Joanna Russ was born on 22 February 1937 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. Joanna was a writer, known for She Puppet (2001). Joanna died on 29 April 2011 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
She earned her Bachelor's Degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York in 1957 where she studied with Vladimir Nabokov. She earned her Master's degree in playwriting and dramatic literature from Yale University Drama School in 1960 in New Haven, Connecticut.