Vonda N. McIntyre
Vonda Neel McIntyre (August 28, 1948 – April 1, 2019) was an American science fiction writer and biologist.
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Vonda N. McIntyre

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- Full name
- Vonda Neel McIntyre.
- Born
- 1948. · Louisville.
- Died
- 2019. · Seattle.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- novelist and writer.
- Fields
- science fiction and science fiction literature.
- Education
- University of Washington.
- Honours
- Nebula Award for Best Novel, Nebula Award for Best Novelette, Hugo Award for Best Novel and Locus Award for Best Novel.
- Languages
- English.
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Vonda Neel McIntyre (August 28, 1948 – April 1, 2019) was an American science fiction writer and biologist.
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Vonda N. McIntyre (1948–2019) was a novelist, science fiction writer and writer, of American nationality. The novelist was born Vonda Neel McIntyre in Louisville and died in Seattle.
Vonda N. McIntyre was educated at University of Washington. Activity centred on science fiction and science fiction literature.
The work spans science fiction. Languages used include English. Honours include Hugo Award for Best Novel, Locus Award for Best Novel and Nebula Award for Best Novel, among others.
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Early life and education
Early life and education
McIntyre studied at University of Washington. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is science fiction and science fiction literature. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are science fiction. Distinctions recorded are Nebula Award for Best Novel, Nebula Award for Best Novelette, Hugo Award for Best Novel and Locus Award for Best Novel.
Vonda N. McIntyre was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of H. Neel and Vonda B. Keith McIntyre, who were born in Poland, Ohio. She spent her early childhood on the east coast of the United States and in The Hague, Netherlands, and Poland, before her family settled in Seattle in the early 1960s. In 1970, she earned a Bachelor of Science, with honors, in biology from the University of Washington. That same year, she attended the Clarion Writers Workshop. McIntyre went on to do graduate work at University of Washington in genetics.
Career
Career
In 1971, McIntyre founded the Clarion West Writers Workshop in Seattle, Washington, with the support of Clarion founder Robin Scott Wilson. She contributed to the workshop until 1973. McIntyre won her first Nebula Award in 1973, for the novelette '"Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand". This later became part of the novel Dreamsnake (1978), which was rejected by the first editor who saw it, but went on to win both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. McIntyre became the third woman to receive the Hugo Award for Best Novel (1979). McIntyre's debut novel, The Exile Waiting, was published in 1975. In 1976, McIntyre co-edited Aurora: Beyond Equality, a feminist/humanist science fiction anthology, with Susan Janice Anderson. She also wrote a number of Star Trek and Star Wars novels, including Enterprise: The First Adventure and The Entropy Effect. The Entropy Effect was the first original story published in the Pocket Books' series of Star Trek novels, and was developed by McIntyre from a screenplay that she wrote at age 18. It convinced Pocket Books to assign McIntyre the novelizations of the next three films Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. McIntyre created given names of several Star Trek characters that later became canon, including Hikaru Sulu and Kirk's mother Winona. Sulu's given name became canon after Peter David, author of the comic book adaptation, visited the set of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and convinced director Nicholas Meyer to insert the name into the film's script. While taking part in a science fiction convention panel on sci-fi in TV, McIntyre became exasperated at a fellow panelist's extreme negativity toward existing science fiction TV shows. She asked the panel and audience if they had managed to see Starfarers, which she claimed was an amazing SF miniseries that had almost no viewers due to bad scheduling on the part of the network. No such show existed, but after reflecting on the plot she described, McIntyre felt it would make a good novel, and went on to write Starfarers as well as its three sequels, later referring to it as "my Best SF TV Series Never Made". McIntyre's novel The Moon and the Sun, set in the court of Louis XIV, was rejected initially. In 1997, Pocket Books picked up the novel, and in 2013 Pandemonium Pictures began to produce The King's Daughter, featuring Pierce Brosnan as the Sun King. In October 2021, it was announced that Gravitas Ventures acquired distribution rights to the film, and set it for a January 21, 2022, release. She was able to complete a final novel, Curve of the World, shortly before her death in 2019; the novel was edited by a team and published in 2026.
Personal life
Personal life
She enjoyed crafting crocheted marine creatures to contribute to the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef project of the Institute For Figuring. McIntyre died on April 1, 2019, at her home in Seattle, Washington, of metastatic pancreatic cancer, which was diagnosed in February.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1948
Vonda N. McIntyre was born on 28 August 1948.
2019
Vonda N. McIntyre died on 1 April 2019.
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Louisville.
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Seattle.
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Legacy
Legacy
In 2019, Clarion West established the Vonda N. McIntyre Memorial Scholarship, to enable women writers and writers of color to attend the Clarion West Writers Workshop and Writing the Other established the Vonda N. McIntyre Sentient Squid Memorial Scholarship, to help authors at any point in their career path and from every background, including those who don't have the money to pay for writing workshops.
Awards and tributes
Awards and tributes
"Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand": 1974 Nebula Award, nominated for the 1974 Hugo Award and the 1974 Locus Poll Award Dreamsnake: 1979 Hugo Award, 1979 Nebula Award Robert A. Heinlein dedicated his 1982 novel Friday, "to Vonda" (among many others). The Moon and the Sun: 1997 Nebula Award, nominated for the 1998 Locus Poll Award and the 1997 James Tiptree, Jr. Award "Little Faces": Nominated for the 2005 James Tiptree, Jr. Award, 2006 Sturgeon Award, and the 2007 Nebula Award McIntyre was a Guest of Honor at Sasquan, the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention.
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- 1.Sandomir, Richard. Vonda N. McIntyre, 70, Champion of Women in Science Fiction, Dies. The New York Times. April 5, 2019. 0362-4331.
- 2.Kelleghan, Fiona. McINTYRE, Vonda N. American Women Writers: From Colonial Times to the Present: a Critical Reference Guide. St. James Press. 3. 118–19. January 1999. 9781558624320.
- 3.Our Mission. Clarion West Writers Workshop.
- 4.McIntyre, Vonda N. Both Dreamsnake and The Moon and the Sun were rejected by the first editors who saw them. #feministSF. 222034183122452482. July 8, 2012.
- 5.Hugo Awards by Year. The Hugo Awards. July 19, 2007.
- 6.Summary Bibliography: Vonda N. McIntyre. ISFDB.
- 7.Greenberger, Robert. The Novel Adventures of Star Trek. Starlog Magazine. 112. 63–67. November 1986.
- 8.Holland, Steve. Vonda N McIntyre obituary. The Guardian. 4 April 2019.
- 9.The Comics Buyer's Guide. Comics Buyer's Guide. 1614. 10. March 2006.
- 10.David, Peter. Mr. Sulu Grabbed My Ass, and Other Highlights from a Life in Comics, Novels, Television, Films and Video Games. McFarland. 1–7. 2021. 9781476683546.
- 11.McIntyre, Vonda N. Casting Starfarers. bookviewcafe.com. October 18, 2009.
- 12.Title: The Moon and the Sun. ISFDB.
- 13.Groves, Don. Australia attracts The Moon & the Sun. IF Magazine. August 9, 2013.
- 14.Grobar, Matt. 'The King's Daughter': Gravitas Ventures Nabs Rights To Fantasy Film Starring Pierce Brosnan & More, With Narration By Julie Andrews. Deadline Hollywood. October 20, 2021.
- 15.Vonda N. McIntyre, 1948-2019. Tor.com. April 2, 2019.
- 16.Boyle, Alan. Seven years after her death, sci-fi pioneer's last novel bridges Minoan and Pacific Northwest history. GeekWire. 2026-05-15.
- 17.Contributors. Crochet Coral Reef.
- 18.Glyer, Mike. Science Fiction Author Vonda N. McIntyre, Official Obituary. File 770. April 1, 2019.
- 19.Vonda N. McIntyre (1948-2019). Locus. April 2, 2019.
- 20.Clarion West Writers Workshop. Vonda N. McIntyre Literary Trust. ClarionWest.org.
- 21.Davitt, Jane. Heinlein's Dedications. Nitrosyncretic Press. 2002.
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