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Kramer, Kathryn

(1945-    ) US academic and author who began publishing work of genre interest with "The New Ice Age" for Chomo-Uri in 1980; her first novel, A Handbook for Visitors from Outer Space (1984), is set in an unspecified but Near Future land – which turns out to be New Jersey – in a state of constant War with an unknown enemy.

Kramer should not be confused with Kathryn Cramer, nor is she Kathy Lynne Kramer (?   -    ), author of romance novels as Kathryn Kramer. [JC]

Kathryn Kramer

born Annapolis, Maryland: 1945

works

• A Handbook for Visitors from Outer Space (New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1984) [hb/Rob Wynne]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 09:46 am on 21 April 2026.
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