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Clare Winger Harris (January 18, 1891 – October 1968) was an early science fiction writer whose short stories were published during the 1920s. She is credited as the first woman to publish stories under her own name in science fiction magazines. Her stories often dealt with characters on the "borders of humanity" such as cyborgs. Harris began publishing in 1926, and soon became well liked by readers. She sold a total of eleven stories, which were collected in 1947 as ''Away From the Here and Now''. Her gender was a surprise to Gernsback, the editor who first bought her work, as she was the first woman to publish science fiction stories under her own name. Her stories, which often feature strong female characters, have been occasionally reprinted and have received some positive critical response, including a recognition of her pioneering role as a woman writer in a male-dominated field. == Life == Clare Winger was born on January 18, 1891, in Freeport, Illinois〔Social Security Death Record for Clare Winger Harris, SS# 550-34-7527, accessed April 2, 2007.〕 and later attended Smith College in Massachusetts. In 1912 she married Frank Clyde Harris.〔 〕 Her husband was an architect and engineer who served in World War I and was chief engineer with the Loudon Machinery Company in Iowa and one of the organizers of the American Monorail Company of Cleveland, Ohio.〔(James Harris-Mary Cherry Family ), PART 3, POSTERITY CHAPTER VI, Isaiah M. Harris-Wilkerson-Murrell Descendants, accessed April 2, 2007.〕 Harris gave birth to three sons (Clyde Winger, born 1915; Donald Stover, born 1916; and Lynn Thackrey, born 1918).〔〔 She died in Pasadena, California in 1968. Harris wrote her most acclaimed works during the 1920s. In 1930, she stopped writing to raise and educate her children.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clare Winger Harris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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