Ruth Berman is an American writer of weird science fiction and speculative poetry.
Her short fiction has appeared in Analog, New Worlds, Star Trek: The New Voyages, Shadows 2, Tales of the Unanticipated, and Asimov's Science Fiction. Berman was a staff member of the University of Minnesota.
Recognition Berman won the 2003 Rhysling Award for Best Short Poem, and the 2006 Dwarf Stars Award for her poem Knowledge Of. In 1973, she was a finalist for the first John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.History of the John W. Campbell Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved August 18, 2019
In 2026, the Science_Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association named her a Grand Master.Ruth Berman Named SFPA Grand Master; in Locus; published April 3, 2026; retrieved April 4, 2026
Bibliography
Poetry
Anthologies
List of poems TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedThe Fates rebel2015Gold ring2014How many2013 Immigrant to Desert-World1977 Berman wrote: "I got a pleasant surprise in the mail recently...I told you, didn't I, that a poem of mine (originally about Vulcan, although in the process of rewriting it got away from the specific place), "Immigrant to Desert-World," was published in Isaac Asimov's SF Fall issue? Well, I got another check from them, and a note saying that they're reprinting it in an anthology to come out in a couple of months." -- from a letter by Berman in "Despatch" #32 (October 1977) Knowledge of2005
Fiction
References
External links Ruth Berman Page