MCINTYRE, VONDA N. — The Exile Waiting

New York, NY: Nelson Doubleday, 1975. 1st Edition; 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Illustrated by Chet Jezierski. Cover Art; This is a First Edition - with the code 30R on page 211. (the Book club edition was published prior to the US paperback, and the UK hardcover, making this a true First Edition). (and the code 1261 on the bottom edge of the rear dust jacket flap). The book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book is in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some fading to the spine, a small tear to the spine of the dust jacket and another semi-closed tear to the top rear panel, and some beginning edge wear to the spine ends and corners. "In 1971, McIntyre founded the Clarion West Writers Workshop in Seattle, Washington, with the support of Clarion founder Robin Scott Wilson. She contributed to the workshop until 1973. McIntyre won her first Nebula Award in 1973, for the novelette \'"Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand". This later became part of the novel Dreamsnake (1978) , which was rejected by the first editor who saw it, but went on to win both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. [5] McIntyre became the third woman to receive the Hugo Award for Best Novel (1979). McIntyre\'s debut novel, The Exile Waiting, was published in 1975. In 1976, McIntyre co-edited Aurora: Beyond Equality, a feminist/humanist science fiction anthology, with Susan Janice Anderson. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .