Janis Ian

(April 7, 1951 – )

Janis Ian (née Janis Eddy Fink) was a longtime sf reader and world-famous folksinger when she made contact with fandom. She met author Anne McCaffrey, who encouraged her to attend Worldcon, and began corresponding with author and fan Mike Resnick, who added his persuasion and invited her to collaborate on a story with him.

She began writing sf, attended Millennium Philcon in 2001 and has attended occasional cons since.

In 2019, Ian donated a collection of some 200 sf books, many autographed and by women, to The John Hay Library at Brown University.

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
• Ian’s Worldcon Diary.
• Bibliography at ISFDB.
• Website.

---

Person

1951—

This is a biography page. Please extend it by adding more information about the person, such as fanzines and apazines published, awards, clubs, conventions worked on, GoHships, impact on fandom, external links, anecdotes, etc. See Standards for People and The Naming of Names.