R. A. MacAvoy

Roberta Ann MacAvoy ( born December 13, 1949 Cleveland ) is an American author of fantasy and science fiction stories. It is primarily under the initials of their first names as RA MacAvoy known, rarely under the pseudonym " Rita A. MacAvoy ".

Biography

RA MacAvoy is the daughter of Francis and Helen MacAvoy. In 1971 she completed her studies at Case Western Reserve University with a Bachelor. From 1975 to 1978 she worked as an assistant to the commissioner for financial support from Columbia College of Columbia University. In 1978 she married Ronald Allen Cain and began to work as a programmer. Since 1982, she has devoted all her time to writing.

Awards

The novel Tea with the Black Dragon has been widely nominated and MacAvoy even received several awards in 1984 for this: the Locus Award for best first novel, the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer and as part of the Philip K. Dick Awards a special citation.

Peculiarities of the work

MacAvoy used often Celtic or Taoist themes. Their outstanding, based in the United States in the early eighties of the 20th century novels about the black dragon in the shape of the Chinese gentleman Mayland Long and musician Martha Macnamara also access elements of their immediate experience, such as working as a programmer on.

Bibliography (selection)

The Black Dragon (Eng. Black Dragon )

The Damiano (Eng. parable of the lute player )

The Lens of the World

Other novels: