Rosel George Brown

Rosel George Brown was an American science fiction writer, born in New Orleans on March 15, 1926, and remembered for lively, funny, imaginative work that stood out in the genre. She studied Greek at Sophie Newcomb College and later earned a master's degree in Greek from the University of Minnesota.

Her short fiction appeared in major science fiction magazines, and her collection A Handful of Time helped showcase her range. She was also nominated for a Hugo Award, and her novel Sibyl Sue Blue—later published as Galactic Sibyl Sue Blue—became her best-known book.

Brown spent part of her working life outside publishing as a welfare visitor in Louisiana, and that real-world grounding seems to have sat comfortably beside her playful speculative ideas. She died in New Orleans on November 26, 1967, leaving behind a small but fondly remembered body of work.