American chick, I think she did Clarion, but I have one of her books on my nightstand. She has written a series about an ex Canadian Special Forces soldier with cybernetic limbs. I am about 40 pages in and it's interesting enough that I actively regret not having finished it yet.
*g* I have a lot of friends who are Clarion grads, and it seems like 75% of SFF writers have been. I couldn't afford the tuition and the time off work when I was still eligible, or I would have loved to have gone.
And, you know. You're entitled to be obnoxious. ;-)
She came that way. Which sounds like a flip answer, but isn't--Jenny is one of those characters who showed up. very much herself, and was not amenable to anything but talking while I dictated.
I've seen it before with other authors, other characters, over the years. I've had a couple -- not yet officially published -- pop up that way myself, and the inspirations vary with each one...
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Date: 2006-02-21 06:32 am (UTC)Know nothing about her, but she has a website :)
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Date: 2006-02-21 03:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-21 09:43 pm (UTC)I have a livejournal! (And I'm sorry if this is creepy and stalkerish.)
There's a wikipedia entry. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_bear) I'm also friendly and answer questions.
A minor surprise...
Date: 2006-02-21 10:28 pm (UTC)Besides, if I were to take you to task for such visitations, I'd be asking for much-deserved trouble in the form of hypocrisy charges! :-)
Re: A minor surprise...
Date: 2006-02-22 01:43 am (UTC)No problem
Date: 2006-02-22 02:16 am (UTC)Re: No problem
Date: 2006-02-22 02:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-22 12:14 am (UTC)Sorry about the Clarion miscall; I must have confused you with another writer. My capacity for remembering things is diminishing as I age.
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Date: 2006-02-22 01:41 am (UTC)And, you know. You're entitled to be obnoxious. ;-)
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Date: 2006-02-22 02:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-22 02:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-22 03:34 am (UTC)I guess by this point you no longer need be concerned with attending it.
So, was there a particular reason you made her Canadian? Or will that be evident when I get five more pages in?
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Date: 2006-02-22 11:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-23 02:37 am (UTC)