All About Andre
Andre Norton
Say her name to someone who's read her work, and watch the flash in their eyes. There's something about Andre Norton.
She calls herself an old-fashioned storyteller and, indeed, whether it's fantasy, science fiction, adventure, romance or any other genre of popular literature, she manages to capture the audience's attention in the gracious style of the long-gone bardic masters. This quality, acknowledged by both the readers and critics has given her the title of the Grande Dame of Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Andre Norton 10/21/2002
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Here you will find information on over 300 titles by Andre. Hundreds of articles, thousands of images, and five hours of video, about Andre Norton and her works. Please, take the time to look at everything. You may very well discover a bit of Andre you were previously unaware of. Check back often as we are adding new content every day.
We have come a very long way since we started online way back in 2004. Since that time we have earned the right to call our site the only “Estate Authorized” Andre Norton website. Because of the extensive quantity of information we have amassed over the years and our dedication to the preservation of Andre’s legacy the Estate granted us this right in 2013, but this is our only true attachment to the Estate.
Spend some time on this site and learn all about Andre's wonderful work. There are books to read and share with friends, interesting tidbits of trivia and interesting images spread throughout the site. You may just find something you have never seen before or titles that you have never heard of. What a great find – a previously unread Andre Norton novel!
Keep in mind that many of Andre Norton's "early" novels were written for what is considered the adolesent male market from another time (1950's and 60's). Andre Norton soon became the gateway to Science Fiction and Fantasy for many and remains an excellent author for introducing all readers to her works. ~ She can't help but inspire their imaginations.
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March 18, 2005 ~ New York Times
Andre Norton Dies at 93; a Master of Science Fiction
By Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Andre Norton, a prolific and popular science-fiction and fantasy writer whose central theme was the rite of passage to self-realization undertaken by misfits or displaced outsiders, died yesterday at her home in Murfreesboro, Tenn. She was 93.
The cause was congestive heart failure, Sue Stewart, her friend and caretaker, said.
In more than 130 novels, nearly 100 short stories and numerous anthologies that Ms. Norton edited in the science-fiction, fantasy, mystery and western genres, the theme of alienation and return keeps recurring.
In a typical story, "Star Man's Son, 2250 A.D." (Harcourt, 1952) - her first science-fiction novel - Fors, a mutant rejected by a postwar society because of his differences, goes in search of a lost city rumored to be free of radiation. Accompanied by a cat with which he communicates telepathically, Fors discovers his own worth through a string of difficult tests.
"Star Man's Son" was the relatively late start of Ms. Norton's science fiction career; until then, she had mainly been a novelist writing juvenile historical fiction and adventure stories, under the pen name Andre Norton, chosen because her readers were thought to be exclusively boys.
