Tanya Huff

Tanya Huff

Tanya Sue Huff (* 1957 in Halifax , Nova Scotia ) is a Canadian fantasy author.

biography

Though born in Nova Scotia, she grew up in Kingston , Ontario . She published her first work at the age of ten. From 1975 to 1979 she was part of the Canadian Naval Reserve , where she worked as a cook. She then did her Bachelor of Applied Arts in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson University in Toronto , Ontario.

In the early 1980s she worked at Mr. Gameway's Ark , a toy store. Subsequently (1984–1992) she worked at Bakka (Toronto), North America's oldest science fiction bookstore. During this time she wrote 7 novels and 9 short stories, which were gradually published. She was a member of the Bunch of Seven , a group of writers. In 1992 she moved to rural Ontario with her 4 cats, where she still lives with her partner Fiona Patton . Their current house community includes 6 cats and a Chihuahua . Huff is one of the most famous Canadian writers in the Contemporary Fantasy category . Many of her stories take place in places where she lived, Toronto, Kingston and more.

bibliography

Keeper Chronicles

Claire is a guardian, destined to hold the universe together. One day she comes to a hotel with a hole in hell. Other characters in the series include Austin, a talking cat, Claire's friend Dean and her sister Diana, also a guardian. All translated by Dorothee Danzmann.

• Summon the Keeper , DAW Books 1998, ISBN 0-88677-784-4
  • Hotel Elysium , pen and sword 2005, ISBN 3-935282-88-5
• The Second Summoning , DAW Books 2001, ISBN 0-88677-975-8
  • Come on the devil , pen and sword 2005, ISBN 3-935282-89-3
• Long Hot Summoning , DAW Books 2003, ISBN 0-7564-0136-4
  • Beware of those who can , pen and sword 2006, ISBN 3-935282-90-7

Quarters

Contains a world around magical musicians (bards) and the invasion threat of the neighboring country. The first book is about the king's sister who becomes pregnant without permission. The second and third books are about a sibling and the fourth is set in a distant land.

• Sing the Four Quarters , DAW Books 1994, ISBN 0-88677-628-7
• Fifth Quarter , DAW Books 1995, ISBN 0-88677-651-1
• No Quarter , DAW Books 1996, ISBN 0-88677-698-8
• The Quartered Sea , DAW Books 1999, ISBN 0-88677-839-5

Wizard Crystal / Wizard of the Grove

Both translated by Silvia Jettkant and Ralf Hlawatsch. The girl Crystal is born to be the last sorceress to face the evil Kraydak.

• Child of the Grove , DAW Books 1988, ISBN 0-88677-272-9
  • The goddess of sorcerers , Piper 2005, ISBN 3-492-26587-1
• The Last Wizard , DAW Books 1989, ISBN 0-88677-331-8
  • The Last Wizard , Piper 2006, ISBN 3-492-26575-8

Victory Nelson - blood series (Victory Nelson, Investigator)

Victoria (Vicki, Victory) Nelson was a police officer who dropped out of duty due to her eye disease ( retinopathia pigmentosa ). She meets Henry Fitzroy, a vampire and writer of historical love stories. Henry is the illegitimate son of Henry VIII . Other characters include Mike Celluci, Vicki's former partner and lover, and Tony, an informant. Due to her illness, Vicky is semi-blind and works as a private investigator. She and Henry solve some supernatural crimes. The series takes place predominantly in Toronto. Blood Bank is not a stand-alone novel, here are the 8 Vicky Nelson short stories that Tanya Huff wrote for various anthologies (e.g. for Vampire Detectives, DAW 1995)

• Blood Price , DAW Books 1991, ISBN 0-88677-471-3
  • Blutzoll , Feder und Schwert 2004, translator Claudia Wittemund, ISBN 3-937255-22-2
• Blood Trail , DAW Books 1992, ISBN 0-88677-502-7
  • Blood trail , pen and sword 2002, translator Claudia Wittemund, ISBN 3-931612-55-9
• Blood Lines , DAW Books 1992, ISBN 0-88677-530-2
  • Blood lines , pen and sword 2004, translator Dorothee Danzmann, ISBN 3-937255-23-0
• Blood Pact , DAW Books 1993, ISBN 0-88677-582-5
  • Blood pact , pen and sword 2003, translator Dorothee Danzmann, ISBN 3-935282-93-1
• Blood Debt , DAW Books 1997, ISBN 0-88677-739-9
  • Blood guilt , pen and sword 2004, translator Dorothee Danzmann, ISBN 3-937255-08-7
• Blood Bank , DAW Books 2006, ISBN 0-7564-0392-8
  • Blood bank , pen and sword 2008, translator Dorothee Danzmann, ISBN 3-86762-041-5

Tony Foster

Some follow-up stories to the Victory Nelson books, with Tony in the lead role. Tony works for a television station which ironically produces a series about a vampire detective. All translated by Dorothee Danzmann.

• Smoke and Shadows , DAW Books 2004, ISBN 0-7564-0183-6
  • Rauch und Schatten , Feder und Schwert 2006, ISBN 3-937255-80-X
• Smoke and Mirrors , DAW Books 2005, ISBN 0-7564-0262-X
  • Rauch und Spiegel , Feder und Schwert 2007, ISBN 3-937255-96-6
• Smoke and Ashes , DAW Books 2006, ISBN 0-7564-0347-2
  • Rauch und Assche , Feder und Schwert 2007, ISBN 978-3-937255-97-2

Confederation of Valor

• Valor's Choice , DAW Books 2000, ISBN 0-88677-896-4
• The Better Part of Valor , DAW Books 2002, ISBN 0-7564-0062-7
• The Heart of Valor , DAW Books 2007, ISBN 978-0-7564-0435-2
• Valor's Trial , DAW Books 2008, ISBN 978-0-7564-0479-6
• The Truth of Valor , DAW Books 2010, ISBN 978-0-7564-0620-2

Peacekeeper

Also plays in the Valor universe.

• An Ancient Peace , DAW Books 2015, ISBN 978-0-7564-0958-6
• A Peace Divided , DAW Books 2017, ISBN 978-0-7564-1150-3
• The Privilege of Peace , DAW Books 2018, ISBN 978-0-7564-1153-4

The Witches Chronicles (Gale Family)

• The Enchantment Emporium , DAW Books 2009, ISBN 978-0-7564-0555-7
  • The Hexenladen , Feder & Schwert 2012, translator Dorothee Danzmann, ISBN 978-3-86762-105-2
• The Wild Ways , DAW Books 2011, ISBN 978-0-7564-0686-8
  • Wildewege , Feder & Schwert 2014, translator Katja Giehl, ISBN 978-3-86762-208-0
• The Future Falls , DAW Books 2014, ISBN 978-0-7564-0753-7

Other novels

• Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light , DAW Books 1989, ISBN 0-88677-386-5
• The Fire's Stone , DAW Books 1990, ISBN 0-88677-445-4
• Scholar of Decay , TSR 1995, ISBN 0-7869-0206-X (a Ravenloft novel)
• The Silvered , DAW Books 2012, ISBN 978-0-7564-0743-8
  • Die Silbernen , Feder & Schwert 2015, translators Lennart Janson and Jessica Becker, ISBN 978-3-86762-212-7

Short story collections

• 1999: What Ho, Magic!
• 1999: Stealing Magic
• 2003: Relative Magic
• 2007: Finding Magic

Short story anthologies by Tanya Huff

• Vampire detectives
• Virtuous vampires
• Bending the Landscape: Fantasy
• The Fortune Teller
• Tarot Fantastic
• Wizard Fantastic
• Tales from the Eternal Archives 2: Earth, Air, Fire, Water
• Vampire Slayers: Stories of Those Who Dare to Take Back the Night
• Dracula in London
• Oceans of Magic
• Single White Vampire Seeks Same
• Women of War , Ed. Tanya Huff
• In the Hunt , A Collection of Essays on the TV Series Supernatural

Adaptations

In the summer of 2006, the Victoria Nelson stories began to be produced as a television series under the name Blood Ties . The series premiered on March 11, 2007 on Lifetime Network , a US television station. The series will also be shown on Canadian television in the spring. The main role is played by the Canadian actress Christina Cox . In Germany, the series has been broadcast on RTL II since October 26, 2008. The series has been shown on the Austrian private broadcaster ATV since February 2008 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Tanya Huff in the catalog of the German National Library
• Bibliography at FantasticFiction (English)
• Tanya Huff in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Tanya Huff in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Works by and about Tanya Huff at Open Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Keith, Christie. "Behind the Scenes of Blood Ties March 7, 2007, afterellen.com ( Memento August 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )