Bradley, Marion (nee Zimmer)

1930 – She was born this year in Albany, New York.

1941 – She began writing in this year.

1949 – She married Robert Alden Bradley.

1952 – She sold her first ever story to Vortex this year.

1957 – Her first published novel-length work was Falcons of Narabedla, first published in May of this year.

1962 – Her novel “I am a Lesbian” was published this year.

1964 – She divorced her husband this year.

1965 – She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.

1966 – She became a cofounder of the Society for Creative Anachronism. It was credited with coining the name of that group.

1999 – She died from a debilitating heart attack. Her ashes were scattered at Glastonbury Tor, in Somerset, England, two months later.