Science fiction writer Sheri S. Tepper

Fresh Air

Published April 24, 2002 at 12:00 AM EDT

Science fiction writer Sheri S. Tepper is the author of over a dozen novels including, The Fresco, The Family Tree, Grass and her newest, The Visitor. (Harper Collins).

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