Elinor Busby Explained

Elinor Busby (born September 30, 1924) is an American science fiction writer and fanzine editor. In 1960, she became the first woman to win a Hugo Award.

Biography

Elinor Doub was born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1924. She married editor and writer F. M. Busby in 1954. They had one daughter, Michele.^{[1] [2]}

Literary career

Elinor and F. M. Busby co-edited the fan magazine Cry of the Nameless (later renamed Cry), which won the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine in 1960. They had previously been nominated in 1959 and were nominated again in 1962. Elinor was awarded a Fan Activity Achievement Award for fan achievements, presented at Corflu in 2013.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Busby was a dedicatee of Robert A. Heinlein's 1982 novel Friday, and her husband a dedicatee of Heinlein's later novel, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls.^{[9] [10]}

F. M. Busby died in 2005; Elinor subsequently donated his papers to Rivera Library's Special Collections Department.^[11]

Bibliography

Short fiction

• Time to Kill (1977)
• The Night of the Red, Red Moon (1983)

Essays

• Letter (Science Fiction Review #21) (1977)
• Letter (Science Fiction Review #31) (1979)
• Friendship (1984)
• Fan Guest of Honor: Jack Speer / Jack Speer (1984)
• Fan Guest of Honor: Elinor Busby (1993)

Notes and References

1. Web site: F. M. Busby – Obituary . www.legacy.com . August 31, 2020 . en.
2. Web site: Elinor Doub in the 1940 Census Ancestry® . Ancestry.com . August 31, 2020 . en.
3. Web site: Correction: Elinor Busby Was the First Woman To Win A Hugo . File 770 . October 21, 2018 . May 21, 2022.
4. Web site: Elinor Busby . Fancyclopedia 3 . June 14, 2018 . October 3, 2019.
5. Web site: 1960 Hugo Awards . The Hugo Awards . July 26, 2007 . October 3, 2019.
6. Web site: Summary Bibliography: Elinor Busby . The Internet Speculative Fiction Database . October 3, 2019.
7. Web site: sfadb: Elinor Busby Awards . Science Fiction Awards Database . bs . October 3, 2019.
8. Book: Walton, Jo . An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953–2000 . Tom Doherty Associates . 2018 . 978-1-4668-6573-0 . October 3, 2019 . 78.
9. Book: Heinlein, Robert A. . Friday. Holt, Rinehart and Winston . 1982 . 0-03-061516-X.
10. Book: Heinlein, Robert A. . The Cat Who Walks Through Walls. G. P. Putnam's Sons . 1985 . 0-399-13103-5.
11. Web site: Busby (F. M.) papers . Online Archive of California . 2018-04-02 . October 3, 2019.