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Merril later became known as a leading anthologist of science fiction, and the literary collection she donated to the Toronto Public Library now bears her name. Her stories and novels were notable for their realistic characterizations of women-characterizations that were, like herself, a relative rarity in the genre at the time.

Moore and Leigh Brackett, one of the few women in that male-dominated field. One of the premier writers of science fiction in America during the genre's flourishing years after World War II, Judith Merril was also, along with C.L. Shadow on the Hearth (1950) The Petrified Planet (1953) The Tomorrow People (1960) Out of Bounds (1960) Daughters of the Earth and Other Stories (1968) Survival Ship and Other Stories (1973) The Best of Judith Merril (1976).

Hired at Bantam Books (1947) first short story published (1948) first science-fiction novel published (1950) edited first "Year's Best" anthology (1956) moved to Canada (1968) donated literary resources to Toronto Public Library (1970) received Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Award (1983). Born Josephine Juliet Grossman on January 21, 1923, in New York City died of heart failure on September 12, 1997, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada daughter of Schlomo Grossman and Ethel (Hurwitch) Grossman attended City College (now City College of New York), 1939–40 Rochdale College, B.A., 1970 married three times, once to Frederick Pohl (a science-fiction writer) from 1949 to 1953 children: Merril Zissman McDonald Ann Pohl. Name variations: Josephine Juliet Grossman (pseudonyms) Ernest Hamilton, Cyril Judd, Rose Sharon, Eric Thorstein. American science-fiction writer and lauded anthologist.