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# Nisi Shawl

(1955)   Science Fiction Writer

 **3** quotes in **16** categories

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Nisi Shawl is a science fiction writer.

## Quick Facts About Nisi Shawl

Born January 1, 1955

Profession Science Fiction Writer

## About Nisi Shawl

American writer... \| Nisi Shawl is an African American writer, editor, and journalist. They are best known as an author of science fiction and fantasy short stories who writes and teaches about how fantastic fiction might reflect real-world diversity of gender, sexual orientation, race, physical ability, age, and other

##  Quotes by Nisi Shawl

> [“They were losing. No. They had lost.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nisi-shawl/they-were-losing-no-they-had-lost/)

[Nisi Shawl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nisi-shawl/)

[Anguish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anguish/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/nisi-shawl-84078_anguish_they-were-losing-no-they-had-lost-184017_1840179.png)

> [Some of my favorite places I have been in my life exist only in dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nisi-shawl/some-of-my-favorite-places-i-have-been-in-my-life-exist-only-in-dreams/)

[Nisi Shawl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nisi-shawl/)

[Dream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dream/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/nisi-shawl-84078_dream_some-of-my-favorite-places-i-have-been-i_2664081.png)

> [“Everything boiled down to alcohol and guns.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nisi-shawl/everything-boiled-down-to-alcohol-and-guns/)

[Nisi Shawl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nisi-shawl/)

[Alcohol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/)

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