Betsy Wollheim

Elizabeth Rosalind 'Betsy' Wollheim (born 5 December 1951, New York) is the President, co-Publisher and co-Editor-in-Chief of science fiction and fantasy publisher DAW Books,[2] 'a small private company, owned exclusively by its publishers.'[3] The latter roles are shared with Sheila E. Gilbert.[3][4] She had worked at DAW as an associate editor from 1975.[2] She is a recipient of the World Fantasy Award—Life Achievement.

Betsy Wollheim
Born
Elizabeth Rosalind Wollheim

(1951-12-05) December 5, 1951
EducationForest Hills High School, Clark University and the Worcester Art Museum School[1]
OccupationEditor
Spouse(s)Peter Stampfel
Parent(s)Donald A. Wollheim and Elsie B. Wollheim

Her father, Donald A. Wollheim, with her mother Elsie B. Wollheim, established DAW Books in 1971.[3] She took over leadership of DAW in 1985.

Recognition

  • 1990 shared Chesley Awards for best art director with Sheila E. Gilbert
  • 1992 shared Chesley Awards for best art director with Sheila E. Gilbert
  • 2012 Hugo award as best professional editor (long form)[5]
gollark: I have a library for it, but it is *not* reliable and is quite tightly coupled to potatOS at this point.
gollark: What potatOS does to emulate that sort of read-only-ness is meddle a lot with the `fs` API.
gollark: Actually, you sort of can.
gollark: Yemmel has this project ideas page.
gollark: https://wiki.computercraft.cc/User:Yemmel/Project_ideas

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