editor of science fiction at World Publishing; noted for drawing young women to the genre of science fiction, wrote such novels as Star Man's Son, 2250 A.D. (1952), Sargasso of Space (1955), Star Guard (1955), The Time Traders (1958), The Beast Master (1959), Storm Over Warlock (1960), Catseye (1961), The Defiant Agents (1962), Witch World (1963), The X Factor (1965), Moon of the Three Rings (1966), Android at Arms (1971), The Crystal Gryphon (1972), Outside (1975), Star Ka'at (with Dorothy Madlee, 1976), Trey of Swords (1977), Wheel of Stars (1983), Iron Cage (1986), Moon Called (1991), and Janus (2002); works for children include Rogue Reynard (1947) and Bertie and May (1971). Received most major science-fiction awards, including Gandalf (1st woman to win), Hugo and Nebula.

See also Roger C. Schlobin, Andre Norton: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography (Hall, 1980).