Norma Hemming date of birth:
September 1, 1928
How old was Norma Hemming when died?
31
Where was Norma Hemming born?
Ilford
When did Norma Hemming die?
July 4, 1960
What is Norma Hemming nationality?
Australian
What is Norma Hemming's occupation?
Writer
What genre is Norma Hemming's work?
Science fiction, Romance novel
Short Biography
Norma Kathleen Hemming (born September 1928 in Ilford, Essex, London, England – d. 4 July 1960 in Melbourne, Australia) was a British-Australian writer of science fiction and romance novels. She was Australia's first significant female science fiction writer. As N. K. Hemming published twenty stories in the 1950s, and also wrote and appeared in a series of plays that were performed at Australian science fiction conventions. Under the name Nerina Hilliard, she also wrote 8 romance novels for Mills & Boon. She is now commemorated by the Australian Science Fiction Foundation through the Norma K. Hemming Award, inaugurated at the World Science Fiction Convention in Melbourne in September 2010.