Born Alice Mary Norton, but her pen name, Andre Norton, became her
legal name back in 1934 (according to her obituary on cnn.com)

Sci-fi and fantasy author Norton dies
Grand Master of genre was 93
Thursday, March 17, 2005 Posted: 2:39 PM EST (1939 GMT)

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- Science fiction and fantasy author Andre
Norton, who wrote the popular "Witch World" series, has died. She was
93.

Her death was announced by friend Jean Rabe, who said Norton died
Thursday of congestive heart failure at her home in Murfreesboro, a
Nashville suburb.

Norton requested before her death that she not have a funeral service,
but instead asked to be cremated along with a copy of her first and
last novels.
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The full obituary, along with a 1999 photo, is still available at

www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/03/17/obit.norton.ap/index.html

I read that her publisher did a special print of her
yet-to-be-published final novel (due this month, I think) to fulfill
her final wishes. I read she was quite a cat person too.

Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

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You and I must certainly read different authors!  Larry
Niven and Jerry Pournelle may write with more emphasis on
the "science" than Norton does(did), but their books could
never be described as containing "sweaty sex" or
"overly-gross violence".  In fact, there are very few
modern-day science-fiction authors whose books fit your
description.

Most of those I encounter deal with philosophical concepts -
either social or scientific.  They are more involved with
ideas than with sensationalism.  Seems to me the
old-fashioned "space opera" was more into sex and violence
that what's being written today.  (Judging from some of the
"trailers" I see on TV, movies may be a different story, but
that's because Hollywood hasn't yet caught up with the genre
as it is now.)

Alice Marie had her name legally changed to Andre, according to the
obituary that was in the local newspaper.  Assuming you can believe
everything you read in the newspapers.