12 Facts About Zenna Henderson

Zenna Chlarson Henderson was an American elementary school teacher and science fiction and fantasy author.

Zenna Henderson's work is cited as pre-feminist, often featuring middle-aged women, children, and their relationships, but with stereotyped gender roles.

Zenna Henderson began reading science fiction at age 12 from magazines such as Astounding Stories, Amazing Stories, and fantasy from Weird Tales.

Zenna Henderson cited Heinlein, Bradbury, Clement, and Asimov as her favorite science fiction writers.

Zenna Henderson received a bachelor of arts in education from Arizona State College in 1940, and taught school, primarily in the Tucson area, mainly first grade.

Zenna Henderson taught in a "semi-ghost mining town," at Fort Huachuca, in France and Connecticut, as well as in a Japanese internment camp in Sacaton, Arizona, during World War II.

Zenna Henderson married Richard Harry Henderson in 1943, but they were divorced in 1951.

Zenna Henderson was one of the first 203 female science fiction authors to publish in American science fiction magazines between 1926 and 1960.

Zenna Henderson was born and baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Zenna Henderson's work contains many Christian themes and Biblical names.

Zenna Henderson was nominated for a Hugo Award in 1959 for her novelette "Captivity".

Zenna Henderson's books were long out of print until the 1995 release of Ingathering: The Complete People Stories, published by the New England Science Fiction Association Press.