Kate Wilhelm, Groundbreaking Science Fiction Writer Who Co-Founded The Clarion Writers Workshop, Has Died At 89

Wilhelm was a trailblazer, “one of the few women writing science fiction under their own names in the 1960s, and her books quickly gained a following as well as awards. Unlike many of her colleagues, she straddled genres, between futuristic fantasies and enigmatic mystery novels. She set her science fiction in the near term and imposed present-day sensibilities.”