Laurel Winter (born Laurel Anne Hjelvik in Columbus, Montana; April 22, 1959) is an author of fantasy, science fiction, and poetry. In childhood, she attended a one-room schoolhouse.
Her first published fantasy story was "Mail Order Eyes" in 1988. She has since won two Rhysling Awards, for the poems "Egg Horror Poem" and "why goldfish shouldn't use power tools". Both poems also won the Asimov's Reader Poll. Her novella "Sky Eyes", published in the March 1999 F&SF, won the World Fantasy Award in 2000. She has written young adult fiction.Strange Horizons Interview Her novel Growing Wings was first published in 2000 by Houghton Mifflin.
Bibliography
Novels
Short fiction
StoriesShort stories unless otherwise noted. TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes in 2008 Mail order eyes1988The Moon Garden Cookbook1994
References
External links Laurel Winter's official site