Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author whose body of work includes 23 novels, 12 volumes of short stories, 11 volumes of poetry, 13 children's books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. The breadth and imagination of her work earned her six Nebula Awards, seven Hugo Awards, and SFWA's Grand Master, along with the PEN/Malamud and many other awards. In 2014 she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2016 joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America.

Lyric and luminous . . . a major imaginative vision - The New York Times Book ReviewAn appealing book as well as a masterly one . . . The future world she has created here is awesomely complex - NewsweekThe effect it has on the reader is hypnotic . . . Le Guin has chosen a most original way to reveal this imagined land - People

Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author whose body of work includes 23 novels, 12 volumes of short stories, 11 volumes of poetry, 13 children's books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. The breadth and imagination of her work earned her six Nebula Awards, seven Hugo Awards, and SFWA's Grand Master, along with the PEN/Malamud and many other awards. In 2014 she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2016 joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America.

Lyric and luminous . . . a major imaginative vision - The New York Times Book ReviewAn appealing book as well as a masterly one . . . The future world she has created here is awesomely complex - NewsweekThe effect it has on the reader is hypnotic . . . Le Guin has chosen a most original way to reveal this imagined land - People