Mary Jane Engh (January 26, 1933 – July 11, 2024) was an American science fiction author and Roman scholar. In 2009, Engh was named
Author emerita by the
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, doing business as Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association and commonly known as SFWA ( or ) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. Whi ...
. She is best known for her 1976 novel ''Arslan'', about an invasion of the United States. Born Mary Jane Gholson in
McLeansboro, Illinois
McLeansboro () is a city and the county seat of Hamilton County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,675 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
McLeansboro is part of the Mount Vernon, Illinois micropolitan area.
Geog ...
on January 26, 1933, Engh died in
Garfield, Washington
Garfield is a city in Whitman County, Washington, United States. The population was 562 at the 2020 census.
History
Garfield was founded in the early 1880s by Samuel J. Tant, who named the town after James A. Garfield, the 20th President ...
on July 11, 2024, at the age of 91.
Bibliography
Science fiction and fantasy
*''Arslan'' (a.k.a. ''A Wind from Bukhara''), 1976
*''The House in the Snow'', 1987 (illustrated by
Leslie W. Bowman)
*''Wheel of the Winds'', 1988
*''Rainbow Man'', 1993
Non-fiction
*''In the Name of Heaven: 3000 Years of Religious Persecution''
*''Femina Habilis: A Biographical Dictionary of Active Women in the Ancient Roman World from Earliest Times to 527 CE'', co-authored with Kathryn E. Meyer
References
External links
*
Review of ''Arslan''at Special Circumstances
Review of ''Rainbow Man''by
Jo Walton
Jo Walton (born 1964) is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She is best known for the fantasy novel '' Among Others'', which won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012, and '' Tooth and Claw'', a Victorian-era novel w ...
: "In the end it’s not sex but religion that gets Liss
he protagonistinto real trouble ... "
1933 births
2024 deaths
20th-century American novelists
American science fiction writers
American women short story writers
American women novelists
American women science fiction and fantasy writers
20th-century American women writers
20th-century American short story writers
21st-century American women
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