# Andre Norton still alive? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 5, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andre-norton-still-alive/166760 "2003-04-05T23:29:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bren_Cameron_1)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andre-norton-still-alive/166760/1 "2003-04-05T23:29:30Z")
So I was talking with a friend of mine the other day, and she mentioned that Andre Norton had died a few years ago. I’m sure I would have heard if she had, but you never know. I googled, and found that she’d gone in for surgery in 2001, but didn’t find any obits. Anyone know what’s up? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andre-norton-still-alive/166760/2 "2003-04-06T02:01:58Z")
Andre Norton is alive & well, & living in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. No, I’m not sh^tting you. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andre-norton-still-alive/166760/3 "2003-04-06T02:09:05Z")
[http://www.sff.net/people/jackbyrne/page17.htm](http://www.sff.net/people/jackbyrne/page17.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andre-norton-still-alive/166760/4 "2003-04-06T04:25:24Z")
I thought I had read that Andre Norton died in the recent past. A few months ago. But I couldn’t find an obit either. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andre-norton-still-alive/166760/5 "2003-04-06T04:30:04Z")
I remember a thread here stating that she was very sick, and expected to die, IIRC. Can’t find it right now. Not looking too hard, I must admit. Her books were my intro to SF. I think “Galactic Derelict” may have been one of my first obsessions. Glad she’s ok ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andre-norton-still-alive/166760/6 "2003-04-06T04:34:07Z")
She had laproscopic (sp?) surgery a few months ago and it took her a little while to recover enough to leave the hospital. The last I heard, she was home and doing well. The [SF-Fandom Bulletin Board](http://www.sf-fandom.com/vbulletin/) site had a thread updating her health and progress, but it was lost during the January update when they accidently wiped their drive. ---
**Author:** ![Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bren_Cameron_1)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andre-norton-still-alive/166760/7 "2003-04-08T18:26:21Z")
Thanks, all! I’m glad to hear she’s still with us, although given her age I guess it won’t be a whole lot longer, will it? And she’s certainly past her best work–but I read reams of her stuff when I was a kid, and enjoyed it tremendously.