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Sue Greenleaf
An early American novelist whose work mixed romance, occult themes, and speculative ideas at the turn of the 20th century. She is best remembered for a strange and imaginative novel later recognized as an early work of science fiction.
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About the author
Sue Greenleaf was an American novelist active in the early 1900s. Reliable reference sources identify her as the author of Liquid from the Sun's Rays (1901), a novel noted for combining science-fictional ideas with occult elements.
That book was later republished in 1906 as Don Miguel Lehumada, Discoverer of the Liquid from the Sun's Rays: An Occult Romance of Mexico and the United States. She also wrote Wed by Mighty Waves: A Thrilling Romance of Ill-Fated Galveston (1901), showing an interest in dramatic popular fiction as well as speculative storytelling.
Very little biographical information about her seems to survive. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction notes that she has been identified as a U.S. author associated with Fort Worth, Saltillo, and later San Francisco, and also describes her as a feminist writer.