Elizabeth A. Lynn

Elizabeth Anne Lynn ( born June 8, 1946 in New York) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. In 1980, she was twice awarded the World Fantasy Award.

Life

Lynn studied at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland (Ohio ), which she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1967. The Master of Arts she made in 1968 at the University of Chicago. Subsequently, she worked as a teacher until 1970 and from then until 1975 as a senior hospital staff in Evanston and San Francisco.

Your first story we all need to continue once ( We all have to go ) was published in 1976. In 1978, following her first science fiction novel The word is perfection (A Different Light ). For her story, the woman who loved the moon ( The Woman Who Loved the Moon ) and for her fantasy novel The Zwingfeste ( Watchtower ), she was honored at the 1980 World Fantasy Convention with the World Fantasy Award.

From the mid- 1980s Lynn suffered from severe writer's block. During this time she earned their livelihood, among others, by teaching martial arts. In the late 1980s she wrote two stories. Five years later she had overcome with the completion of the novel Dragon's winter writer's block. Since then she has published other works.

Their stories are characterized by a sensitive psychological drawing her characters. She is often referred to as the representative of a " feminist science fiction ". Frequently recurring themes in her stories are gender identity and homosexuality.

In the journal locus of October 1997, an interview with Elizabeth A. Lynn has been published. It manifests itself in, among others, to overcome their writer's block and the novel Dragon's winter.

Elizabeth A. Lynn lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Works

(The list of works is based on the date of the first publication. The order of the series is based on the first published volume of the respective series. The information on the International Standard Book Number ( ISBN ) refer to the first edition of a particular work. In older novels they relate partly because the ISBN has been introduced only in the early 1970s to later editions. )

Tornor trilogy

In Germany, the trilogy was published in 1983 by Heyne Verlag under the title The Chronicles of Tornor:

  • The Zwingfeste. 1983 ISBN 3-453-30886-7 ( ISBN 0-399-12272-9 Watchtower. 1979 )
  • The Dancers of Arun. 1983 ISBN 3-453-30887-5 ( The Dancers of Arun. 1980 ISBN 0-425-04565- X)
  • The woman from the north. 1983 ISBN 3-453-30888-3 ( The Northern Girl. ISBN 0-425-04725-3 1981 )

As of 2000 brought Knaur the trilogy as a new edition under the title The Towers of Tornor out:

  • The Wintergrasp Fortress. 2000 ISBN 3-426-70210- X ( Watchtower. 1979)
  • The Council of the sorcerer. 2001 ISBN 3-426-70211-8 ( The Dancers of Arun. , 1980)
  • The dreamers of Kendra. 2001 ISBN 3-426-70212-6 ( The Northern Girl. , 1981)

Karadur Atani

  • ( Dragon's winter. ISBN 0-333-72372-4, 1998 )
  • (Dragon 's Treasure. ISBN 0-333-72373-2 2003 )

Other novels

  • The word is perfection. 1981 ISBN 3-442-23375-5 (A Different Light. ISBN 0-425-03890-4 1978 )
  • Sardonyxnetz. 1983 ISBN 3-453-30974- X (The Sardonyx Net. ISBN 0-399-12588-4, 1981 )
  • ( The Red Hawk. 1983 ISBN 0-941826-04- X)
  • The Silver Horse. 1989 ISBN 3-7941-3093-6 ( The Silver Horse. ISBN 0-312-94404-7 1984 )

Collections of short stories

  • The woman who loved the moon. 1984 ISBN 3-453-31076-4 ( The Woman Who Loved the Moon And Other Stories. ISBN 0-425-05161-7, 1981 ) Possessed ( Obsessions ) The dragon that lived in the water ( The Dragon That lived in the Sea ) The woman who loved the moon ( The Woman Who Loved the Moon ) The woman in the phone booth ( The Woman in the Phone Booth ) The story of Jubiläa (Jubilee 's Story ) The Gods of Reorth ( The Gods of Reorth ) The saints of drimane (The Saints of drimane ) I 'm dreaming of a fish, I 'm dreaming of a bird (I Dream of a Fish, I Dream of a Bird) The Island (The Iceland ) The man who became pregnant ( The Man Who Was Pregnant ) With the eyes of the soul ( Mindseye ) Do not look at me! ( Do not Look at Me) The dream of the White King (The White King's Dream) We must all continue once ( We All Have to Go ) Sorcerer's Kingdom (Wizard 's Domain ) The circus, which disappeared ( The Circus That Disappeared )
  • ( Tales from a Vanished Country. , 1990) (Wizard 's Domain ) ( The Woman Who Loved the Moon ) ( The Red Hawk )

Stories

( The data refer always to the first German publication, as well as the first English publication. )

  • We all need to continue once. 1984 ( We All Have to Go. 1976) 1 (In:. Mystery Writers of America (Ed.) Tricks and Treats 1976 ISBN 0-385-11416-8 )
  • The saints of drimane. 1984 ( The Saints of drimane. , 1977) 1 (In: Daniel Halpern (ed.) Antaeus 1977. )
  • I 'm dreaming of a fish, I 'm dreaming of a bird. 1984 ( I Dream of a Fish, I Dream of a Bird. , 1977). In: Friedel True (ed.) Isaac Asimov 's Science Fiction Magazine, Episode 21. 1984 ISBN 3-453-31014-4 (In: George H. Scithers (ed.) Isaac Asimov 's Science Fiction Magazine Summer 1977. )
  • With the eyes of the soul. 1984 ( Mindseye. 1977) 1 (In: Roy Torgeson (ed.) Chrysalis 1977. )
  • The man, who was pregnant. 1984 ( The Man Who Was Pregnant. , 1977) 1 (In: Roy Torgeson (ed.) Chrysalis 1977. )
  • The island. 1984 ( The Iceland. , 1977) 1 (In:. Edward L. Ferman (ed.) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1977 )
  • ( The Fire Man., 1977) (In: Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini (ed.) Dark Sins, Dark Dreams 1978 ISBN 0-385-12832-0. )
  • The circus, which disappeared. 1984 ( The Circus That Disappeared. , 1978) 1 (In: Roy Torgeson (ed.) Chrysalis 3, 1978)
  • The story of Jubiläa. 1982 ( Jubilee 's Story. , 1978) In: Virginia Kidd ( Eds.) Futura. 1982 ISBN 3-453-30786-0 (In: Virginia Kidd (eds.) Millennial Woman 1978. )
  • The dragon that lived in the water. 1984 ( The Dragon That Lived in the Sea. , 1979) 1 (In: Roy Torgeson (ed.) Other Worlds 1st 1979 ISBN 0-89083-558-6 )
  • The dream of the White King. 1984 ( The White King's Dream., 1979) 1 (In: Charles L. Grant ( ed.) Shadows 2 1979 ISBN 0-385-14320-6 )
  • The woman who loved the moon. 1984 ( The Woman Who Loved the Moon. , 1979) 1 (In: Jessica Amanda Salmonson (ed.) ISBN 0-87997-503-2 Amazon's 1979! ).
  • The Gods of Reorth. 1984 ( The Gods of Reorth. , 1980) 1 (In: Victoria Schochet, John W. Silver bag ( ed.) The Berkley Showcase Volume 1, 1980 ISBN 0-425-04446-7 )
  • Wizard's kingdom. 1984 ( Wizard's Domain. , 1980) 1 (In:. Ellen Kushner (ed.) Basilisk 1980 ISBN 0-441-04820- X)
  • The woman in the phone booth. 1984 ( The Woman in the Phone Booth., 1981) 1 (In: Robert Silverberg, Marta Randall (eds.) New Dimensions 12, 1981 ISBN 0-671-83086-4 )
  • Possessed. 1984 ( Obsessions. 1978) 1 (In:. Elizabeth A. Lynn The Woman Who Loved the Moon and Other Stories ISBN 0-425-05161-7, 1981 )
  • ( California Dreaming. , 1992) (In:. Ellen Datlow (Ed.) OMNI Best Science Fiction One 1992 ISBN 0-87455-277- X)
  • ( The Princess in the Tower. , 1993) (In: Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling (Eds. ) Snow White, Blood Red 1993 ISBN 0-688-10913-6 )
  • The Silver Dragon. 2007 ( The Silver Dragon. 2004). Add: Hannes Riffel (ed.) ISBN 978-3-926126-73-3 Pandora 02 2007 (In: Al Sarrantonio (ed.) Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy 2004 ISBN 0-451-45977-6. )

1 In: Elizabeth A. Lynn, the woman who loved the moon. 1984 ISBN 3-453-31076-4 ( The Woman Who Loved the Moon And Other Stories., 1981)

Essays

  • ( Shirley Jackson., 1981) (In: Jeff Frane, Jack Rems (ed.) Seventh World Fantasy Convention 1981. )
  • (The Risks of Fantasy. , 1989) (In: Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Ed.) Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 3 Spring 1989)

Awards

Also nominated in 1980 for the World Fantasy Award was her novel The Dancers of Arun. In addition, she and her works already for the John W. Campbell Award for the Best New Writer in Science Fiction, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award and ten times for the Locus Award, most recently in 2005, nominated. Furthermore, their works were called on both shortlisted for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award as well as on that of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award Retrospective.

Writer's block John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer Jeff VanderMeer Wolfgang Jeschke Integrated Authority File
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