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.infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Suzette Haden Elgin</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Patricia Anne Suzette Wilkins</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1936-11-18</span>)</span>November 18, 1936<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_City,_Missouri" title="Jefferson City, Missouri">Jefferson City, Missouri</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">January 27, 2015<span style="display:none">(2015-01-27)</span> (aged 78)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_San_Diego" title="University of California, San Diego">University of California, San Diego</a> (<a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">PhD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Science fiction author, linguist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Peter Haden (married 1955; he predeceased her)<br />George Elgin (married 1964; he survives her)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Suzette Haden Elgin</b> (born <b>Patricia Anne Suzette Wilkins</b>; November 18, 1936 – January 27, 2015) was an American researcher in experimental linguistics, construction and evolution of languages and poetry and science fiction writer. She founded the <a href="/wiki/Science_Fiction_Poetry_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Science Fiction Poetry Association">Science Fiction Poetry Association</a> and is considered an important figure in the field of science fiction <a href="/wiki/Constructed_language" title="Constructed language">constructed languages</a>. Her best-known non-fiction includes her <a href="/wiki/Verbal_self-defense" title="Verbal self-defense"><i>Verbal Self-Defense</i></a> series.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suzette_Haden_Elgin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Patricia Anne Suzette Wilkins was born in 1936 in <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_City,_Missouri" title="Jefferson City, Missouri">Jefferson City, Missouri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_San_Diego" title="University of California, San Diego">University of California, San Diego</a> (UCSD) in the 1960s, and began writing science fiction in order to pay tuition. She gained a PhD in <a href="/wiki/Linguistics" title="Linguistics">linguistics</a>, and was the first UCSD student ever to write two dissertations (on English and <a href="/wiki/Navajo_language" title="Navajo language">Navajo</a>). </p><p>She created the <a href="/wiki/Engineered_language" title="Engineered language">engineered language</a> <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A1adan" title="Láadan">Láadan</a> for her <i><a href="/wiki/Native_Tongue_(Suzette_Haden_Elgin_novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native Tongue (Suzette Haden Elgin novel)">Native Tongue</a></i> science fiction series.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A grammar and dictionary was published in 1985. She supported <a href="/wiki/Feminist_science_fiction" title="Feminist science fiction">feminist science fiction</a>, saying "women need to realize that SF is the only <a href="/wiki/Genre" title="Genre">genre</a> of literature in which it's possible for a writer to explore the question of what this world would be like if you could get rid of [Y], where [Y] is filled in with any of the multitude of real world facts that constrain and oppress women. Women need to treasure and support science fiction."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, she published works of shorter fiction. Overlying themes in her work include <a href="/wiki/Feminism" title="Feminism">feminism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linguistics" title="Linguistics">linguistics</a> and the impact of proper <a href="/wiki/Language" title="Language">language</a>, and peaceful coexistence with nature. Many of her works also draw from her <a href="/wiki/Ozark" class="mw-redirect" title="Ozark">Ozark</a> background and heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_years_and_death">Later years and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suzette_Haden_Elgin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Later years and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elgin became a professor at <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_State_University" title="San Diego State University">San Diego State University</a> (SDSU). She retired in 1980 and lived in <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a> with her second husband, George Elgin. She died at age 78 in 2015 from undisclosed causes. She was survived by her husband. Her son Michael pre-deceased her.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suzette_Haden_Elgin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fiction">Fiction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suzette_Haden_Elgin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Coyote_Jones_series">Coyote Jones series</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suzette_Haden_Elgin&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Coyote Jones series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Communipaths</i> (1970)</li> <li><i>Furthest</i> (1971)</li> <li><i>At the Seventh Level</i> (1972) (cover and interior illustrations by <a href="/wiki/George_Barr_(artist)" title="George Barr (artist)">George Barr</a>)</li> <li><i>Star-Anchored, Star-Angered</i> (1979); <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-385-13564-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-385-13564-5">0-385-13564-5</a></li> <li><i>Yonder Comes the Other End of Time</i> (1986); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88677-110-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-88677-110-2">0-88677-110-2</a> (also in The Ozark series<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Ozark_Trilogy_(1981)"><span id="The_Ozark_Trilogy_.281981.29"></span>The Ozark Trilogy (1981)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suzette_Haden_Elgin&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: The Ozark Trilogy (1981)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Twelve Fair Kingdoms</i>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-385-15876-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-385-15876-9">0-385-15876-9</a></li> <li><i>The Grand Jubilee</i>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-385-15877-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-385-15877-7">0-385-15877-7</a></li> <li><i>And Then There'll Be Fireworks</i>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-385-15878-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-385-15878-5">0-385-15878-5</a></li> <li><i>Yonder Comes the Other End of Time</i> (1986); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88677-110-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-88677-110-2">0-88677-110-2</a> (also in the Coyote Jones series<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Native_Tongue_series">Native Tongue series</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suzette_Haden_Elgin&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Native Tongue series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Native_Tongue_(Elgin_novel)" title="Native Tongue (Elgin novel)">Native Tongue</a></i> (1984); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87997-945-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-87997-945-3">0-87997-945-3</a></li> <li><i>The Judas Rose</i> (1987); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88677-186-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-88677-186-2">0-88677-186-2</a></li> <li><i>Earthsong</i> (1993); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88677-592-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-88677-592-2">0-88677-592-2</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other">Other</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suzette_Haden_Elgin&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Peacetalk 101</i> (2003); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-59021-030-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-59021-030-1">1-59021-030-1</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Short_stories">Short stories</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suzette_Haden_Elgin&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Short stories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"For the Sake of Grace" – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_%26_Science_Fiction" title="The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction">Fantasy & Science Fiction</a></i>, 1969 (inspired the novel <a href="/wiki/The_Two_of_Them_(novel)" title="The Two of Them (novel)">The Two of Them</a> by <a href="/wiki/Joanna_Russ" title="Joanna Russ">Joanna Russ</a>)</li> <li>"Old Rocking Chair's Got Me" – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_%26_Science_Fiction" title="The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction">Fantasy & Science Fiction</a></i>, 1974</li> <li>"Modulation in All Things" – <i>Reflections of the Future</i> anthology, 1975</li> <li>"Lest Levitation Come Upon Us" – <i>Perpetual Light</i> anthology, 1982 (reprinted in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Year%27s_Best_Fantasy_Stories:_9" title="The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 9">The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 9</a></i> anthology, 1983)</li> <li>"Magic Granny Says Don't Meddle" – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_%26_Science_Fiction" title="The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction">Fantasy & Science Fiction</a></i>, 1984</li> <li>"School Days" – <i>Light Years and Dark</i> anthology, 1984</li> <li>"Chico Lafleur Talks Funny" – <i>A Treasury of American Horror Stories</i>, 1985</li> <li>"Lo, How an Oak E'er Blooming" – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_%26_Science_Fiction" title="The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction">Fantasy & Science Fiction</a></i>, 1986</li> <li>"Hush My Mouth" – <i>Alternative Histories: 11 Stories of the World as It Might Have Been</i>, edited by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_G._Waugh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles G. Waugh (page does not exist)">Charles G. Waugh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martin_H._Greenberg" title="Martin H. Greenberg">Martin H. Greenberg</a>, 1986</li> <li>"Tornado" – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_%26_Science_Fiction" title="The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction">Fantasy & Science Fiction</a></i>, 1989</li> <li>"What the EPA Don't Know Won't Hurt Them" – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_%26_Science_Fiction" title="The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction">Fantasy & Science Fiction</a></i>, 1990</li> <li>"Only A Housewife" – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_%26_Science_Fiction" title="The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction">Fantasy & Science Fiction</a></i>, 1995</li> <li>"Soulfedge Rock" – <i>Space Opera</i> anthology, 1996</li> <li>"Weather Bulletin" – 1999</li> <li>"Honor Is Golden" – <i><a href="/wiki/Astounding_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Astounding Magazine">Analog</a></i>, 2003</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sfwa.org/members/elgin/Story-Panglish.html">"We have always spoken Panglish"</a>- <i>SciFi.com</i>, 2004 (Panglish appears in <i>Native Tongue</i>)</li> <li>"What We Can See Now, Looking in the Glass" – <i><a href="/wiki/Glorifying_Terrorism" title="Glorifying Terrorism">Glorifying Terrorism</a></i>, 2007</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Poetry">Poetry</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suzette_Haden_Elgin&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Poetry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Less Said: A Book of Poems</i> (1965)</li> <li>"McLuhan Transposed" – <i>Burning with a Vision</i> anthology, 1968</li> <li>"Lexical Gap" – <i><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov%27s_Science_Fiction_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine">Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine</a></i>, 1985</li> <li>"Presuppositional Ghostbusting" – <i><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov%27s_Science_Fiction_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine">Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine</a></i>, 1985</li> <li>"Rocky Road to Hoe" – <i>Star*Line</i>, 1987</li> <li>"Binary Addendum" – <i>Star*Line</i>, 1989</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Songs_(partial_list)"><span id="Songs_.28partial_list.29"></span>Songs (partial list)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suzette_Haden_Elgin&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Songs (partial list)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"Dead Skunk Song"</li> <li>"Song at the Ready"</li> <li>"When I Was a Young Girl" (lyrics only, to the tune of "The Ash Grove")</li> <li>"Where the Emerald Kudzu Twines"</li> <li>"The World They Call Terra"</li> <li>"Down in Holes" (lyrics only, to the tune of "Frère Jacques")</li> <li>"The Firelizard Song"</li> <li>"The Seas of Space"</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nonfiction">Nonfiction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suzette_Haden_Elgin&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Nonfiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Gentle_Art_of_Verbal_Self-Defense"><i>The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suzette_Haden_Elgin&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense</i> (1980); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-13-351080-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-13-351080-8">0-13-351080-8</a></li> <li><i>More on the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense</i> (1983); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-13-601120-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-13-601120-9">0-13-601120-9</a></li> <li><i>The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense Workbook</i> (1987)</li> <li><i>The Last Word on the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense</i> (1987); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-13-524067-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-13-524067-0">0-13-524067-0</a></li> <li><i>Language in Emergency Medicine</i> (1987); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7388-1227-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-7388-1227-7">0-7388-1227-7</a></li> <li><i>The Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense</i> (Paperback; 1988; Barnes & Noble); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88029-257-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-88029-257-1">0-88029-257-1</a></li> <li><i>Growing Civilized Kids in a Savage World</i> (1989)</li> <li><i>The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense for Business Success</i> (1989); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-13-921032-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-13-921032-6">0-13-921032-6</a></li> <li><i>Success with the Art of Verbal Self-Defense</i> (1989); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-13-688581-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-13-688581-0">0-13-688581-0</a></li> <li><i>Staying Well with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense</i> (1990); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-13-845116-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-13-845116-8">0-13-845116-8</a></li> <li><i>GenderSpeak</i> (1993); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-471-58016-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-471-58016-3">0-471-58016-3</a></li> <li><i>The Gentle Art of Written Self-Defense</i> (1993); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56731-113-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-56731-113-X">1-56731-113-X</a></li> <li><i>The Gentle Art of Written Self-Defense Letter Book</i> (1993); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-13-350422-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-13-350422-0">0-13-350422-0</a></li> <li><i>Language in Law Enforcement</i> (1993); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-878709-04-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-878709-04-6">1-878709-04-6</a></li> <li><i>Linguistics & Science Fiction Sampler</i> (1994)</li> <li><i>Mastering the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense</i> (1995-05; Unabridged; audio-cassette); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7871-0282-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-7871-0282-2">0-7871-0282-2</a></li> <li><i>BusinessSpeak</i> (1995); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-07-020000-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-07-020000-9">0-07-020000-9</a></li> <li><i>"You Can't Say That To Me!"</i> (1995); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-471-00399-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-471-00399-9">0-471-00399-9</a></li> <li><i>The Gentle Art of Communicating with Kids</i> (1996); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-471-03996-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-471-03996-9">0-471-03996-9</a></li> <li><i>How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable</i> (1997-03; Wiley); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-471-15705-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-471-15705-8">0-471-15705-8</a></li> <li><i>How to Turn the Other Cheek and Still Survive in Today's World</i> (1997); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7852-7249-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-7852-7249-6">0-7852-7249-6</a></li> <li><i>The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense at Work</i> (2000-01-19; Second Edition; Prentice Hall); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7352-0089-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-7352-0089-0">0-7352-0089-0</a></li> <li><i>The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense: Revised and Updated</i> (2009); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4351-1342-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4351-1342-8">978-1-4351-1342-8</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_2">Other</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suzette_Haden_Elgin&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>A Guide to <a href="/wiki/Transformational_Grammar" class="mw-redirect" title="Transformational Grammar">Transformational Grammar</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/John_Grinder" title="John Grinder">John Grinder</a>) (1973); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-03-080126-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-03-080126-5">0-03-080126-5</a></li> <li><i>What is Linguistics?</i> (1973); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-13-952390-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-13-952390-1">0-13-952390-1</a></li> <li><i>Bully for Us</i> (with <a href="/wiki/John_Grinder" title="John Grinder">John Grinder</a>) (1974)</li> <li><i>Pouring Down Words</i> (1975); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-13-686857-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-13-686857-6">0-13-686857-6</a></li> <li><i>A Primer of Transformational Grammar for Rank Beginners</i> (1975); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8141-3693-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-8141-3693-1">0-8141-3693-1</a></li> <li><i>Never Mind the Trees</i> (1980)</li> <li><i>The Great Grammar Myth</i> (1982)</li> <li><i>A First Dictionary and Grammar of Láadan</i> (1985, 2nd ed. 1988); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9618641-0-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-9618641-0-9">0-9618641-0-9</a></li> <li><i>Try to Feel It My Way</i> (1997); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-471-00670-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-471-00670-X">0-471-00670-X</a></li> <li><i>The Grandmother Principles</i> (1998); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7892-0431-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-7892-0431-2">0-7892-0431-2</a></li> <li><i>The Language Imperative</i> (2000); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7382-0254-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-7382-0254-1">0-7382-0254-1</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suzette_Haden_Elgin&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:0-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFClute2012" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_Clute" title="John Clute">Clute, John</a> (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/elgin_suzette_haden">"Suzette Haden Elgin"</a>. <i>Science Fiction Encyclopedia</i>. Gollancz<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 16,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Suzette+Haden+Elgin&rft.btitle=Science+Fiction+Encyclopedia&rft.pub=Gollancz&rft.date=2012&rft.aulast=Clute&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sf-encyclopedia.com%2Fentry%2Felgin_suzette_haden&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASuzette+Haden+Elgin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChozick2011" class="citation news cs1">Chozick, Amy (December 11, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/arts/television/in-game-of-thrones-a-language-to-make-the-world-feel-real.html">"Athhilezar? Watch Your Fantasy World Language"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Athhilezar%3F+Watch+Your+Fantasy+World+Language&rft.date=2011-12-11&rft.aulast=Chozick&rft.aufirst=Amy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2011%2F12%2F12%2Farts%2Ftelevision%2Fin-game-of-thrones-a-language-to-make-the-world-feel-real.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASuzette+Haden+Elgin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWells1999" class="citation web cs1">Wells, Kim (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170302034339/http://womenwriters.net/editorials/hadenelgin.htm">"An Interview with Suzette Haden Elgin"</a>. <i>Women Writers.net</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.womenwriters.net/editorials/hadenelgin.htm">the original</a> on March 2, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 16,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Women+Writers.net&rft.atitle=An+Interview+with+Suzette+Haden+Elgin&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=Wells&rft.aufirst=Kim&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.womenwriters.net%2Feditorials%2Fhadenelgin.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASuzette+Haden+Elgin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ozarque.livejournal.com/profile">Elgin blog</a>, ozarque.livejournal.com; accessed April 26, 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sfwa.org/members/elgin/index.html#Biography">Elgin biography</a>, sfwa.org; accessed April 26, 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sfsite.com/news/2015/01/28/obituary-suzette-haden-elgin">notice of death opg Suzette Haden Elgin</a>, SFSite News; accessed April 26, 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.locusmag.com/News/2015/02/suzette-haden-elgin-1936-2015">Locus Online obituary</a>, locusmag.com; accessed April 26, 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://ozarque.livejournal.com/631306.html">[1]</a>, 7th draft of her poem about Michael's death.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://inverarity.livejournal.com/202691.html">"Book Review: Yonder Comes the Other End of Time, by Suzette Haden Elgin"</a>. May 21, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Book+Review%3A+Yonder+Comes+the+Other+End+of+Time%2C+by+Suzette+Haden+Elgin&rft.date=2013-05-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Finverarity.livejournal.com%2F202691.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASuzette+Haden+Elgin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://inverarity.livejournal.com/202691.html">"Book Review: Yonder Comes the Other End of Time, by Suzette Haden Elgin"</a>. 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