Molly Gloss (born 20 November, 1944) is an American writer currently best known for science fiction works. Her novel Wild Life won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for work that explores or expands notions of gender. She won the 1990 Ken Kesey Award for the Novel, the 1996 Whiting Award as well as the PEN Center West Fiction Prize. Another notable novel is The Dazzle of Day, which concerns Quakers on a multigenerational starship. She has taken classes from Ursula K. Le Guin, another Oregon science fiction writer. She lives in Portland, Oregon where she teaches writing and literature of the American West at Portland State University.
Bibliography
- Outside the Gates (1986)
- The Jump-Off Creek (1998)
- The Dazzle of Day (1997)
- Wild Life (2000)
- The Hearts of Horses (2007)
