# Mildred Clingerman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mildred_Clingerman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mildred_Clingerman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Clingerman > Source revision: 1321728149 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American novelist (1918–1997) Mildred Clingerman Born Mildred McElroy (1918-03-14)March 14, 1918 Allen, Oklahoma, U.S. Died February 26, 1997(1997-02-26) (aged 78) Alma mater University of Arizona Genre Science fiction Spouse Stuart Clingerman ​ (m. 1937)​ **Mildred McElroy Clingerman** (March 14, 1918 – February 26, 1997)[1][2] was an American [science fiction author](/source/Science_fiction_author). Clingerman was born **Mildred McElroy** in [Allen, Oklahoma](/source/Allen%2C_Oklahoma), and her family moved to [Tucson, Arizona](/source/Tucson%2C_Arizona), in 1929. She graduated from [Tucson High School](/source/Tucson_High_School) and attended the [University of Arizona](/source/University_of_Arizona). She married Stuart Clingerman in 1937.[1] Most of her short stories were published in the 1950s in *[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction](/source/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_%26_Science_Fiction)*, edited by [Anthony Boucher](/source/Anthony_Boucher). Boucher included her story "The Wild Wood" in the seventh volume (1958) of *The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction* and dedicated the book to her, calling her the "most serendipitous of discoveries."[3]: 252–3 Her science fiction was collected as *A Cupful of Space* in 1961. She also published in mainstream magazines like *[Good Housekeeping](/source/Good_Housekeeping)* and *[Collier's](/source/Collier's)*.[1] Her story "The Little Witch of Elm Street" appeared in *[Woman's Home Companion](/source/Woman's_Home_Companion)* in 1956.[3]: 374 Married women are portrayed in stories like “The Wild Wood” (January 1957 F&SF) or “A Red Heart and Blue Roses” (original to her collection); they suffer violations of body space, male intrusiveness, and the impostures of aliens. Her stories have also appeared in several anthologies, including literature textbooks for middle and high school students. A 2017 anthology, [*The Clingerman Files*](https://www.mildredclingerman.com/purchase), includes all of her originally published stories. Clingerman was a collector of books of all kinds, especially those by and about [Kenneth Grahame](/source/Kenneth_Grahame), and of Victorian travel journals. She was a founder of the Tucson Writer's Club and served on the board of the Tucson Press Club.[1] She was posthumously awarded the Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award in 2014. ## Awards 2014 [Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award](/source/Cordwainer_Smith_Rediscovery_Award) ## Selected works “First Lesson” (*Collier’s Weekly*, June 1955) “Stickney and the Critic” (*The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction*, February 1953) “Stair Trick” (*The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction*, August 1952) “Minister Without Portfolio (*The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction*, February 1952) “Letters From Laura” (*The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction*, October 1954) “The Last Prophet” (*The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction*, August 1955) *A Cupful of Space* (Ballantine, 1961) “Red Heart and Blue Roses” (*The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction*, May 1964) *The Clingerman Files* (2017) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ADS_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ADS_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-ADS_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-ADS_1-3) "Funeral Notices: Clingerman, Mildred McElroy". *[Arizona Daily Star](/source/Arizona_Daily_Star)*. March 1, 1997. pp. 16A. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-isfdb_2-0)** ["Mildred Clingerman - Summary Bibliography"](https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?902). *[The Internet Speculative Fiction Database](/source/The_Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database)*. Retrieved August 16, 2011. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Partners_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Partners_3-1) Davin, Eric Leif (2006). [*Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction 1926–1965*](https://archive.org/details/partnersinwonder0000davi). [Lexington Books](/source/Lexington_Books). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7391-1266-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7391-1266-X). ## External links - [Official website](https://mildredclingerman.com/) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF WorldCat National United States Italy Norway Israel People LibraryThing Other Open Library --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mildred Clingerman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Clingerman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Clingerman?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.