“To me, fantasy has always been the genre of escape; science fiction the genre of ideas. So if you can escape and have a little idea as well, maybe you have some kind of a cross-breed between the two.” – Sheri S. Tepper
Born in Colorado on this date in 1929, Tepper started writing in her 50s and was noted for her mysteries and science fiction with an eco-feminist slant. Her novel Grass is considered a classic on this theme. All told, she authored more than 50 books beginning with children’s books and poetry collections under the pen name Sheri Stewart Eberhart. Much of her Sci-Fi and Fantasy was written under pen names like A. J. Orde, E. E. Horlak, and B. J. Oliphant.
Tepper's book The Revenants, written in 1984, firmly established her in the genré and in the 1990s and early 2000s she wrote a couple dozen Sci-Fi books, including the best-selling trilogies – The Marianne Series and The Arbai Trilogy, both multiple award winners. Her 1991 book, Beauty, won a Locus Award for Best Fantasy.
Shortly before her death in 2016 she was honored with the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement and in accepting she encouraged all writers to explore the Sci-Fi world. “Science fiction,” she said, “ . . . is an idea genré.”
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