Laura Resnick

When you're born into the family of a science fiction great, it perhaps isn't too surprising when fantasy writing beckons as a career.

Born in 1962, Laura Resnick, daughter of science fiction writer Mike Resnick, is the author of numerous novels and short stories-work that has won a Campbell Award, made the "year's best" lists of Publishers Weekly and has been a finalist for the Rita Award.

As a teenager, her father paid her to type final drafts of his manuscripts and to make his line edits to the documents. It became an informal tutoring method as she learned how to polish prose and submit a clean manuscript.

Resnick, who also writes under the name Laura Leone, got her start in romance. She was living in Sicily and needed a way to make ends meet. She found that way by submitting a romance novel to Silhouette. By the time it was sold, she was working on her fourth novel.

From romance, she made the jump to science fiction and fantasy when her father and Marty Greenberg invited her to submit a story for their anthology. This launched her career in science fiction and fantasy.

Resnick is currently working on an MSJ degree and has won a Wilhelm Scholarship to study journalism in Israel.

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