Pamela Sargent is the author of numerous books, including EarthseedCloned LivesThe Sudden StarThe Alien UpstairsEye of the Comet, Homesmind, and The Shore of Women. She has won the Nebula and Locus Awards. Her writing has also appeared in publications such as The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov’s SF Magazine, New Worlds, and World Literature Today. She lives in Albany, New York.