Lynn Abbey
| Lynn Abbey | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Marilyn Lorraine Abbey September 18, 1948 Peekskill, New York |
| Occupation | Author |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Asprin (to 1993) |
Marilyn Lorraine "Lynn" Abbey (born September 18, 1948) is an American computer programmer and author.
Born in Peekskill, New York, Abbey was daughter of Ronald Lionel (an insurance manager) and Doris Lorraine (a homemaker; maiden name, De Wees). She attended the University of Rochester, where she began as an astrophysics major. She earned a A.B. (1969) and an M.A. (1971) in European history, but shifted to computer programming as a profession "when my advisor pointed out that, given the natural rise and fall of demographic curves, tenured university faculty positions were going to be as scarce as hen's teeth for the next twenty-five years and my education was turning into an expensive hobby. (He was right, too.)" She had married Ralph Dressler July 14, 1969; they were divorced October 31, 1972. During this period she also became a member of science fiction fandom.
In 1976, after a stint as a programmer for insurance companies, and work on the state task force involved in documenting the New York City bankruptcy crisis, she moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan. In January 1977, she was injured in an automobile accident while going to pick up Gordon R. Dickson, who was to be a Guest of Honor at that year's ConFusion. The guilt-ridden Dickson volunteered to assist her by reading and critiqueing her work (she'd been writing since childhood). The manuscript he helped her with became Daughter of the Bright Moon.
Abbey began publishing in 1979 with Daughter of the Bright Moon and the short story "The Face of Chaos," part of a Thieves World shared world anthology.
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