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Virginia Doris Heinlein (nee Gerstenfeld; April 22, 1916 – January 18, 2003) was an American chemist, biochemist, engineer, and the third wife and muse of Robert A. Heinlein, a prominent and successful author often considered one of the "Big Three" of science fiction (along with Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke ).
Aug 10, 2011 · Virginia Gerstenfeld Heinlein was born April 22, 1916, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of a dentist. She went to the Packer Collegiate Institute, a college preparatory high school, where she finished in three-and-a-half years, always on the honor roll.
Jan 26, 2003 · Virginia Heinlein, who gave her husband, science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein, the idea for his acclaimed 1961 novel “Stranger in a Strange Land” and inspired many of the strong...
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Virginia Heinlein was a former navy officer, an anarchist-individualist, and a loyal companion to Robert Heinlein, the famous science fiction writer. She died in 2003 at the age of 86, after living in California, Colorado, and Florida.
Virginia Heinlein graduated from New York University in 1937 and worked as a Chemist until the outbreak of World War II. She enlisted as a lieutenant in the US Navy serving first at the Bureau of Aeronautics, then at the Naval Air Experimental Station in Philadelphia.
The Virginia Edition is a limited leather-bound set of all of Robert Heinlein's fiction and non-fiction, with text from his last or restored versions and introductions by a scholar. It also includes unpublished correspondence and access to the online Heinlein Archives, authorized by his estate and trust.
Virginia Heinlein is the author of Stranger in a Strange Land (3.92 avg rating, 314073 ratings, 10121 reviews, published 1961), Grumbles From The Grave (...
