James Tiptree, Jr. burst onto the science fiction scene in
the 1970s with a series of hard-edged, provocative short
stories. Hailed as a brilliant masculine writer with a deep
sympathy for his female characters, he penned such classics
as Houston, Houston, Do You Read? and The Women Men Dont
See. Then the cover was blown on his alter ego: James
Tiptree, Jr. was really a sixty-one-year old woman named
Alice Sheldon. As a child, she explored Africa with her
mother. Later, made into a debutante, she eloped with one of
the guests at the party. She was an artist, a chicken
farmer, a World War II intelligence officer, a CIA agent, an
experimental psychologist. Devoted to her second husband,
she struggled with her feelings for women. In 1987, her
suicide shocked friends and fans. This fascinating
biography, ten years in the making, is based on extensive
research, exclusive interviews, and full access to Alice
Sheldons papers.
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