You don't go after poetry, you take what comes. Maybe the gods do it through me but I certainly do a hell of a lot of the work.

Doctor Umlaut's Earthly Kingdom. Born of Jewish heritage in Toronto Gotlieb graduated from the University of Toronto with degrees in literature in 1948 (BA) and 1950 (MA). A Judgement of Dragons.

The Sunburst Award is named for her first novel Sunburst. Phyllis Fay Gotlieb née Bloom (May 25 1926 – July 14 2009) BA MA was a Canadian science fiction novelist and poet. Born of Jewish heritage in Toronto Gotlieb graduated from the University of Toronto with degrees in literature in 1948 (BA) and 1950 (MA).