...and on her tongue is the law of coolness

Janis Ian might be the coolest woman in the world. She sang her famous song "At Seventeen" on the very first episode of Saturday Night Live, as the first musical guest. She offers some of her songs as free downloads, and has proven that this actually creates sales. She's openly gay and writes for The Advocate. And...she recently began writing science fiction short stories that have been well received and published in sci-fi anthologies. Many of her stories are available in their entirety via linkage from her website; click here. Rock on.