The books won her immediate recognition and the John W. The two novels were published in 1976, Gate of Ivrel preceding Brothers of Earth by several months (although she had completed and submitted Brothers of Earth first). Wollheim purchased both manuscripts she had submitted to DAW Books, Gate of Ivrel and Brothers of Earth. Her breakthrough came in 1975 when Donald A. Retyping from carbon copies of her manuscripts was cheaper than paying for photocopying, and, in effect, forced her to rewrite those lost manuscripts (using carbon paper to make at least one copy of a manuscript was standard practice until the advent of the personal computer). In fact, she was forced to re-write some of her early works when various publishers lost the manuscripts she submitted.
Instead, Cherryh wrote novels in her spare time away from teaching and submitted these manuscripts directly for publication.
In fact, Cherryh did not consider writing short stories until after she had several novels published. Cherryh did not follow the professional path typical of science fiction writers at the time, which was to first publish short stories in science fiction and fantasy magazines and then progress to novels. In her spare time, she would write, using the mythology of Rome and Greece as plots for her stories of the future. During the summers, she would conduct student tours of the ancient ruins in England, France, Spain, and Italy. While her job was teaching Latin, her passion was the history, religion, and culture of Rome and Ancient Greece. In 1965, she received a Master of Arts degree in classics from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, where she was a Woodrow Wilson fellow.Īfter graduation, Cherry taught Latin, Ancient Greek, the classics, and ancient history at John Marshall High School in the Oklahoma City public school system. In 1964, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Latin from the University of Oklahoma (Phi Beta Kappa), with academic specializations in archaeology, mythology, and the history of engineering. She began writing stories at the age of ten when she became frustrated with the cancellation of her favorite TV show, Flash Gordon.
Louis, Missouri and raised primarily in Lawton, Oklahoma.
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