Clare Winger Harris

Born in 1891, Clare Winger Harris was an American science fiction writer best known for publishing in the pulp-magazine era. She became one of the first women to publish widely in U.S. science fiction magazines, with stories appearing in magazines such as Amazing Stories during the 1920s.

Her fiction often mixed space travel, scientific imagination, and adventurous plotting. She is especially remembered for early stories that featured women in active, capable roles at a time when that was still unusual in the genre.

Although her publishing career was relatively brief, her place in science fiction history has lasted. She is now regularly recognized as an important pioneer whose work helped broaden the field in its early years.