Sara Douglass

Sara Douglass (* 2. June 1957 in Penola , South Australia as Sara Warneke ; † 27. September 2011 in Hobart , Tasmania ) was an Australian writer of fantasy - novels .

Life

Douglass grew up on a small farm in South Australia before moving to Adelaide with her parents and three siblings at the age of seven , where she attended Methodist Ladies College . After school, at the request of her parents, she became a nurse. A career choice that did not satisfy Douglass, so she went on to study English history at the University of Adelaide . After receiving her doctorate in 1992, she gave up the nursing profession and taught medieval European history as a lecturer at La Trobe University in Bendigo .

Douglass eventually began writing stories and HarperCollins decided to publish their book BattleAxe in 1995 (published in the US under the title The Wayfarer Redemption ). This book is the first of their Tencendor series , in which eight more books followed between 1996 and 2010.

After her success in English-speaking countries, her first novel, Die Sternenbraut (from BattleAxe ), was published in German translation in October 2002 .

Sara Douglass dedicated herself to gardening and maintained her own internet presence on the subject.

She was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. On September 27, 2011, she died of ovarian cancer .

bibliography

Series in the Tencendor series

Under the World Tree (The Axis Trilogy)

• BattleAxe , HarperCollins 1995, ISBN 0-7322-5119-2
  • Die Sternenbraut , Piper 2003, translator Marcel Bieger, ISBN 3-492-26523-5
  • Sternenströmers Lied , Piper 2004, translator Marcel Bieger, ISBN 3-492-26524-3
• Enchanter , HarperCollins 1996, ISBN 0-7322-5129-X
  • Dance of the Stars , Piper 2004, translator Marcel Bieger, ISBN 3-492-26525-1
  • Der Sternenhüter , Piper 2004, translator Marcel Bieger, ISBN 3-492-26526-X
• StarMan , HarperCollins 1996, ISBN 0-7322-5159-1
  • The Legacy of the Star Bride , Piper 2004, translator Marcel Bieger, ISBN 3-492-26527-8
  • The goddess of the star dance , Piper 2005, translator Marcel Bieger, ISBN 3-492-26528-6

The Wayfarer Redemption

• Sinner , Voyager / HarperCollins 1997, ISBN 0-7322-5857-X
  • The mortal gods of Tencendor , Piper 2006, translator Hannes Riffel, ISBN 3-492-70041-1
    • New edition: The heirs of the gods , Piper 2008, translator Hannes Riffel, ISBN 978-3-492-26670-3
    • New edition: Demonensturm , Piper 2008, translator Hannes Riffel, ISBN 978-3-492-26671-0
• Pilgrim , Voyager / HarperCollins 1998, ISBN 0-7322-5956-8
  • The Guardians of Times , Piper 2006, translator Hannes Riffel, ISBN 3-492-70043-8
    • New edition: Guardian of Dreams , Piper 2009, Translator Hannes Riffel, ISBN 978-3-492-26682-6
    • New edition: Sternensohn , Piper 2006, translator Sara Schade, ISBN 978-3-492-26683-3
• Crusader , Voyager / HarperCollins 1999, ISBN 0-7322-5950-9
  • The last battle for Tencendor , Piper 2007, translator Hannes Riffel, ISBN 3-492-70045-4
    • New edition: Mistress of the Dark , Piper 2009, Translator Sara Schade, ISBN 978-3-492-26694-9
    • New edition: Weltenschlacht , Piper 2009, translator Sara Schade, ISBN 978-3-492-26695-6

Darkglass Mountain

• The Serpent Bride , Eos / HarperCollins 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088213-6
• The Twisted Citadel , Voyager / HarperCollins 2008, ISBN 978-0-7322-8290-5
• The Infinity Gate , Eos / HarperCollins 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-088219-8

Single novel

The power of the pyramids

• Threshold , Voyager / HarperCollins 1997, ISBN 0-7322-5749-2
  • Die Glaszauberin , Piper 2005, translator Andreas Decker, ISBN 3-492-26560-X
  • Der Steinwandler , Piper 2006, translator Andreas Decker, ISBN 3-492-26571-5

The Dark Century (The Crucible)

→ Main article : The dark century

• The Nameless Day , Voyager / HarperCollins 2000, ISBN 0-7322-6518-5
  • Guardian of Power , Piper 2008, Translator Sara Riffel, ISBN 978-3492267076
  • Daughter of War , Piper 2008, Translator Sara Riffel, ISBN 978-3492701631
• The Wounded Hawk , Voyager / HarperCollins 2001, ISBN 0-7322-6579-7
  • Servants of Evil , Piper 2008, Translator Sara Riffel, ISBN 978-3492701648
  • Devil's envoy , Piper 2009, translator Sara Riffel, ISBN 978-3492701655
• The Crippled Angel , Voyager / HarperCollins 2001, ISBN 0-00-710848-6

The Troy Game

• Hades' Daughter , Voyager / HarperCollins 2002, ISBN 0-7322-7164-9
• God's Concubine , Voyager / HarperCollins 2004, ISBN 0-7322-7162-2
• Darkwitch Rising , Voyager / HarperCollins 2005, ISBN 0-7322-7158-4
• Druids' Sword , Voyager / HarperCollins 2006, ISBN 0-7322-7155-X

Other works

• Beyond the Hanging Wall , Hodder Headline Australia 1996, ISBN 0-7336-0311-4
  • The Lord of the Dream Realm , Piper 2005, translator Irene Holicki, ISBN 3-492-70071-3

Non-fiction

• The Betrayal of Arthur , Macmillan 1999, ISBN 0-7329-0986-4

Web links

• Literature by and about Sara Douglass in the catalog of the German National Library
• Sara Douglass in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Sara Douglass in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Works by and about Sara Douglass at Open Library
• Homepage with detailed biography (English)
• Nonsuch Kitchen Garden by Sara Douglass with diary (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Jennifer Chapman: Australian fantasy writer Sara Douglass dies of ovarian cancer. The Herald Sun , September 27, 2011, accessed September 23, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Nonsuch Kitchen Gardens ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.