November 4, 2015, in Los Angeles, aged 65, from neuroendocrine cancer. Screenwriting filmography References External links 1950 births 2015 deaths Screenwriters from California American women screenwriters Tibet freedom activists Writers from Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley alumni 20th-century American writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American writers 21st-century American women writers Deaths from cancer in California Deaths from neuroendocrine cancer Activists from Los Angeles Women science fiction and fantasy writers