From the SFWA website:
Andre Norton, 93, the  Grand Dame of Science Fiction and Fantasy, 
author, poet, editor, whose published works span seven decades, died of
congestive heart failure in her Murfreesboro, Tennessee home, early
Thursday morning, March 17th.

Andre Norton was born Alice Mary Norton on February 17, 1912, in
Cleveland Ohio. She wrote more than 130 novels, nearly one hundred short
stories, and edited numerous anthologies in the science-fiction,
fantasy, mystery, and western genres. She the first woman to be a SFWA
Grand Master and to be inducted in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall
of Fame. She received Skylark, Barlog, and World Fantasy awards, and was
the first woman to win the Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy award.

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has announced the
formation of the Andre Norton Award for young adult novels. Andre
approved this before her death, and suggested several titles for
consideration. The awards will be announced along with the Nebulas, with
the first award being presented in 2006. The award will be selected
following the same procedure as the Nebula Awards.

At her direction, there will be no service. She requested memorials to
be made in her honor to St. Jude s Children s Hospital and Veterinary
Services (c/o the Noah Fund) P.O. Box 10128, Murfreesboro, TN 37129.

She is survived by her close friends and caretakers Sue and Ollie
Stewart, her cat RT., and her family of fans throughout the world.

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My grandma's cousin on my mom's side.  

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