Sad news. From the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Web site:
Andre Norton, 93, the “Grand Dame of Science Fiction and Fantasy,” author, poet, editor, whose published works span seven decades, died of congestive heart failure in her Murfreesboro, Tennessee home, early Thursday morning, March 17th.
Andre Norton was one of the authors whose books caused me to fall in love with science fiction as a boy, and one who continues to influence me as I write my own science ficton and fantasy. I think I read Moon of Three Rings half a dozen times when I was, oh, 10 to 12 or so, plus Witch World and anything else she wrote I could get my hands on. She had a remarkable career and will be sorely missed within the field.
