Phyllis Gotlieb
 Phyllis Fay Gotlieb née Bloom (May 25 1926 – July 14 2009) BA MA was a Canadian science fiction novelist and poet.Born of Jewish heritage in Toronto Gotlieb graduated from the University of Toronto with degrees in literature in 1948 (BA) and 1950 (MA).The Sunburst Award is named for her first novel Sunburst. Three years before Sunburst was published Gotlieb published the pamphlet Who Knows One a collection of poems.