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Ruth Berman
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<p>Ruth Berman is an American writer of weird science fiction and <a href="/facts/Speculative_poetry/jVGPl6oV">speculative poetry</a>. In 2003, she won the <a href="/facts/Rhysling_Award/0gJmyFlf">Rhysling Award for Best Short Poem</a>. She was also the winner of the 2006 <a href="/facts/Dwarf_Stars_Award/fTyN4HaI">Dwarf Stars Award</a> for her poem <i>Knowledge Of</i>. In 1973, she was a finalist for the first <a href="/facts/John_W._Campbell_Award_for_Best_New_Writer/A3oeb9c2">John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer</a>. </p><p>Her short fiction has appeared in <i><a href="/facts/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact/wlsqI7yY">Analog</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/New_Worlds_(magazine)/8zexMAGU">New Worlds</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Star_Trek%3a_The_New_Voyages/0b5xrlyN">Star Trek: The New Voyages</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Shadows_(anthology)/ChLCSwsP">Shadows 2</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Tales_of_the_Unanticipated/qLpryUpA">Tales of the Unanticipated</a></i>, and <i><a href="/facts/Asimov%2527s_Science_Fiction/q6GEJEDF">Asimov's Science Fiction</a></i>. Berman is a staff member of the <a href="/facts/University_of_Minnesota/vN1uQvP5">University of Minnesota</a>. </p>