Jo Clayton (February 15, 1939–February 13, 1998) was an American fantasy and science fiction author. February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... In literature, fantasy is a form of speculative fiction in which physical laws differ from our own through a reason for which no scientific explanation is offered, or which take place a world wholly different from our own. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

She was born in Modesto, California, and she was raised in the area along with two sisters by her farmsteading parents. Their parents arranged for all three children to attend college, and Jo graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Southern California in 1963. She worked as a teacher for thirteen years, beginning in Bell, California. Modesto is the county seat of Stanislaus County, California. ... Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. ... The University of Southern California (also known as USC), Southern Californias oldest private research university, is located in the urban center of Los Angeles, California. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bell is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...

In 1969 she had a religious conversion and she moved to New Orleans to join the Sisters of Mount Carmel, a Catholic order of instructors. She left the order after three years, just before she would have taken her vows to become a nun. While in New Orleans she wrote heavily and also worked as an artist, painting people's pets. By 1983 she decided to move to Portland, Oregon. 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... In general, a nun is a female ascetic who chooses to voluntarily leave the world and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Portland is the largest city in Oregon, and county seat of Multnomah County. ...

During her career she wrote 35 novels and many short stories. Her works sold over a million copies.

At the age of 57 she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, or cancer of the bone marrow, and passed away from her condition a year and a half later. During her stay in the hospital she continued writing, completing a full novel and half of the last book in a trilogy. Multiple myeloma (also known simply as myeloma or plasma cell myeloma) is a hematological malignancy of plasma cells, the cells of the immune system that produce antibodies. ... When normal cells are damaged or old they undergo apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. ... Bone marrow is the tissue comprising the center of large bones. ...

She was survived by her mother Bessie Clayton, and her sisters Penn Brumm and Pamela Larsen.

Bibliography

• Diadem from the Stars (1977)
• Irsud (1978)
• Lamarchos (1978)
• Maeve (1979)
• Star Hunters (1980)
• The Nowhere Hunt (1981)
• Moongather (1982)
• Moonscatter (1983)
• Ghosthunt (1983)
• The Snares of Ibex (1984)
• Changer's Moon (1985)
• Drinker of Souls (1986)
• Quester's Endgame (1986)
• Skeen's Leap (1986)
• Skeen's Return (1987)
• Skeen's Search (1987)
• Blue Magic (1988)
• Shadow of the Warmaster (1988)
• A Gathering of Stones (1989)
• The Soul Drinker (1989)
• Shadowplay (1990)
• Shadowspeer (1990)
• Shadowkill (1991)
• Wild Magic (1991)
• Wild Magic #2: Wildfire (1992)
• Dancer's Rise (1993)
• Wild Magic #3: The Magic Wars (1993)
• Dance Down the Stars (1994)
• Serpent Waltz (1994)
• Fire in the Sky (1995)
• The Burning Ground (1995)
• Crystal Heat (1996)
• Drum Warning (1996)
• Drum Calls (1997)
• Drum into Silence (2002), completed posthumously by Kevin Andrew Murphy.

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External links

• Jo Clayton home page (http://www.dm.net/~mjkramer/)
• Obituary (http://www.sfwa.org/Members/Jo/obit.htm)