Editing Stephen R. Donaldson (section)

==Personal life==
Donaldson spent part of his youth in India, where his father, a medical missionary, worked with lepers. Donaldson attended what is now the [[Kodaikanal International School]].  He was attending [[Kent State University]] as a graduate student at the time of the [[Kent State shootings]] on May 4, 1970. Though he was not on campus at the time of the shootings, his apartment was one and a half blocks away, and he was forced to live under [[martial law]] for three days afterwards. Donaldson does not like to discuss the incident, as he finds the memories disturbing.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Donaldson, Stephen R. |date=August 30, 2004 |title=Gradual Interview (August 2004) |url=https://www.stephenrdonaldson.com/fromtheauthor/gi_view.php?Year=2004&Month=08&NewWindow=yes&Filter=&all=&any=&none= |publisher=Stephen R. Donaldson ... The Official Website |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>

Donaldson is a fan of [[opera]], and has said that he "love[s] that direct expression of passionate emotion in beautiful sound".<ref>{{Cite web |author=Donaldson, Stephen R. |date=August 3, 2011 |title=Gradual Interview (August 2011) |url=https://www.stephenrdonaldson.com/fromtheauthor/gi_view.php?Year=2011&Month=08&NewWindow=yes&Filter=&all=&any=&none= |publisher=Stephen R. Donaldson ... The Official Website |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref> In 1994, he gained a black belt in [[Shotokan]] karate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography |url=https://www.stephenrdonaldson.com/background/index.php |publisher=Stephen R. Donaldson ... The Official Website |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>