Joanna Ruth Russ was born on February 22, 1937, in New York, New York. Russ is an author of books, as well as a contributor of short stories, articles, and poetry to several science fiction periodicals. She received a B.A. with Distinction and High Honors in English from Cornell University in 1957 and a M.F.A. in Playwriting and Dramatic Literature from Yale University in 1960. Around 1962-1963, Russ was Mrs. Joanna Albert? Amateau. She divorced and resumed her maiden name. Russ is member of the Modern Language Association of America and the Science Fiction Writers of America . She was awarded the Nebula Award, Science Fiction Writers of America, 1972, for the short story, "When it Changed". She was a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, 1974-1975, a winner of the Hugo Award, World Science Fiction Convention, 1983, and the Nebula Award, 1983, both for novella "Souls". She has taught at Queensborough Community College, Bayside, New York; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; The State University of New York at Binghamton; and the University of Colorado, Boulder. Currently Russ is an associate professor of English at the University of Washington, Seattle.
From the guide to the Joanna Russ Collection, 1942-1971, (Bowling Green State University - Browne Popular Culture Library)
