What is Gene Wolfe?
[[File:Gene Wolfe, 2005.png|thumb|Wolfe in April 2004]] '''Gene Rodman Wolfe''' (May 7, 1931 &ndash; April 14, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] science fiction and fantasy writer. He was known for his fantasy novels which had connections to his [[Catholic]] faith. His best known work was ''[[The Book of the New Sun]]'', a collection of four novels. Wolfe won two [[Nebula Award]]s and many [[Locus Award]]s. Wolfe was born on May 7, 1931 in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. He studied at [[Texas A&M University]] and at the [[University of Houston]]. He was married to Rosemary Wolfe. He lived in [[Chicago]] and in [[Barrington, Illinois]]. Wolfe had double [[Coronary artery bypass surgery|bypass]] surgery on April 24, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|author=Locus Publications |url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2010/04/gene-wolfe-recovering-from-heart-surgery/ |title=Locus Online News » Gene Wolfe Recovering from Heart Surgery |publisher=Locusmag.com |date=2010-04-27 |accessdate=2012-05-27}}</ref> He also had surgery on his right eye in early 2013. He died from [[heart disease]] on April 14, 2019 in his [[Peoria, Illinois]] home. He was 87.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2019/04/15/gene-wolfe-in-memoriam-1931-2019/|title=Author and Grand Master Gene Wolfe, 1931-2019|website=Tor.com|date=April 15, 2019|accessdate=April 16, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Wikiquote}} *[http://www.ultan.org.uk/ Ultan's Library, a journal for the study of Gene Wolfe] *[http://www.locusmag.com/index/b516.html#A7535 Bibliography of Gene Wolfe's work in the Locus database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103141149/http://www.locusmag.com/index/b516.html#A7535 |date=2007-11-03 }} *[http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2tmhh/wolfe.html Paul Duggan's Wolfe site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928041649/http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2tmhh/wolfe.html |date=2007-09-28 }} *[http://freesfonline.de/authors/wolfe.html Gene Wolfe's online fiction] {{Webarchive|url