James Tiptree

James Tiptree, Jr., was born Alice Bradley in 1915 in Chicago, Illinois. When she began writing science fiction in 1968, she used a pseudonym to maintain her privacy. Alice Bradley Sheldon became the reclusive, enigmatic genius James Tiptree, Jr. His adventures and writing?gleaned from the details of Sheldon's life?were convincingly masculine; when Sheldon finally revealed herself, her ruse was met with both surprise and delight. In 2006, interest in Tiptree's life and work were rekindled with...See more

James Tiptree, Jr., was born Alice Bradley in 1915 in Chicago, Illinois. When she began writing science fiction in 1968, she used a pseudonym to maintain her privacy. Alice Bradley Sheldon became the reclusive, enigmatic genius James Tiptree, Jr. His adventures and writing?gleaned from the details of Sheldon's life?were convincingly masculine; when Sheldon finally revealed herself, her ruse was met with both surprise and delight. In 2006, interest in Tiptree's life and work were rekindled with the publication of Julie Phillips's definitive biography James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon , which won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Washington State Book Award, and a Hugo Award. See less