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Jeanne Robinson


USA flag (1948 - 2010)
Wife of Spider Robinson

Jeanne Robinson was an American-born Canadian dancer, choreographer, teacher and co-author of three award-winning science fiction novels, The Stardance Saga. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she married fellow author Spider Robinson in 1975.Robinson studied dance at the Boston Conservatory, and at the Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey, and Erick Hawkins schools. She performed with the Beverly Brown Dance Ensemble in New York and served as the artistic director of Halifax's Nova Dance Theatre, where she choreographed more than thirty original works. She was diagnosed with biliary tract cancer in February 2009 and began undergoing numerous treatments. She died on May 30, 2010.
 

Awards: Nebula (1978), Hugo (1978)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction
 
Series
Stardance (with Spider Robinson)
   1. Stardance (1979)
   2. Starseed (1991)
   3. Starmind (1995)
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Books containing stories by Jeanne Robinson
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The Hugo Winners: Volume 4 (1985)
1976 - 1979
(Hugo Winners, book 4)
edited by
Isaac Asimov
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Nebula Winners 13 (1980)
(Nebula Award Stories, book 13)
edited by
Samuel R Delany

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Awards
1978 Nebula Award for Best Novella : Stardance [short story]
1978 Locus Award for Best Novella : Stardance
1978 Hugo Award for Best Novella : Stardance [short story]

Award nominations
1996 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Starmind
1980 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Stardance
1979 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Stardance


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