Susan Wood (literary scholar)

Susan Joan Wood (August 22, 1948[1] – November 12, 1980[2]) was a Canadian literary critic, professor, author and science fiction fan and editor.

Wood published a great deal of trenchant criticism of the field, both in fanzines and in more formal venues.

In 1976 she was instrumental in organizing the first feminist panel at a science fiction convention, at MidAmericon (that year's WorldCon).

She was the Vancouver editor of the Pacific Northwest Review of Books (Jan.-Oct. 1978) and also edited the special science fiction/fantasy issue of Room of One's Own.

While teaching courses in science fiction at UBC, one of her students was William Gibson; his first published story, "Fragments of a Hologram Rose", was originally written as an assignment in the class.