STEUSSY, Marti

(1955-)

   US writer of a short sequence about First Contact. In Forest of the Night (1987) the ALIENS are, as the Blakean title hints, tiger-like, though feathered, and must be protected from settlers on their planet who hope to hunt them down; in Dreams of Dawn (1988) they are crustaceans. MS's heart is in the right place, but the sequence shows signs of makingit all much too easy for her young protagonists.

   JC