C. L. (Catherine Lucile) Moore

Catherine Lucile Moore was born in Indianapolis in 1911. Her first published story, “Shambleau,” appeared in Weird Tales in 1933, introducing Northwest Smith and launching a notable career in science fiction and fantasy. She later created Jirel of Joiry, a fierce warrior who became one of the genre’s most influential early female protagonists.

Moore married fellow writer Henry Kuttner in 1940, and the pair collaborated on numerous stories and novels under names including Lewis Padgett and Lawrence O’Donnell. Their work included “Mimsy Were the Borogoves,” “Vintage Season,” and other celebrated Golden Age science-fiction stories.

After Kuttner’s death in 1958, Moore wrote for television before retiring from fiction in 1963. She received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and the Gandalf Grand Master Award in 1981, and was inducted posthumously into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1998.