Changes: Janet Kagan

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Template:Realworld Janet Kagan (18 April 1946 – 29 February 2008; age 61), born Janet Megson, was a fantasy and science fiction writer. Her only Star Trek work was the Pocket TOS novel Uhura's Song. She wrote one other full length novel, Hellspark, released by TOR with cover art from Rick Sternbach.

In addition to her two novels, she published a large number of short stories, several of which were collected in Mirabile (also published by TOR, and with a cover from Sternbach).

In 1993, Kagan won a Hugo Award for Best Novelette for "The Nutcracker Coup", a story that was also nominated for a Nebula Award.

Her final published work was a short story by the name of "The Stubbornest Broad on Earth", published in Asimov's Science Fiction.

Kagan died on 29 February 2008, from acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [1]

Writing credits

TOS #21: Uhura's Song

Other works

Mirabile (short story collection)
Hellspark

External links

JanetKagan.com - author's website
Janet Kagan at SF-Encyclopedia.com
Janet Kagan at Wikipedia
Janet Kagan at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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-{{realworld}}'''Janet Kagan''' ({{y|1946}} – {{d|29|February|2008}}) was a fantasy writer. Her only ''Star Trek'' work was the [[Pocket TOS]] novel ''[[Uhura's Song]]''.
+'''Janet Kagan''' {{born|18|April|1946|died|29|February|2008}}, born '''Janet Megson''', was a fantasy and science fiction writer. Her only ''Star Trek'' work was the [[Pocket TOS]] novel ''[[Uhura's Song]]''. She wrote one other full length novel, ''Hellspark'', released by TOR with cover art from [[Rick Sternbach]].
+In addition to her two novels, she published a large number of short stories, several of which were collected in ''Mirabile'' (also published by TOR, and with a cover from Sternbach).
-In {{y|1993}}, Kagan won a [[Hugo Award]] for Best Novelette for "The Nutcracker Coup".
+In 1993, Kagan won a [[Hugo Award]] for Best Novelette for "The Nutcracker Coup", a story that was also nominated for a Nebula Award.
-Kagan died on {{d|29|February|2008}}, from acute chronic
-obstructive pulmonary disease. [http://webnews.sff.net/read?cmd=read&artid=%3C47c99044.0@news.sff.net%3E]
+Her final published work was a short story by the name of "The Stubbornest Broad on Earth", published in ''Asimov's Science Fiction''.
-{{stub-production}}
+Kagan died on {{d|29|February|2008}}, from acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [http://webnews.sff.net/read?cmd=read&artid=%3C47c99044.0@news.sff.net%3E]
 == Writing credits ==
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 * ''Hellspark''
-== External link ==
+== External links ==
-* [http://www.janetkagan.com/ Author's Website]
+* [http://www.janetkagan.com JanetKagan.com] - author's website
+* {{sf-encyc|kagan_janet}}
+* {{wikipedia}}
+* {{mbeta}}
-[[Category:Star Trek authors|Kagan, Janet]]
+[[de:Janet Kagan]]
+[[Category:Star Trek novel authors|Kagan, Janet]]