1. Lisa Gracia Tuttle was born on September 16,1952 and is a British science fiction, fantasy, and horror author.
17 Facts About Lisa Tuttle
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Lisa Tuttle has published more than a dozen novels, seven short story collections, and several non-fiction titles, including a reference book on feminism, Encyclopedia of Feminism.
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Lisa Tuttle has edited several anthologies and reviewed books for various publications.
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Lisa Tuttle has been living in the United Kingdom since 1981.
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Lisa Tuttle began writing when she attended The Kinkaid School in Piney Point Village, Texas.
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In 1974 Lisa Tuttle received a BA degree in English Literature and moved to Austin, Texas, where she worked as a journalist for five years at the Austin American-Statesman, a daily newspaper.
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Lisa Tuttle has written young adult fiction and published several titles, including Catwitch, Panther in Argyll and Love-on-Line.
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Lisa Tuttle has written under different shared house pen names with other authors for series of books.
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Lisa Tuttle has taught writing at several institutions, including Clarion West and the Citylit College in London.
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In 1989 Lisa Tuttle received the BSFA Award for Short Fiction for "In Translation".
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In 1982, Lisa Tuttle became the first and only person to refuse a Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Award.
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Lisa Tuttle had objected to another nominee in this category, George Guthridge, sending his story "The Quiet", to SFWA members.
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Lisa Tuttle wrote a letter to the Awards director Frank Catalano requesting that her story be withdrawn, saying, "I don't approve of this kind of campaigning".
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Lisa Tuttle said that she would not be attending the awards ceremony on April 24,1982, and requested that the reason for her refusal be given at the event.
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However, on April 29,1982, Lisa Tuttle was contacted by Pocket Books editor John Douglas, who told her that he had received her award on her behalf.
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Martin, with whom Lisa Tuttle had collaborated on Windhaven, wrote an open letter to the SFWA in which he said that, while he did not necessarily agree with Lisa Tuttle's decision to refuse the award, he objected to the way the organization handled her refusal.
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Lisa Tuttle lived with Steven Utley for several years before moving in January 1981 from the United States to London, England, where she married British writer Christopher Priest.