linguists, neurolinguists, ethnographers and computer scientists established the Guild which then took over the responsibility for training xenolinguists to make first contact and to record alien languages in the field. Later, the Guild provided translation services for the expanding commerce and colonization of the following centuries. Bibliography I. Novels II. Collections III. Short Stories VI. Articles & Non-Fiction V. Poetry Awards "Reading the Bones" (1998) Nebula novella award winner Tiger in the Sky (1999) Winner of the San Diego Book Award for Best Juvenile Fiction Infinity's Web (1985) Winner of the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel Notes External links Official website The author's blog site 1935 births Living people 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American short story writers 21st-century American women writers American science fiction writers American women novelists American women short story writers Asimov's Science Fiction people English emigrants to the United States Indiana University alumni The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction people Nebula Award winners Women science fiction and fantasy writers Writers from London Writers from Long Beach, California