Rachel Pollack is a science fiction author, comic book writer, and expert on divinatory Tarot. She is the first openly trans woman to work in the mainstream comics industry, creating the first trans superheroine in the pages of DC Comics' Doom Patrol in 1993. She has won the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the World Fantasy Award and been shortlisted for the Nebula, James Tiptree, Jr., and Lambda Awards for her science fiction books. She has written non-fiction books and essays on such subjects as the Kabbalah, Goddess Worship, and Tarot, as well as created her own Tarot deck with author Neil Gaiman and illustrator Dave McKean. She teaches Creative Writing at Goddard College.