Emily Pohl-Weary
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She is the granddaughter of science fictionScience fiction
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writers Judith Merril
Judith Merril
Judith Josephine Grossman , who took the pen-name Judith Merril about 1945, was an American and then Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist....
and Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl
Frederik George Pohl, Jr. is an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career spanning over seventy years — from his first published work, "Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna" , to his most recent novel, All the Lives He Led .He won the National Book Award in 1980 for his novel Jem...
. Her 2002 biography Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book in 2003 and was a finalist for the Toronto Book Award. Asimov's Science Fiction
Asimov's Science Fiction
Asimov's Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy and perpetuates the name of author and biochemist Isaac Asimov...
magazine said in a review: "Assembled from scraps, fragments, previously published essays, and polished manuscripts by Judith Merril's granddaughter, Emily Pohl-Weary has done a superhuman job."
Pohl-Weary’s most recent book is a young adult novel, Strange Times at Western High (2006), featuring zine
Zine
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-publishing teen sleuth Natalie Fuentes, who teams up with a computer hacker and a graffiti
Graffiti
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artist to solve crime at her Toronto
Toronto
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high school
High school
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Her previous books include a collection of poetry, Iron-on Constellations (2005). Her first novel, A Girl Like Sugar (2004), was about a twenty-something girl haunted by her dead rock star boyfriend. She edited a critically acclaimed female superhero anthology, Girls Who Bite Back: Witches Mutants, Slayers and Freaks (2004).
Pohl-Weary publishes and writes for Kiss Machine magazine. She is a former editor of Broken Pencil
Broken Pencil
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She is married to Jesse Hirsh
Jesse Hirsh
Jesse Hirsh is a broadcaster, researcher, and Internet evangelist in Toronto, Canada. He frequently appears on CBC radio and has a weekly spot on CBC Newsworld, where he explains and analyzes the latest trends and developments in technology using accessible language.He also co-hosts an interfaith...
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