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| − | Jane Hawkins | + | '''Jane Emily Hawkins''', a [[Seattle]] [[fan]], wrote one [[novel]], ''Quantum Gate'' (1996). She was part of the ''[[Pacific Northwest Review of Books]]'' and a member of the [[Cascade Regional Amateur Press Association]]. |
| − | {{person | born= | + | She was a founder of [[Norwescon]] and [[chaired]] or [[co-chaired]] [[Potlatch 3]], [[Potlatch 11]] and [[Potlatch 24]], and was part of the [[Corflu 5]] and [[Corflu 17]] [[committees]]. She was on the [[Seattle in 1981]] [[Worldcon bid committee]] and worked on [[Noreascon 3]], the 1989 [[Worldcon]] in [[Boston]]. |
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| + | A native of Davenport, [[Iowa]], Hawkins was a mathematician and computer programmer. | ||
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| + | In September 2019, she was diagnosed with Stage 4 mantle cell lymphoma and the next January with lung cancer. She underwent treatment for both and had a brief remission, but her cancer became active again in February 2021. On November 17, 2021, she [https://facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10215356939595972&id=1810641406 announced] on [[Facebook]] that she planned to forgo further treatment, to go into hospice care and to choose her time to die under [[Washington State]]’s Death With Dignity Act, saying, “I have decided to start the process of letting go.” | ||
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| + | *''[[Like a Rainbow]]'' (for [[C/RAPA]]) | ||
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Revision as of 02:00, 18 November 2021
(March 11, 1951 – )
Jane Emily Hawkins, a Seattle fan, wrote one novel, Quantum Gate (1996). She was part of the Pacific Northwest Review of Books and a member of the Cascade Regional Amateur Press Association.
She was a founder of Norwescon and chaired or co-chaired Potlatch 3, Potlatch 11 and Potlatch 24, and was part of the Corflu 5 and Corflu 17 committees. She was on the Seattle in 1981 Worldcon bid committee and worked on Noreascon 3, the 1989 Worldcon in Boston.
A native of Davenport, Iowa, Hawkins was a mathematician and computer programmer.
In September 2019, she was diagnosed with Stage 4 mantle cell lymphoma and the next January with lung cancer. She underwent treatment for both and had a brief remission, but her cancer became active again in February 2021. On November 17, 2021, she announced on Facebook that she planned to forgo further treatment, to go into hospice care and to choose her time to die under Washington State’s Death With Dignity Act, saying, “I have decided to start the process of letting go.”
- Like a Rainbow (for C/RAPA)
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