Point of Hearts by Melissa Scott

Melissa Scott grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, studied history at Harvard, and wrote her first novel while pursuing her PhD in comparative history at Brandeis. She's written over thirty original books and a few short stories, the most of which feature gay themes and characters, as well as official Star Trek, Stargate, and Star Wars Rebels tie-in novels. She was awarded the John W. In 1986, she won the Campbell Award for Best New Writer, was nominated for the Lambda Literary and Spectrum Awards, was nominated for the Tiptree Award, and many of her short tales were anthologized in Year's Best.