Esther Friesner

Esther Friesner, 2006

Esther Mona Friesner-Stutzman , b. Friesner (born July 16, 1951 in the USA ) is an American writer .

Life

Friesner studied Drama and Spanish at Vassar College and then received a PhD in Spanish from Yale University . There she also taught Spanish for a few years and wrote short stories and novels in her free time . Eventually she started writing full-time.

Her first short story, The Stuff of Heroes , was published in 1982 . So far she has published 37 novels and edited several anthologies . The best known is probably the anthology 'Chicks in Chainmail'.

Friesner lives in Connecticut with her husband and two children .

Bibliography (works translated into German)

• The cat does not leave the magic. , Bastei Lübbe 1995, translator Ralph Tegtmeier, ISBN 3-404-20265-1
• Scandal in wingdingo country. , Bastei Lübbe 1996, translator Dietmar Schmidt, ISBN 3-404-20274-0
• The cheese castle connection. , Bastei Lübbe 1996, translator Marcel Bieger, ISBN 3-404-20286-4
• Desiring time. , Bastei Lübbe 1996, translator Barbara Röhl, ISBN 3-404-20295-3
• Druid blood. , Bastei Lübbe 2000, translator Dietmar Schmidt, ISBN 3-404-20390-9
• Yesterday we saw mermaids. , Bastei Lübbe 2002, translator Angela Koonen, ISBN 3-404-20435-2
• Men in Black II. , Goldmann 2002, translator Frauke Meier, ISBN 3-442-45426-3 (novel about the film )
• Storm on the sky. , Heyne 2006, translator Henriatta Blaschke, ISBN 3453521498 ( Star Trek - The Next Generation , Vol. 61)

Awards

• 1994 Skylark Award
• 1995 Nebula for the short story Death and the Librarian
• 1996 Nebula for the short story A Birthday

Web links

• Literature by and about Esther Friesner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Esther Friesner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Esther Friesner in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Esther M. Friesner in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Works by and about Esther Friesner at Open Library
• Esther Fries former homepage (English)