American writer of science fiction and fantasy, poet and critical essays. Her thought-provoking novels include The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, as did The Dispossessed (1974), and Lavinia (2008). Science fiction was not always a welcoming place for women

Epic, Fantastic, Fantasy, Layered, Mythic, Political, Science fiction, Spiritual

A graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Adrienne Rhinehart began her career as an animation artist specializing in animation assisting, cleanup, and inbetweening on traditionally hand-drawn projects. She cut her teeth in the industry working on several well-known television series i

Cartoonish, Death, Fantastic, Grotesque, Kitsch, Playful, Pop, Quirky

Absurd, Anxiety, Fantastic, Funny, Pioneering, Playful, Political, Repetition

Gluck is a poet whose willingness to confront the horrible, the difficult, and the painful has resulted in a body of work characterized by insight and a severe lyricism. Though sometimes cliched, her work is moving and thought-provoking. She was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2003-20

Fantastic, Lyrical, Mythic, Nostalgic