Phyllis Eisenstein
Phyllis Eisenstein is an American author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels whose work has been nominated for both the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. She is an old friend of author George R. R. Martin and convinced him to include dragons in his international bestselling fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. Martin then dedicated the third novel in the series, A Storm of Swords, to Eisenstein.
She was born in 1946 in Chicago, Illinois and has lived there most of her life. While attending college at the University of Chicago, Eisenstein met her future husband Alex at a weekly gathering of Chicagos science fiction fandom. In 1966, shortly after attending Tricon, the 24th World Science Fiction Convention, they were married. She continued college until Alex entered the U. S. Air Force and, following basic training, was posted to Germany they lived there for three years and then returned to Chicago upon his honorable discharge from the service.
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