Mercedes Lackey

Mercedes Lackey

Mercedes Ritchie Lackey (born June 25, 1950 in Chicago ) is one of the best-selling American authors of fantasy novels.

Life

Her birth prevented her father from serving in the Korean War. She first encountered science fiction literature at the age of 10 or 11 when she read a book by her father, James H. Schmitz - Agent von Vega . Then she read Andre Norton's Beast Master and Lord of Thunder , which ended up being all Norton works. Lackey was now struggling to find enough reading material in the city library to satisfy her passion for reading. She wrote for herself, but with no real purpose or direction, until she attended Purdue University. She graduated in 1972. During her studies, she met a professor of English literature who was a science fiction fan. He helped her analyze her favorite books and then use that knowledge. She began to publish her work in science fiction fanzines.

Professional career

She edited a story for Sword and Sorceress , then rewrote the story, and sold it to Fantasy Book Magazine . Her first sale was Friends of Darkover .

She met CJ Cherryh , who she mentored while working on her "Arrows" series. It was during this time that Marion Zimmer Bradley published her short stories in an anthology, and Cherryh helped Lackey on 17 of her "Arrows" stories. Lackey later said that she wrote so much and because of that, she had no more social life outside of writing. She was divorced from Tony Lackey and eventually married Larry Dixon. Lackey lives with her husband outside of Tulsa , Oklahoma in an unusual house. She describes it as a "2½-storey concrete dome with an octagonal wooden shell above".

In 1991 she received the Lambda Literary Award for Magic's Price in the gay men's science fiction / fantasy category.

Bibliography (selection)

Valdemar

Many of her novels and trilogies are interconnected and set in the world of the Velgarth, especially in and around the land of Valdemar. Her Valdemar novels form a complex structure of interaction between human and non-human protagonists with many different cultures and social customs. In addition to the novels, Lackey also wrote a variety of short stories and poems that take place in Valdemar. The order of the sub-series reflects the internal chronological order.

Mage Wars

(with Larry Dixon)

• The Black Gryphon , DAW Books 1994, ISBN 0-88677-577-9
• The White Gryphon , DAW Books 1995, ISBN 0-88677-631-7
• The Silver Gryphon , DAW Books 1996, ISBN 0-88677-684-8

Last Herald-Mage

• Magic's Pawn , DAW Books 1989, ISBN 0-88677-352-0
• Magic's Promise , DAW Books 1990, ISBN 0-88677-401-2
• Magic's Price , DAW Books 1990, ISBN 0-88677-426-8

The Collegium Chronicles

• Foundation , DAW Books 2008, ISBN 978-0-7564-0524-3
• Intrigues , DAW Books 2010, ISBN 978-0-7564-0639-4
• Changes , DAW Books 2011, ISBN 978-0-7564-0692-9
• Redoubt , DAW Books 2012, ISBN 978-0-7564-0745-2
• Bastion , DAW Books 2013, ISBN 978-0-7564-0944-9

Herald Spy

• Closer to Home , DAW Books 2014, ISBN 978-0-7564-0899-2
• Closer to the Heart , DAW Books 2015, ISBN 978-0-7564-0900-5
• Closer to the Chest , DAW Books 2016, ISBN 978-0-7564-0901-2

Valdemar: Family Spies

• The Hills Have Spies , DAW Books 2018, ISBN 978-0-7564-1317-0
• Eye Spy , DAW Books 2019, ISBN 978-0-7564-1320-0
• Spy, Spy Again , DAW Books 2020, ISBN 978-0-7564-1323-1

Vows and Honor

• The Oathbound , DAW Books 1988, ISBN 0-88677-285-0
• Oathbreakers , DAW Books 1989, ISBN 0-88677-319-9
• Oathblood , DAW Books 1998, ISBN 0-88677-773-9 (collection of short stories)

Heralds Of Valdemar: Alberich's Tale

• Exile's Honor , DAW Books 2002, ISBN 0-7564-0085-6
• Exile's Valor , DAW Books 2003, ISBN 0-7564-0206-9

Heralds of Valdemar

All translated by Marion Vrbicky.

• Arrows of the Queen , DAW Books 1987, ISBN 0-88677-189-7
  • Talia, the chosen one , Bastei Lübbe 1993, ISBN 3-404-20210-4
• Arrow's Flight , DAW Books 1987, ISBN 0-88677-222-2
  • Talia, the guardian , Bastei Lübbe 1993, ISBN 3-404-20217-1
• Arrow's Fall , DAW Books 1988, ISBN 0-88677-255-9
  • Talia, the warning woman , Bastei Lübbe 1994, ISBN 3-404-20223-6

Kerowyn's Tale

• By the Sword , DAW Books 1991, ISBN 0-88677-463-2

Mage Winds

• Winds of Fate , DAW Books 1991, ISBN 0-88677-489-6
• Winds of Change , DAW Books 1992, ISBN 0-88677-534-5
• Winds of Fury , DAW Books 1993, ISBN 0-88677-562-0

Mage Storms

• Storm Warning , DAW Books 1994, ISBN 0-88677-611-2
• Storm Rising , DAW Books 1995, ISBN 0-88677-660-0
• Storm Breaking , DAW Books 1996, ISBN 0-88677-713-5

Darian's Tale

(with Larry Dixon)

• Owlflight , DAW Books 1997, ISBN 0-88677-754-2
• Owlsight , DAW Books 1998, ISBN 0-88677-802-6
• Owlknight , DAW Books 1999, ISBN 0-88677-851-4

Ski's Tale

• Take a Thief , DAW Books 2001, ISBN 0-7564-0008-2

The Reign of Theran

• Brightly Burning , DAW Books 2000, ISBN 0-88677-889-1

Volumes of stories

The eight volumes were edited by Mercedes Lackey. They contain your own stories as well as stories by other authors. Here only follow their own stories.

• Sword of Ice: And Other Tales of Valdemar. 1997, ISBN 0-88677-720-8 .

Sunlancer. (with Philip M. Austin)

Sword of Ice. (with John Yezegulalian)

Blue heart. (with Philip M. Austin)

• Sun In Glory: And Other Tales of Valdemar. 2003, ISBN 0-7564-0166-6 .

Sun in Glory.

• Crossroads: And Other Tales of Valdemar. 2005, ISBN 0-7564-0325-1 .

Landscape of the Imagination.

• Moving Targets: And Other Tales of Valdemar. 2008, ISBN 978-0-7564-0528-1 .

Moving Targets. (with Larry Dixon)

• Changing the World: All-New Tales of Valdemar. 2009, ISBN 978-0-7564-0580-9 .

The one left behind.

• Finding the Way: And Other Tales of Valdemar. 2010, ISBN 978-0-7564-0633-2 .

Finding the way. (with Larry Nixon)

• Under the Vale: And Other Tales of Valdemar. 2011, ISBN 978-0-7564-0696-7 .

The Simple Gifts.

• No True Way: All-New Tales of Valdemar. 2014, ISBN 978-0-7564-0769-8 .

Vixen.

Non-fiction

Fourteen years after the appearance of Arrows of the Queen , John Helfers and Denise Little published a book about the "Valdemar Universe" which u. a. Lackey essay Girl Meets Horse (Sort of) and their short story A Herald's Journey contains

• The Valdemar Companion. 2001, ISBN 0-7564-0037-6 (Eds. John Helfers, Denise Little)

Diana Tregarde

• Children of the Night , Gate 1990, ISBN 0-812-52112-9
• Burning Water , Tor 1989, ISBN 0-812-52104-8
• Jinx High , Tor 1991, ISBN 0-812-52114-5

The Sword of Knowledge

It is a "Shared world" series, ie Leslie Fish ( A Dirge for Sabis ), Nancy Asire ( Wizard Spawn ) and Mercedes Lackey share a fictional world . CJ Cherryh is named as a co-author of every book. Just the novel

• Reap the Whirlwind , Baen 1989, ISBN 0-671-69846-X

comes from Lackey. The three novels appeared in 1995 as an anthology under the title The Sword of Knowledge .

Bedlam Bard

The Bedlam-the-Bard books describe a young man with the power to work incredible magic through music.

• Knight of Ghosts and Shadows , Baen 1990, ISBN 0-671-69885-0 (with Ellen Guon)
• Summoned to Tourney , Baen 1992, ISBN 0-671-72122-4 (with Ellen Guon)
• Beyond World's End , Baen 2001, ISBN 0-671-31955-8 (with Rosemary Edghill )
• Spirits White as Lightning , Baen 2001, ISBN 0-671-31853-5 (with Rosemary Edghill)
• Mad Maudlin , Baen 2003, ISBN 0-7434-7143-1 (with Rosemary Edghill)
• Music to My Sorrow , Baen 2005, ISBN 1-4165-0917-8 (with Rosemary Edghill)

Halfblood Chronicles

(with Andre Norton)

• Elvenbane , Tor 1991, ISBN 0-312-85106-5
• Elvenblood , Tor 1995, ISBN 0-312-85548-6
• Elvenborn , Tor 2002, ISBN 0-312-86456-6

Bardic Voices

• A Cast of Corbies , Baen 1994, ISBN 0-671-72207-7 (with Josepha Sherman)
• The Lark and the Wren , Baen 1992, ISBN 0-671-72099-6
• The Robin and the Kestrel , Baen 1993, ISBN 0-671-72183-6
• The Eagle and the Nightingales , Baen 1995, ISBN 0-671-87636-8
• Four & Twenty Blackbirds , Baen 1997, ISBN 0-671-87853-0

Brainship

Starting in 1992, based on the story by Anne McCaffrey from 1961 and her eponymous novel from 1969 The Ship Who Sang ( A spaceship named Helva. 1973), a series of seven novels in total was created. Anne McCaffrey wrote four of the novels in collaboration with other authors, including the third volume in the series with Mercedes Lackey under the title

• The Ship Who Searched , Baen 1992, ISBN 0-671-72129-1 (with Anne McCaffrey)
  • Tia, the spaceship that fell in love , Bastei Lübbe 1993, translator Ralph Tegtmeier, ISBN 3-404-24175-4

Before the novel came out, the story was published in four parts from June to September 1992 by Amazing Stories magazine. In addition, the novel was published in 2003, together with Partnership , the second volume in the series by Anne McCaffrey and Margaret Ball, as an anthology under the title Brain Ships .

SERRAted Edge

• Born to Run , Baen 1992, ISBN 0-671-72110-0 (with Larry Dixon)
• Wheels of Fire , Baen 1992, ISBN 0-671-72138-0 (with Mark Shepherd)
• When the Bough Breaks , Baen 1993, ISBN 0-671-72154-2 (with Holly Lisle )
• Chrome Circle , Baen 1994, ISBN 0-671-87615-5 (with Larry Dixon)
• Silence , Baen 2016, ISBN 978-1-4767-8123-5
• The Waters and the Wild , Baen 2019, ISBN 978-1-4814-8430-5 (with Rosemary Edghill)
• Breaking Silence , Baen 2020, ISBN 978-1-982124-34-2

SERRAted Edge Prequels

(with Roberta Gellis)

• This Scepter'd Isle , Baen 2004, ISBN 0-7434-7156-3
• Ill Met by Moonlight , Baen 2005, ISBN 0-7434-9890-9
• By Slanderous Tongues , Baen 2007, ISBN 1-4165-2107-0
• And Less Than Kind , Baen 2008, ISBN 978-1-4165-5533-9

Bard's Tale

All translated by Wolfgang Thon.

• Castle of Deception , Baen 1992, ISBN 0-671-72125-9 (with Josepha Sherman)
  • The castle of traitors , Bastei Lübbe 1995, ISBN 3-404-20261-9
• Fortress of Frost and Fire , Baen 1993, ISBN 0-671-72162-3 (with Ru Emerson)
  • Fortress made of fire and ice , Bastei Lübbe 1995, ISBN 3-404-20269-4
• Prison of Souls , Baen 1993, ISBN 0-671-72193-3 (with Mark Shepherd)
  • Prison of Souls , Bastei Lübbe 1996, ISBN 3-404-20285-6

Wing Commander

• Freedom Flight , Baen Books 1992, ISBN 0-671-72145-3 (with Ellen Guon)
• The Liberators , Bastei Lübbe 1994, ISBN 3-404-23148-1

Darkover

After contributing several stories to Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover anthologies, the two wrote a novel together, the plot of which is set in the "Darkover Universe".

• Another kind of courage. 1988, A Different Kind of Courage. 1985

In: Marion Zimmer Bradley (ed.): Free Amazons of Darkover. 1988, ISBN 3-8118-3847-4 , Free Amazons of Darkover. 1985, ISBN 0-88677-096-3 .

• The lesson. 2001, An Object Lesson. 1990

In: Marion Zimmer Bradley (ed.): The domains. 2001, ISBN 3-426-60978-9 , Domains of Darkover. 1990, ISBN 0-88677-407-1 .

• To set a trap for a thief. 2001, Set a Thief. 1991

In: Marion Zimmer Bradley (ed.): The Sisterhood of the Sword. 2001, ISBN 3-426-60979-7 , Renunciates of Darkover. 1991, ISBN 0-88677-469-1 .

• The stolen ballad. 1999, Poetic License. 1994

In: Marion Zimmer Bradley (ed.): The Word of Hastur. 1999 ISBN 3-453-13645-4 , Snows of Darkover. 1994, ISBN 0-88677-601-5 .

• Rediscovery , DAW Books 1993, ISBN 0-88677-561-2 (with Marion Zimmer Bradley)
  • At the fires of Hastur , Hestia 1994, translator Rosemarie Hundertmarck, ISBN 3-89457-049-0

Elemental Masters

• The Serpent's Shadow , DAW Books 2001, ISBN 0-88677-915-4
• The Gates of Sleep , DAW Books 2002, ISBN 0-7564-0060-0
• Phoenix and Ashes , DAW Books 2004, ISBN 0-7564-0161-5
• The Wizard of London , DAW Books 2005, ISBN 0-7564-0174-7
• Reserved for the Cat , DAW Books 2007, ISBN 978-0-7564-0362-1
• Unnatural Issue , DAW Books 2011, ISBN 978-0-7564-0575-5
• Home from the Sea , DAW Books 2012, ISBN 978-0-7564-0727-8
• Steadfast , DAW Books 2012, ISBN 978-0-7564-0801-5
• Blood Red , DAW Books 2014, ISBN 978-0-7564-0897-8
• From a High Tower , DAW Books 2015, ISBN 978-0-7564-0898-5
• A Study in Sable , DAW Books 2016, ISBN 978-0-7564-0872-5
• A Scandal in Battersea , DAW Books 2017, ISBN 978-0-7564-0873-2
• The Bartered Brides , DAW Books 2018, ISBN 978-0-7564-0874-9
• The Case of the Spellbound Child , DAW Books 2019, ISBN 978-0-7564-1211-1

Fairy Tale stories

• Firebird , Tor 1996, ISBN 0-312-85812-4
• The Black Swan , DAW Books 1999, ISBN 0-88677-833-6

Heirs of Alexandria

(with Eric Flint and Dave Freer)

• The Shadow of the Lion , Baen 2002, ISBN 0-7434-3523-0
• This Rough Magic , Baen 2003, ISBN 0-7434-7149-0
• Much Fall of Blood , Baen 2010, ISBN 978-1-61824-769-8
• Burdens of the Dead , Baen 2013, ISBN 978-1-4516-3874-5

Dragon Jousters

• Joust , DAW Books 2003, ISBN 0-7564-0122-4
• Alta , DAW Books 2004, ISBN 0-7564-0216-6
• Sanctuary , DAW Books 2005, ISBN 0-7564-0246-8
• Aerie , DAW Books 2006, ISBN 0-7564-0391-X

Obsidian universe

(with James Mallory)

Obsidian

• The Outstretched Shadow , Tor 2003, ISBN 0-765-30219-5
• To Light A Candle , Tor 2004, ISBN 0-765-30220-9
• When Darkness Falls , Tor 2006, ISBN 0-765-30221-7

The Dragon Prophecy

• Crown of Vengeance , Gate 2012, ISBN 978-0-7653-2438-2
• Blade of Empire , Tor 2017, ISBN 978-0-7653-2439-9

The Enduring Flame

• The Phoenix Unchained , Tor 2007, ISBN 0-765-31593-9
• The Phoenix Endangered , Gate 2008, ISBN 978-0-7653-1594-6
• The Phoenix Transformed , Tor 2009, ISBN 978-0-7653-1595-3

The Enchanted Realms - Five Hundred Kingdoms

All translated by Sandra Müller.

• The Fairy Godmother , Luna 2004, ISBN 0-373-80202-1
  • Good fairy in training , Blanvalet 2008, ISBN 3-442-24365-3
• One Good Knight , Luna 2006, ISBN 0-373-80217-X
  • A real white knight , Blanvalet 2009, ISBN 3-442-24366-1
• Fortune's Fool , Luna 2007, ISBN 0-373-80266-8
  • How do you fish a mermaid? , Blanvalet 2010, ISBN 3-442-24367-X
• The Snow Queen , Luna 2008, ISBN 978-0-373-80265-4
• The Sleeping Beauty , Luna 2010, ISBN 978-0-373-80315-6
• Beauty and the Werewolf , Luna 2010, ISBN 978-0-373-80328-6

Single novel

• Tiger Burning Bright , AvoNova / William Morrow 1995, ISBN 0-688-14360-1 (with Marion Zimmer Bradley and Andre Norton)
  • The Tiger Clan by Merina , Heyne 1996, translator Marion Balkenhol, ISBN 3-453-09739-4

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (isfdb): Mercedes Lackey
2. ^ The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (SFE): Lackey, Mercedes
3. ↑ Mercedes Lackey - biography in English
4. ↑ Fantastic Fiction : Mercedes Lackey
5. ↑ isfdb: Amazing Stories June , July , August , September

Web links

• Literature by and about Mercedes Lackey in the catalog of the German National Library
• Mercedes Lackey in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Mercedes Lackey in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Works by and about Mercedes Lackey at Open Library
• Official website (English)