Catherine L. Moore (writing under the 
             name of C.L. Moore since women just 
             didn't write SF in the '50's ;), her 
             stories (starting with "Shambleau" 
             forever changed Science Fiction. 
             
             As Lester del Rey puts it:  

             "It is probably impossible to explain 
              to modern writers what an impact that 
              first C.L. Moore story had.  ... 
              The influences of that story were 
              and are tremendous.  Here, for the 
              first time in the field, we find 
              mood, feeling, and color.  Here is 
              an alien who is truely *alien* 
              -- far different from the crude 
              monsters and slightly altered humans 
              found in other stories.  Here are 
              rounded and well-developed characters."

              She is also known as the wife of 
              Henry Kutner.  Much of their works are 
              the collaborative works of one of 
              the greatest writing teams of all time.

              "Judgement Night", C.L. Moore 

              "Return to Otherness", Henry Kutner
                                     (short storeis)

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