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I'm a naturally lazy person, and I live for a challenge.

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I started writing books because I couldn't find the books I wanted to read on the shelf.

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I've told people before that I don't want to be a part of a genre; I want to be my own genre. I want to create it.

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I'm terribly particular about what I read: lush writing, secondary world or seriously far-out science fiction, strong worldbuilding, dynamic characters. I need to have it all for it to work for me.

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One of the things I stress to those I meet, especially young people, is that we are the heroes of our own lives, and we can be the masters of our own stories.

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Storytelling is a universal: every culture does it. There's a reason our religious books aren't simply a list of shall-and-shall-nots. Morals and teachings are contained in stories, which are studied, dissected, and passed down; we remember stories in a way we don't remember lists of facts.

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Science fiction writers create all sorts of futures - that comes with the job. But it's not the type that matters - hopeful or dark - it's the variety we see as readers. It's nurturing the imaginations of those who will go on to create the world around us.

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As both an essayist and science fiction and fantasy novelist, I write about and for the future. I talk about the past to remind us that what we believe has always been true - that men and women are somehow static categories, or that men in power has always been the default, or that same-sex love affairs were always taboo - has not always been thus.

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When we see sexist and racist behavior, the only way to change that is also to point it out and make it clear that it's not okay.

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There is no greater threat to progress than the phrase, 'That's impossible.'

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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