While William Moulton Marston is credited as the creator of Wonder Woman, his wife Elizabeth and their polyamorous partner Olive Byrne were highly influential in her development, to the point that when Marston first raised the idea of creating a comic book hero, Elizabeth reportedly said, “Fine—but make her a woman.”
While William Moulton Marston is credited as the creator of Wonder Woman, his wife Elizabeth and their polyamorous partner Olive Byrne were highly influential in her development.
Darcie Little Badger is a Lipan Apache writer with a doctorate in oceanography. Her debut novel, “Elatsoe,” was featured in Time Magazine as one of the best 100 fantasy novels of all time.
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Award-winning, No. 1 New York Times best-selling author
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Creator of the 1940s comic superhero Miss Fury
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