Career
Wilhelm was born in Toledo, Ohio.
Her work has been published in Quark/, Orbit (anthology series), Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Locus, Amazing Stories, Asimov's Science Fiction, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Fantastic (magazine), Omni, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and Cosmopolitan, among many other places.
She and her second husband, Damon Knight, mentored many authors and helped to establish the Clarion Writers Workshop and the Milford Writer's Workshop.
Since the death of Damon Knight in 2002, Wilhelm has continued to host monthly workshops, as well as lecturing at other events.
Kate Wilhelm lives in Eugene, Oregon.
In 2009, she was the recipient of one of the first three Solstice Awards presented by the SFWA in recognition of her contributions to the field of science fiction. She is also a recipient of the Kristen Lohman award.
In 2012, Kate Wilhelm, along with Richard Wilhelm, Sue Arbuthnot, and Jonathan Knight, formed InfinityBox Press, LLC to publish all of Kate's new and legacy works as e-books.
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