Back to entry: susann_jacqueline | Show links black

Susann, Jacqueline

(1918-1974) US author most famous for her first novel, Valley of the Dolls (1966); her only sf is the posthumous Yargo (1979), which, written in the 1950s, tells the tale of a young woman abducted by a UFO actually trying to kidnap Albert Einstein; she falls in love with Yargo, the ruler of the planet Yargo (see Exogamy), but is sent off on Planetary Romance adventures elsewhere after she becomes unendurable. [JC]

Jacqueline Susann

born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 20 August 1918

died New York: 21 September 1974

works

• Yargo (New York: Bantam Books, 1979) [pb/Lou Feck]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 02:49 am on 27 July 2024.
<https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/susann_jacqueline>