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Suzette Haden Elgin

American linguist and writer (1936-2015).

Born November 18th, 1936 in Louisiana.

Died January 27th, 2015 at 78 years old in Arkansas. [ref]

Occupations
contemporary folk singer, guitar teacher, interpreter, linguist, novelist, pianist, poet, psycholinguist, science fiction writer, secretary, translator, violinist, writer

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle