Sharon Lynn Webb (born in

Tampa, Florida Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and ...

on February 29, 1936; died in

Blairsville, Georgia Blairsville is a city and the county seat of Union County, Georgia, Union County, on the northern border of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. It was founded near the Nottely River, which was dammed in 1942 as part of the Tennessee Valle ...

on April 29, 2010) was a science fiction writer and nurse.

Biography

Born on Tampa,

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

on February 29, 1936, Sharon Lynn Webb began her career as a published author when one of her poems was published in a 1963 edition of ''

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher a ...

''. Frequently writing under the pseudonym "Ron Webb" during the early part of her career, her work increased in frequency under her given name by 1979. Her works often concerned medical issues or advances in medicine. Along with science fiction she also wrote medically-oriented thrillers. Webb suffered a heart attack, and died in Blairsville, Georgia on April 29, 2010."Sharon Webb, 1936-2010]", ''Locus Magazine''.

Selected works

*Earth Song trilogy **''Earthchild'' (1982) **''Earth Song'' (1983) **''Ram Song'' (1984) *''The Adventures of Terra Tarkington'' (1985) (fixup) *''R.N.'' (1985) *''The Thing That Goes Burp in the Night'' (1986) short story *''Pestis 18'' (1987) *''The Half Life'' (1989)

References

Sources

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' (SFE) is an English language reference work on science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and f ...

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