Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:26:46 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Julian May Questions Needed?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

> rw_lynch at yahoo.com 4/24/2005 11:32:32 PM >>>
>
>--- Ernest Lilley <elilley at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> It seemed like a great idea at the beginning of the
>> month. Colleen has a
>> review of Ironcrown Moon scheduled for next month...why
>> not do an interview
>> with the author?
>>
>
>Do you want to limit it to questions about her writing
>career?  She was also the chair of one of the most
>important worldcons of all time, the 1952 Chicon.  Much
>happened there that shaped the future of fandom.

She was the first woman to chair a Worldcon.  And she was 21.  The
convention had 870 attendence, more than twice the size of any previous
convention (see: http://wsfs.org/wclist.html)
Some bio details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_May

mjw