Author: Nisi Shawl
Alternate names: Denise Angela Shawl; Shawl Nisi
Born: 1955
Bio: Nisi Shawl is an African-American writer, editor, and journalist. They are best known as an author of science fiction and fantasy short stories who writes and teaches about how fantastic fiction might reflect real-world diversity of gender, sexual orientation, race, colonialism, physical ability, age, and other sociocultural factors. *--Wikipedia*

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