Carol Emshwiller
photo: Susan Emshwiller
Carol Emshwiller (1921-2019) published her first short story in 1955, and became a regular contributor to science fiction and fantasy magazines as well as literary journals. Her books include the World Fantasy Award-winning collection The Start of the End of It All, the Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel The Mount, and two volumes of Collected Stories. Her short stories won a Pushcart Prize and two Nebula Awards, and in 2005 she received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement.