Janet Asimov

Janet Asimov (maiden name Janet Opal Jeppson) (born August 6, 1926 in Ashland, Pennsylvania) is an American science fiction author, psychiatrist, and a psychoanalyst.

Janet Asimov started writing children's science fiction under the name J O Jeppson in the 1970s. She was married to Isaac Asimov from 1973 until his death in 1992, and they collaborated on a number of science fiction books aimed at young readers, including the Norby series.

Biography

Janet Asimov received a B.A. from Stanford University (first attending Wellesley College), her M.D. from New York University Medical School, had completed her residency in psychiatry at Bellevue Hospital and worked in the William Alanson White Institute of Psychoanalysis until 1986.

Writing

Janet Asimov's first published writting was a "mystery short" sold to Hans Stefan Santesson for the The Saint Mystery Magazine and appearing in the May 1966 issue. According to Isaac Asimov, Janet Asimov's books that were written in association with him were 90% Janet and that his name was wanted on the books by the publisher "for the betterment of sales.

Bibliography

Norby Chronicles (with Isaac Asimov)

• Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot (1983)
• Norby's Other Secret (1984)
• Norby and the Lost Princess (1985)
• Norby and the Invaders (1985)
• Norby and the Queen's Necklace (1986)
• Norby Finds a Villain (1987)
• Norby Down to Earth (1988)
• Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure (1989)
• Norby and the Oldest Dragon (1990)
• Norby and the Court Jester (1991)
• Norby and the Terrified Taxi (1997) Written alone, after her husband's death.

Novels

• The Second Experiment (1974) (as Janet O. Jeppson)
• The Last Immortal (1980) (a sequel to The Second Experiment)
• Mind Transfer (1988)
• The Package in Hyperspace (1988)
• Murder at the Galactic Writers' Society (1995)

Collections

• The Mysterious Cure, and Other Stories of Pshrinks Anonymous (1984).
• The Touch: Epidemic of the Millennium. Edited by Patrick Merla. ISBN 0-7434-0715-6. (Janet Asimov contributor)

Anthologies

• Laughing Space: Funny Science Fiction Chuckled Over (1982) with Isaac Asimov

Nonfiction

• How to Enjoy Writing: A Book of Aid and Comfort (1987) with Isaac Asimov
• It's Been a Good Life (2002) edited, with Isaac Asimov
• Notes for a Memoir: On Isaac Asimov, Life, and Writing (as Janet Jeppson Asimov) (New York: Prometheus Books, 2006); ISBN 1591024056.

See also

• It's Been a Good Life

References

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