A Double Life

I mentioned, back in February, that a new biography of Alice B. Sheldon had been published. I’ve just finished it, and can heartily recommend it. Alice Sheldon/James Tiptree Jr. has found a most sensitive biographer in Julie Phillips, and James Tiptree, Jr. is a triumph of the biographer’s art. Very, very good indeed.

 

I see, from the dustjacket blurb, that Julie Phillips may be living in Amsterdam at the moment. Here’s an interview with her from last year that confirms it. Perhaps I may even bump into her one day and be able to say in person that her biography of the human known as Alice/James/Racoona was simply stunning.