What is Molly Gloss?
[[File:Molly Gloss reading for Ars Poetica.jpg|thumb|upright|Gloss reading at [[Eastern Oregon University]] in 2012]] '''Molly Gloss''' (born November 20, 1944) is an American writer. She writes mostly [[historical fiction]] and [[science fiction]]. ==Life== Gloss grew up in rural Oregon. She began writing seriously when she became a mother.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mollygloss.com/writer.html |title=On becoming a writer |first=Molly |last=Gloss |date=May 1, 2007 |access-date=May 25, 2013 |archive-date=July 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716035230/http://www.mollygloss.com/writer.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> She now lives in [[Portland, Oregon]]. She was close friends with fellow science fiction writer [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]. Gloss has taught writing and literature of the [[Western United States|American West]] at [[Portland State University]], and was visiting professor at [[Pacific University]]'s MFA in Writing program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pacificu.edu/as/mfa/writers/index.cfm |title=Visiting Writers & Past Faculty |publisher=Pacific University Oregon |access-date=May 25, 2013}}</ref> ==Awards and nominations== * 1996 [[Whiting Awards|Whiting Award]] * ''The Jump-Off Creek'' was a finalist for the [[PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction]] and won both the 1990 [[Oregon Book Award|Ken Kesey Award for the Novel]] and 1990 [[Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pnba.org/1990BookAwards.html |title=1990 Book Awards |publisher=Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association |access-date=May 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621062310/http://www.pnba.org/1990BookAwards.html |archive-date=June 21, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> * ''Wild Life'' was a finalist for the [[Oregon Book Award]] and won the 2000 [[James Tiptree, Jr. Award]] for work that explores or expands understanding of gender * ''The Hearts of Horses'' was a finalist for the [[Oregon Book Award]] ==Bibliography== ===Novels=== * {{cite book| title=Outsid