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Debra Doyle

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Debra Doyle
Debra Doyle at Readercon 2007
Debra Doyle atReadercon2007
Born(1952-11-30)November 30, 1952
DiedOctober 31, 2020(2020-10-31)(aged 67)
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania(PhD)
Period1990–2020
GenreFantasy,science fiction,mystery
Website
doyleandmacdonald.comEdit this at Wikidata

Debra Doyle(November 30, 1952 – October 31, 2020) was an American author in multiple related fiction genres, includingscience fiction,fantasy,andmystery,foryoung adultsand adults. Her works were co-written with her husband,James D. Macdonald.

Life and career

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Doyle earned a PhD from theUniversity of Pennsylvaniawith a dissertation on Old English poetry.[1]

Her first work written with Macdonald was "Bad Blood" in 1988.[2]Their novelKnight's Wyrdwas awarded theMythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literaturein 1992[3]and appeared on the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age list in 1993.[4]They published two series,Mageworlds(7 novels) andThe Wizard Apprentice(8 novels), and two alternate history novels,Land of Mist and SnowandLincoln's Sword.[2]

Doyle and Macdonald also published together under other names. They published their first novel,Night of Ghosts and Lightning,in 1989 under the house name Robyn Tallis; twoTom Swiftnovels under the house name Victor Appleton;Pep Rally,Blood Brothers,andVampire’s Kissunder the house name Nicholas Adams; and twoSpider-Manand threeBattletechnovels as Martin Delrio.[2]

Together Doyle and Macdonald made up part of the core membership of thesff.netwebsite andrec.arts.sffnewsgroup. Doyle also taught at the Viable Paradise genre writer's workshop onMartha's Vineyard.[2]

She died ofcardiac arreston October 31, 2020.[2]

Bibliography

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A full list of her contributions and work can be found on the Fantastic Fiction[5]site.

Series

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Circle of Magic (with James D Macdonald)

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  1. School of Wizardry (1990)
  2. Tournament and Tower (1990); reissued as Secret of the Tower (2000)
  3. City by the Sea (1990); reissued as The Wizard's Statue (2000)
  4. The Prince's Players (1990); reissued as Danger In The Palace (2000)
  5. The Prisoners of Bell Castle (1990); reissued as The Wizard's Castle (1999)
  6. The High King's Daughter (1990)
  7. Mystery at Wizardry School (2003)
  8. Voice of the Ice (2004)

Tom Swift (Fourth Series) (with James D Macdonald)

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  • Monster Machine (1991)
  • Aquatech Warriors (1991)

MageWorlds (with James D Macdonald)

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  1. The Price of the Stars (1992)
  2. Starpilot's Grave (1993)
  3. By Honor Betray'd (1994)
  4. The Gathering Flame (1995)
  5. The Long Hunt (1996)
  6. The Stars Asunder (1999)
  7. A Working of Stars (2002)
  • A Death in the Working (2004); a Mageworlds short story
  • On Suivi Point (2005); a Mageworlds novelette

Bad Blood (with James D Macdonald)

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  1. Bad Blood (1993)
  2. Hunter's Moon (1994)
  3. Judgement Night (1995)
  • Bad Blood: A Short Story (2011)

Peter Crossman (with James D Macdonald)

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  • The Confessions of Peter Crossman (2010)
  • The Devil in the Details (2014)

Orville Nesbit (with James D Macdonald)

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  • Ecdysis (2011)

Novels

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  • Knight's Wyrd (1992) (with James D Macdonald)
  • Groogleman (1996) (with James D Macdonald)
  • Prince Valiant (1998) (with Hal Foster and James D Macdonald)
  • Land of Mist and Snow (2006) (with James D Macdonald)
  • Lincoln's Sword (2010) (with James D Macdonald)

Short stories (selection)

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  • "Now And in the Hour of Death" (co-written withJames D. Macdonaldand collected inMike Resnick's alternate history anthologyAlternate Kennedys)
  • "Witch Garden" co-written with James D. Macdonald (1994)
  • "Please to See the King" co-written with James D. Macdonald (1995)
  • "Ecdysis" co-written with James D. Macdonald (1996)

References

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  1. ^Coordination, Subordination, and Sentence Structure in Old English Poetry: An Inquiry into Aspects of the Interplay Between Syntax and Style(PhD). University of Pennsylvania. 1981.
  2. ^abcde"In Memoriam – Debra Doyle".Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. November 2, 2020.
  3. ^"Complete list of Mythopoeic Award Winners".The Mythopoeic Society. Archived fromthe originalon February 6, 2007.
  4. ^"Knight's Wyrdby Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald ".Archived fromthe originalon September 27, 2006.
  5. ^"Debra Doyle".www.fantasticfiction.com.Retrieved2022-05-17.
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