| Caren Gussoff | |
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| Born | February 16, 1973 New York, New York |
| Occupation | Novelist, Short Story Author |
| Nationality | United States (Romani-American) |
| Genres | Science Fiction, Fantasy |
Caren Gussoff (born February 16, 1973) is an American author of Romany and mixed heritages. She writes both literary fiction and speculative fiction novels and short stories. She currently lives in Seattle, Washington.
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Caren Gussoff was born in New York, New York and attended the University of Colorado at Boulder, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Clarion West. At Clarion West in 2008, she was awarded The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship by the Carl Brandon Society.
Upon publication of her first novel, Homecoming (Serpent's Tail, 2000), Gussoff was nominated as a Village Voice "Writer on the Verge." Her second book, The Wave And Other Stories contained a novella influenced by Virginia Woolf's The Waves.
Gussoff's other fiction and essays have been anthologized by Serpent's Tail, Seal Press, and Bloomsbury USA.
Gussoff is lesser-known for being a Neo-Burlesque performer. From 2000 - 2005, she combined science fiction and comedy performing with the stage name, "Betty Rage."