num_pages: 469
description: 
  James Tiptree, Jr. burst onto the science fiction scene in the 1970s with a series of hard-edged, provocative short stories. Hailed as a brilliant masculine writer with a deep sympathy for his female characters, he penned such classics as Houston, Houston, Do You Read? and The Women Men Don't See. For years he corresponded with Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, Ursula Le Guin. No one knew his true identity. Then the cover was blown on his alter ego: A sixty-one-year old woman named Alice Sheldon. As a child, she explored Africa with her mother. Later, made into a debutante, she eloped with one of the guests at the party. She was an artist, a chicken farmer, a World War II intelligence officer, a CIA agent, an experimental psychologist. Devoted to her second husband, she struggled with her feelings for women. In 1987, her suicide shocked friends and fans. The James Tiptree, Jr. Award was created to honor science fiction or fantasy that explores our understanding of gender. This fascinating biography, ten years in the making, is based on extensive research, exclusive interviews, and full access to Alice Sheldon's papers.

language: English
title: James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon
titlecomplete: James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon
characters: Alice Bradley Sheldon
genres: Gender, Female Authors, Biography, Writing, LGBT, Womens, Feminism, Nonfiction, History, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 1312
places: The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Related Book, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Non-Fiction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Washington State Book Award
category: History/Biography, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Marfield Prize (National Award for Arts Writing)
publisher: St. Martin's Press