Warren Norwood

{{short description|American novelist}}

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| name = Warren Carl Norwood

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|08|21}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|06|03|1945|08|21}}

| death_place = Weatherford, Texas, U.S.

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• teacher

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| nationality = American

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| genre = Science fiction

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| spouse = Gigi Sherrell Norwood

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Warren Carl Norwood (August 21, 1945 – June 3, 2005) was an American science-fiction novelist, teacher, and musician. Norwood was a member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and was the author of 14 science-fiction novels, most of them written during the 1980s. When not writing, he was a longtime employee of Craig's Music in Weatherford, Texas. Norwood also taught writing at Weatherford College and Tarrant County College.