Ruth Berman

For the Israeli linguist, see Ruth A. Berman.

Ruth Berman is an American writer of weird science fiction and speculative poetry. In 2003, she won the Rhysling Award for Best Short Poem. She was also the winner of the 2006 Dwarf Stars Award for her poem Knowledge Of. In 1973, she was a finalist for the first John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.^[1]

Ruth Berman
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Genres	Science fiction speculative poetry
Notable awards	Rhysling Award (2003) Dwarf Stars Award (2006)

Her short fiction has appeared in Analog, New Worlds, Star Trek: The New Voyages, Shadows 2, Tales of the Unanticipated, and Asimov's Science Fiction. Berman is a staff member of the University of Minnesota.^[2]

Bibliography

Poetry

Anthologies

• Bag Person Press Collective, ed. (2012). Lady poetesses from Hell. Bag Person Press.

List of poems

Title	Year	First published	Reprinted/collected
The Fates rebel	2015	Berman, Ruth (March 2015). "The Fates rebel". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (3): 45.
Gold ring	2014	Berman, Ruth (February 2014). "Gold ring". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (2): 79.
How many	2013	Berman, Ruth (February 2013). "How many". Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (2): 69.
Immigrant to Desert-World	1977	Berman, Ruth (Fall 2013). "Immigrant to Desert-World". Asimov's Choice Astronauts & Androids. 1 (1): 43. [3]
Knowledge of	2005	Berman, Ruth (Autumn 2005). "Knowledge of" (PDF). Kerem. 10: 104.

Fiction

• Berman, Ruth (2011). Bradamant's quest. FTL Publications.