Celu Amberstone (born 1947), sometimes seen as Celu Amberston, is a Canadian writer of fantasy and science fiction.

Early life and education

Celu Amberstone is of

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and Scots-Irish ancestry. She is blind, from prenatal exposure to

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. She holds a bachelor's degree in cultural anthropology and a master's degree in health education."On Writing, with Celu Amberstone"
''Open Book Ontario'' (May 8, 2012).

Career

Books by Amberstone include ''Blessings of the Blood: A Book of Menstrual Lore and Rituals for Women'' (1991), ''Deepening the Power: Community Ritual and Sacred Theatre'' (Beach Holme Publishing 1995), and ''The Dreamer's Legacy'' (Kegedonce Press 2012). Her short story "Refugees" appears in '' So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy'' (2004), edited by

Nalo Hopkinson Nalo Hopkinson (born 20 December 1960) is a Jamaican-born Canadian speculative fiction writer and editor. Her novels – ''Brown Girl in the Ring (novel), Brown Girl in the Ring'' (1998), ''Midnight Robber'' (2000), ''The Salt Roads'' (2003), ' ...

and Uppinder Mehan. "Refugees" was also excerpted in ''Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction'' (2012), edited by Grace L. Dillon. The story has been the subject of several scholarly articles, as an example of Indigenous Futurism, including the lecture "Early America through the Lens of Science Fiction" by Laura M. Stevens of the University of Tulsa at her lecture in Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.Laura M. Stevens
''"Early America through the Lens of Science Fiction"''
lecture, Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany: OK June 27, 2019.

Personal life

Amberstone lives in

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References

External links

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Celu Amberstone
at the Kegedonce Press website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Amberstone, Celu 1947 births Canadian women short story writers Canadian fantasy writers Canadian science fiction writers Blind writers Canadian writers with disabilities Date of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Canadian short story writers 21st-century Canadian novelists Canadian women non-fiction writers 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers