Suzette Haden Elgin

Suzette Haden Elgin is an American science fiction author. Born in 1936 in Missouri, she attended the University of California San Diego in the 1960s, and began writing science fiction in order to pay tuition. She has a PhD in linguistics, and is the only UCSD student to ever write two dissertations (in English and Navajo}. Afterwards, she became a professor there, and retired in 1980, and currently lives in Arkansas in the Ozarks. She created the constructed language Ladan for her Native Tongue series. A grammar and dictionary were published in 1988. In addition to her traditional works, she has published works of shorter fiction, and collaborated with Anne McCaffrey. Overlying themes in her work include feminism and a peaceful coexistence with nature. She founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association, and is considered an important figure in the field of science fiction conlangs. Elgin also publishes nonfiction; the most well-known of these is the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense series.

Bibliography

Fiction

Coyote Jones series

  • The Communipaths (1970)
  • Furthest (1971)
  • At the Seventh Level (1972)
  • Star-Anchored, Star-Angered (1984)
  • Yonder Comes the Other End of Time (1986)

Ozark Trilogy (1981)

  • Twelve Fair Kingdoms
  • The Grand Jubilee
  • And Then There'll Be Fireworks

Native Tongue series

  • Native Tongue (1984)
  • The Judas Rose (1987)
  • Earthsong (1993)

Other

  • Peacetalk 101 (2003)

Short stories

Poetry

Non-Fiction

The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense

  • The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1980)
  • More on the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1983)
  • The Gentle Art of Communicating with Kids (1986)
  • The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense Workbook (1987)
  • The Last Word on the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1987)
  • Language in Emergency Medicine (1987)
  • Growing Civilized Kids in a Savage World (1989)
  • Success with the Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1989)
  • Staying Well with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1990)
  • GenderSpeak (1993)
  • The Gentle Art of Written Self-Defense (1993)
  • The Gentle Art of Written Self-Defense Letter Book (1993)
  • Language in Law Enforcement (1993)
  • Linguistics & Science Fiction Sampler (1994)
  • BusinessSpeak (1995)
  • "You Can't Say That To Me!" (1995)
  • How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable (1997)
  • How to Turn the Other Cheek and Still Survive in Today's World (1997)
  • The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense at Work (2000)

Other

  • Guide to Transformational Grammar (with John Grinder) (1973)
  • What is Linguistics? (1973)
  • Bully for Us (with John Grinder) (1974)
  • Pouring Down Words (1975)
  • A Primer of Transformational Grammar for Rank Beginners (1975)
  • Never Mind the Trees (1980)
  • The Great Grammar Myth (1982)
  • A First Dictionary and Grammar of Láadan (1988)
  • Try to Feel It My Way (1997)
  • The Grandmother Principles (1998)
  • The Language Imperative (2000)

External links

Elgin, Suzette Haden Elgin, Suzette Haden Elgin, Suzette Haden Elgin, Suzette Haden

 

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