Sonya Dorman

Sonya Dorman was the pen name of Sonya Dorman Hess, an American poet, and science fiction writer. One of her poems, Corruption of Metals, received honors within science fiction circles by winning the Rhysling Award of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. Her best-known work of science fiction is the story "When I Was Miss Dow", which has been reprinted numerous times and received a James Tiptree, Jr. retrospective award nomination.