Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Joan Slonczewski

Born: 1956 (age 69)
Bio: Joan Lyn Slonczewski is an American microbiologist at Kenyon College and a science fiction writer who explores biology and space travel. Her books have twice earned the John W.
Known for:
- Microbiology: An Evolving Science (2008)
- A Door into Ocean (1986)
- The Highest Frontier (2011)
- Brain plague (2000)
- Daughter of Elysium (1993)