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Some of Paula's stories still in her head date back to college life, and she now has time to start writing some of them, as well as the new stories. She has read SF since the age of 12, adores the genre for its innovation and wide horizons, and could happily spend the rest of her retirement, as long
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Her agent recommended she try another pen name to assist sales, and so she published her "Cloudships of Orion" trilogy with Roc under the name "P.K. McAllister." Her "gypsies in space" trilogy garnered good reviews. A few years later, under yet another pen name, Diana
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