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Barbara Krasnoff

b. 1954

American speculative fiction writer

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Born 1954. Barbara Krasnoff is an American writer.

Barbara Sue Krasnoff is a tech editor and author of speculative fiction active in the field since 1989.

Biography Krasnoff, born in 1954, is a native of Brooklyn, New York, In addition to her writing, she has served as features and reviews editor for Computerworld and reviews editor for the online technology news magazine The Verge.

Literary career Much of Krasnoff's fiction is part of a loose series "made up of interconnecti[ng] short stories about two uncanny families through several generations," which have been collected in the "mosaic novel" The History of Soul 2065. Krasnoff has been nominated for a Nebula Award.

Her work has appeared in various periodicals, including Amazing Stories, Abyss & Apex, Apex Magazine, Behind the Wainscot, Clockwork Phoenix, Cosmos, Crossed Genres, Descant, Doorways, Electric Velocipede, Escape Velocity, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Mythic Delirium, Perihelion, Space & Time, Sybil's Garage, Triptych Tales, and Weird Tales, and the anthologies Broken Time Blues: Fantastic Tales in the Roaring '20s, Clockwork Phoenix 2, Clockwork Phoenix 4, Clockwork Phoenix 5, Crossed Genres Year Two, Descended From Darkness: Apex Magazine Vol. I, Fat Girl in a Strange Land, Memories and Visions: Women's Fantasy and Science Fiction, Menial: Skilled Labor in Science Fiction, Nebula Awards Showcase 2018, Subversion: Science Fiction & Fantasy Tales of Challenging the norm, and Such A Pretty Face: Tales of Power & Abundance.

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Barbara Sue Krasnoff

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Who is Barbara Krasnoff?

American speculative fiction writer

When was Barbara Krasnoff born?

Barbara Krasnoff was born on 24 March 1954 in Brooklyn.

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Barbara Krasnoff is a writer.

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Barbara Krasnoff is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Barbara Krasnoff

· Wikidata: Q86356519

· DBpedia: Barbara Krasnoff

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