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Suzette Haden Elgin

| birth_place = Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S. | caption = Haden at Norwescon in 2005 | children = 4 | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | image = Suzette Haden Elgin in 2005.png | name = Suzette Haden Elgin | spouse = Peter Haden (married 1955; he predeceased her)
George Elgin (married 1964) | alma_mater = | genres = | movement = Feminist science fiction | occupation = | period = Contemporary | pseudonym = | relatives = Josepha Haden (granddaughter) | signature = Suzette Haden Elgin signature.svg | subject = Sociology of language | website = | years_active = 1960s–2010s }}

Suzette Haden Elgin (born Patricia Anne Suzette Wilkins; November 18, 1936 – January 27, 2015) was an American researcher in experimental linguistics, construction and evolution of languages and poetry and science fiction writer. She founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association and is considered an important figure in the field of science-fiction constructed languages. Her best-known non-fiction includes her ''Verbal Self-Defense'' series. Provided by Wikipedia