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Originally Posted by mogui
I am surprised. Both of her novels I read were set in England. That makes her work seem even more amazing! Her research goes into great depth.
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She's American. She lives in Colorado with her husband Courtney, who is a physics professor at UNC. (She tells a funny story about Tolkien being responsible for her marriage. Many years ago as a college student, she took a flight to tell the guy she was dating she was breaking up with him. She took "The Lord of the Rings" to read while traveling. By the time her plane landed and her boyfriend picked her up, she'd forgotten completely about her reason for going, and all she could say was "Oh, Frodo and Sam are in deep trouble, and I don't trust that Gollum at all..." 40 years later, they're still together.
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See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Willis
http://www.sftv.org/cw/
http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/5...is/willis.html
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Dennis