Bio:Dian Girard

Dian Girard was an active fan in West Coast fandom, especially during the 1960's and '70's. She was editor of the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society newsletter during 1962-63. She was married to Bruce Pelz (hence Dian Pelz, or Diane Girard Pelz), c. 1963-4, with whom she had one daughter, Cecy. Bruce and Dian were frequent participants (and organizers?) in West Coast fan conventions. Dian and Bruce had an amicable divorce in 1970, with a divorce party that partly inspired Larry Niven’s story What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers, published in 1971. Later Dian married Charles A. Crayne, an early writer on computers, with whom she published a (non-genre) book on computer assembly programming.

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1960's Fan History Outline.

History of the game of Diplomacy.

Fan encyclopedia article on Bruce Pelz.

Dian as Thuvia Maid of Mars.

Dian as Thuvia Maid of Mars.

Inferred from various sources, such as the SF Fancyclopedia.