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Linda D. Addison is an American poet and writer of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Addison is the first African-American winner of the Bram Stoker Award, which she won twice for her poetry collections ''Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes'' (2001)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2001 Bram Stoker Award Winners )〕 and ''Being Full of Light, Insubstantial'' (2007).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2007 Bram Stoker Award Winners )〕 Her current release ''How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend'' won the 2011 (Bram Stoker Award ) for Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.horror.org/blog/?p=2331 )〕 She is a founding member of the CITH (Circles in the Hair) writing group.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Linda Addison-Poet/Writer )〕 == Early life == Addison was born in Philadelphia, PA, on September 8, 1952. She is the eldest of nine children born to Janet Marie Webster (née Warrick) and J. Decarsta Webster. From an early age, Addison was inspired by the power of storytelling. Janet, a homemaker who never graduated from High School; nightly entertained her children with self authored stories and tales, inserting her children as characters in her fantastical fables. The stories always ended on a note of mystery and intrigue, inspiring young Linda to further explore the mysterious and magical, light and dark, eventually she began to journal her feelings, stories and experiences laying the groundwork for her eventual career as a writer. Addison attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA from 1970–1975, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics. Addison moved to New York City in 1975 with fiancé Ken Addison, and started working in the Foreign Royalty Accounting Department at RCA Records. Addison married Ken Addison in 1975 and gave birth to son, Brian in 1982. 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「Linda Addison (poet)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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