Debra Doyle
Debra Doyle | |
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![]() Debra Doyle atReadercon2007 | |
Born | November 30, 1952 |
Died | October 31, 2020 | (aged 67)
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Pennsylvania(PhD) |
Period | 1990–2020 |
Genre | Fantasy,science fiction,mystery |
Website | |
doyleandmacdonald |
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
[edit]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
[edit]Circle of Magic (with James D Macdonald)
[edit]- School of Wizardry (1990)
- Tournament and Tower (1990); reissued as Secret of the Tower (2000)
- City by the Sea (1990); reissued as The Wizard's Statue (2000)
- The Prince's Players (1990); reissued as Danger In The Palace (2000)
- The Prisoners of Bell Castle (1990); reissued as The Wizard's Castle (1999)
- The High King's Daughter (1990)
- Mystery at Wizardry School (2003)
- Voice of the Ice (2004)
Tom Swift (Fourth Series) (with James D Macdonald)
[edit]- Monster Machine (1991)
- Aquatech Warriors (1991)
MageWorlds (with James D Macdonald)
[edit]- The Price of the Stars (1992)
- Starpilot's Grave (1993)
- By Honor Betray'd (1994)
- The Gathering Flame (1995)
- The Long Hunt (1996)
- The Stars Asunder (1999)
- 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)
[edit]- Bad Blood (1993)
- Hunter's Moon (1994)
- Judgement Night (1995)
- Bad Blood: A Short Story (2011)
Peter Crossman (with James D Macdonald)
[edit]- The Confessions of Peter Crossman (2010)
- The Devil in the Details (2014)
Orville Nesbit (with James D Macdonald)
[edit]- Ecdysis (2011)
Novels
[edit]- 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)
[edit]- "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)
- "Ghosts and Legends" (with James D. Macdonald) (2012)
References
[edit]- ^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.
- ^abcde"In Memoriam – Debra Doyle".Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. November 2, 2020.
- ^"Complete list of Mythopoeic Award Winners".The Mythopoeic Society. Archived fromthe originalon February 6, 2007.
- ^"Knight's Wyrdby Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald ".Archived fromthe originalon September 27, 2006.
- ^"Debra Doyle".fantasticfiction.Retrieved2022-05-17.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- "Debra Doyle".fantasticfiction.Retrieved2022-05-17.
- Official forumatIBDoF
- Debra Doyleat theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
- Debra DoyleatLibrary of Congress,with 20 library catalog records (as Debra Doyle; note also listed joint pseudonyms)
- Debra DoyleatFantastic Fiction
- 1952 births
- 2020 deaths
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American science fiction writers
- American fantasy writers
- American women novelists
- American women science fiction and fantasy writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- American children's writers