Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was an American author, best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe and the Earthsea fantasy series. Her work was first published in 1959. Born in 1929 and dying in 2018, she was one of the most honoured writers in the field. Her career spanned nearly sixty years and produced more than twenty novels and more than a hundred short stories, along with poetry, criticism, translations and children's books. She has been called a major voice in American letters, and said that she would prefer to be known as an American novelist.