Phyllis Gotlieb

Phyllis Fay Gotlieb (née Bloom; May 25, 1926 – July 14, 2009)  was a Canadian science fiction novelist and poet.

Biography
Born of Jewish heritage in Toronto, Gotlieb graduated from the University of Toronto with degrees in literature in 1948 (BA) and 1950 (MA).

In 1961, Gotlieb published the pamphlet Who Knows One, a collection of poems. Her first novel, the science-fiction tale Sunburst, was published in 1964. Gotlieb won the Prix Aurora Award for Best Novel in 1982 for her novel A Judgement of Dragons. The Sunburst Award is named for her first novel.

Her husband was Calvin Gotlieb (1921–2016), a computer-science professor who lived in Toronto, Ontario.

Science fiction books

 * Sunburst. New York: Fawcett, 1964.
 * Why Should I Have All the Grief? Toronto: Macmillan, 1969.
 * O Master Caliban! New York: Harper and Row, 1976.
 * A Judgement of Dragons. New York: Berkley Publishers, 1980.
 * Emperor, Swords, Pentacles. New York: Ace, 1982.
 * Son of the Morning and Other Stories. New York: Ace, 1983.
 * The Kingdom of the Cats. New York: Ace, 1985.
 * Heart of Red Iron. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989.
 * Blue Apes. Edmonton: Tesseract Books, 1995.
 * Flesh and Gold. New York: Tor, 1998.
 * Violent Stars. New York: Tor, 1999.
 * Mindworld. New York: Tor, 2002.
 * Birthstones. Toronto: Robert J. Sawyer Books, 2007.

Poetry collections

 * Who Knows One? Toronto: Hawkshead Press, 1961.
 * Within the Zodiac. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1964.
 * Ordinary Moving. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1969.
 * Doctor Umlaut's Earthly Kingdom. London, ON: Calliope Press, 1974.
 * The Works. London, ON: Calliope Press, 1978.
 * Red Blood Black Ink White Paper: New and Selected Poems 1961–2001. Toronto: Exile Editions, 2002. – 2002
 * Phyllis Loves Kelly. Toronto: University of Toronto, 2014.