Editing George Alec Effinger (section)

==Personal life==
Effinger was known to close friends as "Piglet", a nickname from his youth which he later came to dislike.<ref>[http://www.locusmag.com/2002/News/News04Log2.html "Briefs and Links: Deaths: George Alec Effinger" ''Locus Online'' News Log April 28, 2002]</ref>

Throughout his life, Effinger suffered from health problems.  These resulted in enormous medical bills which he was unable to pay, resulting in a declaration of [[bankruptcy]]. Because [[Louisiana]]'s system of law descends from the [[Napoleonic Code]] rather than [[English Common Law]], the possibility existed that copyrights to Effinger's works and characters might revert to his creditors, in this case the hospital. However, no representative of the hospital showed up at the bankruptcy hearing, and Effinger regained the rights to all his intellectual property.<ref>[George Alec Effinger, ''Live! From Planet Earth'', introduction to story "My Old Man".]</ref>

Effinger suffered a hearing loss of about 70% due to childhood infections, only helped about the last 10&nbsp;years of his life by hearing aids. He did not drive most of his life, and only got a driver's license at about age 39 for check-cashing purposes.

Effinger met his first wife Diana in the 1960s. He was married from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s to artist Beverly K. Effinger, and from 1998 to 2000 to fellow science fiction author [[Barbara Hambly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/effinger_george_alec|title=Authors : Effinger, George Alec : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia|website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref> He died in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/02/arts/george-effinger-55-who-laced-science-fiction-with-dark-humor.html?src=pm&gwh=7A1DC7367AB0386C56C25328DFFD973E  George Effinger, 55, Who Laced Science Fiction With Dark Humor]  New York Times May 2, 2002</ref>