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American fantasy writer (1945–1980) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Susan Candace Petrey (7 April 1945 – 5 December 1980) was an American writer of fantasy short fiction.
Born in Seattle, Petrey worked as a medical technologist after obtaining a degree in microbiology. Most of her writing took place in a setting involving "gentle healing vampires", the "Varkela".[1] Only three of her stories were professionally published during her lifetime.[1] More of her work appeared in the posthumous collection Gifts of Blood (1990).[2] In 1981, she was nominated, also posthumously, for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and her story "Spidersong" was nominated for the Hugo Award.[1]
Petrey was active in the Portland, Oregon science fiction fandom. A group of her friends established the Susan C. Petrey Clarion Scholarship Fund[3] in her memory. The fund annually raises money to send aspiring writers to the Clarion Workshop.[1]
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