Suzy McKee Charnas was an award winning American feminist novelist and short story writer, writing primarily in the genres of science fiction and fantasy best known for the Holdfast Chronicles, a series about a dysfunctional world in which once-enslaved women conquer their former male masters to free themselves. Charnas received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College in economics and history and subsequently furthered her education at New York University, where she earned a master's degr... moreSuzy McKee Charnas was an award winning American feminist novelist and short story writer, writing primarily in the genres of science fiction and fantasy best known for the Holdfast Chronicles, a series about a dysfunctional world in which once-enslaved women conquer their former male masters to free themselves. Charnas received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College in economics and history and subsequently furthered her education at New York University, where she earned a master's degree in education. Her career in writing spanned for over 60 years. She credited her time in Nigeria where she spent teaching there as one of the influences to her writing and Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness was an inspiration for the initiation of her writing career, as it was one of the first feminist novels she had encountered. She was inspired to write feminist literature which she did successfully. Charnas won numerous awards for her work including the 1980 Nebula Award for her psychological vampire novella, Unicorn Tapestry, and the 1990 Hugo Award for her feminist werewolf short story, Boobs. She also received three Otherwise Awards for The Holdfast Chronicles series, beginning with Walk to the End of the World published in 1974.
