Sheila Finch has published eight science fiction novels, more than thirty short stories, and a number of articles about science fiction and writing.   She is probably best known for her series about the  Guild of Xenolinguists  (the novella, “Reading the Bones,” won a Nebula).   Other awards include the Compton Crook Award  (INFINITY'S WEB), and the San Diego Book Award for YA novel  TIGER IN THE SKY. A novel,  BIRDS, previously serialized, was recently re-published by Wildside Press.   Set in near-future Southern California, it features the area's aerospace industries, telling the story of a communications satellite and the alien life form that blunders into it.

Sheila has recently retired from teaching at El Camino College.   Retirement is for writing and traveling – and getting paid for it, including lecturing about SF on the high seas aboard the Queen Mary 2.   Originally from London, England, she now lives in California with a cat and two retired racing greyhounds.

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