Question: Which American fantasy author was the subject of an "Odyssey" of essays in 2004, about her works and fictional worlds?

full_context: Document 1: The Cherryh Odyssey: The Cherryh Odyssey is a 2004 collection of essays by various academics, critics and authors about American Hugo Award-winning science fiction and fantasy author, C. J. Cherryh. It was edited by author and academic, Edward Carmien, and was published by Borgo Press, an imprint of Wildside Press as part of its "Author Study" series. "Locus Magazine" put the book on its "2004 Recommended Reading List", and Carmien received a nomination for the 2005 Locus Award for Best Non-fiction book for "The Cherryh Odyssey".
Document 2: Stars and Gods: Stars and Gods is a collection of science fiction and non-fiction by Larry Niven and edited by Jonathan Strahan, first published in hardcover and ebook form by Tor Books in August 2010. A trade paperback edition followed from the same publisher in August 2011.
Document 3: Lois McMaster Bujold: Lois McMaster Bujold ( ; born November 2, 1949) is an American speculative fiction writer. She is one of the most acclaimed writers in her field, having won the Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Heinlein's record, not counting his Retro Hugo. Her novella "The Mountains of Mourning" won both the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. In the fantasy genre, "The Curse of Chalion" won the Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature and was nominated for the 2002 World Fantasy Award for best novel, and both her fourth Hugo Award and second Nebula Award were for "Paladin of Souls". In 2011 she was awarded the Skylark Award. In 2013 she was awarded the Forry Award. In 2017 she won a Hugo Award for Best Series, for the Vorkosigan Saga.
Document 4: Robert Jordan: James Oliver Rigney Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007), better known by his pen name Robert Jordan, was an American author of epic fantasy. He is best known for the "Wheel of Time" series, which comprises 14 books and a prequel novel. He is one of several writers to have written original Conan the Barbarian novels; his are highly acclaimed to this day. Rigney also wrote historical fiction under his pseudonym Reagan O'Neal, a western as Jackson O'Reilly, and dance criticism as Chang Lung. Additionally, he ghostwrote an "international thriller" that is still believed to have been written by someone else.
Document 5: Foreigner universe: The Foreigner universe is a fictional universe created by American writer C. J. Cherryh. The series centers on the descendants of a ship lost in transit from Earth en route to found a new space station. It consists of a series of semi-encapsulated trilogy arcs (or sequences) that focus on the life of Bren Cameron, the human "paidhi", a translator-diplomat to the court of the ruling atevi race. Currently eighteen novels have been published between 1994 and 2017. Cherryh has also self-published two ebook short story prequels to the series, "Deliberations" (October 2012) and "Invitations" (August 2013).
Document 6: James E. Gunn (writer): James Edwin Gunn (born July 12, 1923) is an American science fiction writer, editor, scholar, and anthologist. His work as an editor of anthologies includes the six-volume "Road to Science Fiction" series. He won the Hugo Award for "Best Related Work" in 1983 and he has won or been nominated for several other awards for his non-fiction works in the field of science fiction studies. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America made him its 24th Grand Master in 2007 and he was inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2015.
Document 7: Karen Haber: Karen Haber (born 1955) is a science fiction and non-fiction author and editor, as well an art critic and historian. She is the author of nine novels including "Star Trek Voyager: Bless the Beasts", and co-author of "Science of the X-Men". Other publications include "Exploring the Matrix: Visions of the Cyber Present", a collection of essays by leading science fiction writers and artists, and "Transitions with Todd Lockwood", a retrospective of the artist's work. In 2001 she edited a Hugo-nominated essay collection celebrating J.R.R. Tolkien, "Meditations on Middle Earth". Her short fiction has appeared in "Asimov's Science Fiction" magazine, the "Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction", and many anthologies. She reviews art books for "Locus" magazine and profiles artists for various publications including "Realms of Fantasy". With her husband, Robert Silverberg, she co-edited "Best Science Fiction of 2001", "2002", and the "Best Fantasy of 2001" and "2002" for ibooks and later, co-edited the continuation with Jonathan Strahan.
Document 8: The Collected Essays and Occasional Writings of Katherine Anne Porter: The Collected Essays and Occasional Writings of Katherine Anne Porter
Document 9: Orson Scott Card bibliography: This is a list of the works of Orson Scott Card. This list does not include criticisms, reviews, or related material written by Card. Orson Scott Card is the author of The Ender saga and Homecoming Saga among many other works.
Document 10: Jean M. Auel: Jean Marie Auel ( ; "née" Untinen; born February 18, 1936) is an American writer who wrote the "Earth's Children" books, a series of novels set in prehistoric Europe that explores human activities during this time, and touches on the interactions of Cro-Magnon people with Neanderthals. Her books have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide.
Document 11: Odette Tchernine: Odette Tchernine is the author of several books on the Abominable Snowman or Yeti, such as "In Pursuit of the Abominable Snowman", Taplinger Publishing, 1971. She worked heavily in this area at least from the 1950s through the 1970s. Before "In Pursuit", she published "The Snowman and Company". Her research has taken her all over the world and she has consulted with numerous individuals in this field of study.
Document 12: Susan Allison: Susan Allison is an editor-in-chief and vice president at the Ace Books and Berkley Books imprints, which are part of the Penguin Group (USA) publishing company. In 1984 she published William Gibson’s first novel, Neuromancer, and Guy Gavriel Kay’s first novel, The Summer Tree. Both of these authors are still edited by her, now for Penguin Random House. Her authors also include bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton and southern eminence Lee Smith. She became editor-in-chief in 1982, and was made a vice-president in 1985. She was a guest of honor of the 1990 World Fantasy Convention.
Document 13: The Gene Wars universe: The Gene Wars universe is a fictional universe developed by science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh . The universe currently consists of two science fiction novels, "Hammerfall" (2001) and "Forge of Heaven" (2004). The books were published by HarperCollins under the company's "Eos" imprint. "Hammerfall" was nominated for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 2002.
Document 14: C. J. Cherryh: Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 60 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award-winning novels "Downbelow Station" (1981) and "Cyteen" (1988), both set in her Alliance-Union universe. She is known for "world building," depicting fictional realms with great realism supported by vast research in history, language, psychology, and archeology. Her series of fantasy novels set in the Alliance-Union universe, the Morgaine Stories, have sold in excess of 3 million copies.
Document 15: Larry Niven: Laurence van Cott Niven ( ; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His best-known work is "Ringworld" (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named him the 2015 recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. It also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. His fantasy includes the series "The Magic Goes Away", rational fantasy dealing with magic as a non-renewable resource.
ground_truth: C. J. Cherryh