Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough | |
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Born | (1947-03-23) March 23, 1947 (age 77) Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer |
Genre | Science fiction, fantasy |
Subject | folklore/music, fairy tales, sociology, mythology,history, humor |
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (born March 23, 1947) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy and Registered Nurse who lives in Port Townsend, Washington. She has published over 40 novels, as well as collaborating with Anne McCaffrey on multiple series.[1]
Biography
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. She was earned a RN from Bethany Hospital School of Nursing in 1968. She was a practicing nurse for well over a decade, including 5 years as an RN in the US Army, one year of which she served in Vietnam during the eponymous war. Her writing career began in 1982 with the publication of her first novel, following which she entered the University of Alaska, earning a BA Magna Cum Laude in 1987.[2][3] She is still an active novelist publishing at least one novel in every year after 1986, except for 1990, 2011, 2013, and 2014 (in which she published short story collections instead). She now publishes the bulk of her independent work through Gypsy Shadow Publishers.
Awards
Scarborough won a Nebula Award in 1989 for her novel The Healer's War.[4]
Works
Non-fiction
- "The Dragon Lady's Songs", from Dragonwriter, 2013
- "Nursing Our Wounds", from Health Progress, 2016
Collaborations with Anne McCaffrey
- The Acorna Series, 1999-2007
- Petaybee Series, 1993-2008
Argonia/Songs from the Seashell Archives Quintet
- Vol. 1: Song of Sorcery, 1982
- Vol. 2: The Unicorn Creed, 1983
- Vol. 3: Bronwyn's Bane, 1983
- Vol. 4: The Christening Quest, 1985
- Vol. 5: The Dragon, the Witch and the Railroad, 2015
- Vol. 6: The Redundant Dragons, 2019
Drastic Dragon series
- Vol. 1: The Drastic Dragon of Draco, Texas, 1986
- Vol. 2: The Goldcamp Vampire, 1987
The Songkiller Saga
- Vol. 1: Phantom Banjo, 1991
- Vol. 2: Picking the Ballad’s Bones, 1991
- Vol. 3: Strum Again?, 1992
Nothing Sacred series
- Vol. 1: Nothing Sacred, 1991
- Vol. 2: Last Refuge, 1992
Godmother series
- Vol. 1: The Godmother, 1994
- Vol. 2: The Godmother’s Apprentice, 1995
- Vol. 3: The Godmother’s Web, 1998
Cleopatra series
- Vol. 1: Channeling Cleopatra, 2002
- Vol. 2: Cleopatra 7.2, 2004
Spam the Cat series
- Vol. 1 Spam Vs the Vampire, 2011
- Vol. 2 Father Christmas or Spam the Cat's First Christmas
- Vol. 3 The Tour Bus of Doom or Spam and the Zombie Apocalyps-o
Standalone novels
- The Harem of Aman Akbar, 1984
- The Healer's War, 1988 (Nebula Award for Best Novel 1989)
- Carol for Another Christmas, 1996
- The Lady in the Loch, 1998
Anthologies
- Space Opera, with Anne McCaffrey, 1996
- Warrior Princesses, with Martin H. Greenberg, 1998
- Past Lives, Present Tense, 1999
- Vampire Slayers: Stories of Those Who Dare to Take Back the Night, with Martin H. Greenberg, 1999
Collections
- "Shifty", 2013
- "Nine Tails O' Cats", 2011
- "Scarborough Fair and Other Stories", 2003
- "Introduction"
- "The Mummies of the Motorway", 2001
- "Final Vows", 1998
- "Whirlwinds", 1998
- "Worse Than the Curse", 2000
- "Boon Companion", 2002
- "Long Time Coming Home", with Rick Reaser, 2002
- "Mu Mao and the Court Oracle", 2001
- "Don’t Go Out in Holy Underwear or Victoria’s Secret or Space Panties!!!", 1996
- "The Invisible Woman’s Clever Disguise", 2000
- "A Rare Breed", 1995
- "Scarborough Fair", 1996
Other short fiction
- "Milk from a Maiden's Breast", 1987
- "Wolf From the Door", 1988
- "The Elephant In-Law", 1988
- "The Camelot connection", 1988
- "Bastet's Blessing", 1989
- "The Castle's Haunted Parking Lot", 1991
- "The Queen's Cat's Tale", 1991
- "The Dragon of Tollin", 1992
- "Candy's Wonder Cure", 1993
- "The Cat-Quest of Mu Mao the Magnificent", 1994
- "Jean-Pierre and the Gator-Maid", 1994
- "The Stone of War and the Nightingale's Egg", 1995
- "First Communion", 1995
- "Born Again", 1996
- "The Snake Charm
- "The Attack of the Avenging Virgins", 1998
- "Debriefing the Warrior/Princess", 1998
- "The Fatal Wager", 1998
- "Final Vows", 1998
- "Worse Than The Curse", 2000
- "The Mummies of the Motorway", 2001
- "Jewels Beyond Price", 2005
- "Spam and the Sasquatch", 2015
- "Spam, the Spooks, and the UPS Bandit" 2015
References
- ^ Author information, Penguin Books, archived from the original on 21 September 2012, retrieved 9 January 2011
- ^ Ten Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Who Served in the US Armed Forces, Unbound Worlds
- ^ Corridors of Communication, Starfire Reviews, archived from the original on 12 March 2017
- ^ Nebula Awards Page
External links
- Home and Biography at the Internet Archive, archived March 2016
- Elizabeth Ann Scarborough at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Elizabeth Ann Scarborough at Library of Congress, with 43 library catalog records
- Interview with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough and Anne McCaffrey about co-authoring two books, A DISCUSSION WITH National Authors on Tour TV Series, Episode #105 (1994)
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- t
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- Dune by Frank Herbert (1966)
- Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (1967)
- The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany (1968)
- Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin (1969)
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (1970)
- Ringworld by Larry Niven (1971)
- A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg (1972)
- The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov (1973)
- Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (1974)
- The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (1975)
- The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (1976)
- Man Plus by Frederik Pohl (1977)
- Gateway by Frederik Pohl (1978)
- Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre (1979)
- The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke (1980)
- Timescape by Gregory Benford (1981)
- The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe (1982)
- No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop (1983)
- Startide Rising by David Brin (1984)
- Neuromancer by William Gibson (1985)
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1986)
- Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (1987)
- The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy (1988)
- Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold (1989)
- The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (1990)
- Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (1991)
- Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick (1992)
- Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (1993)
- Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1994)
- Moving Mars by Greg Bear (1995)
- The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer (1996)
- Slow River by Nicola Griffith (1997)
- The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre (1998)
- Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman (1999)
- Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler (2000)
- Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear (2001)
- The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro (2002)
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2003)
- Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon (2004)
- Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (2005)
- Camouflage by Joe Haldeman (2006)
- Seeker by Jack McDevitt (2007)
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (2008)
- Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin (2009)
- The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (2010)
- Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (2011)
- Among Others by Jo Walton (2012)
- 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (2013)
- Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (2014)
- Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (2015)
- Uprooted by Naomi Novik (2016)
- All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (2017)
- The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (2018)
- The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (2019)
- A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker (2020)
- Network Effect by Martha Wells (2021)
- A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (2022)
- Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang (2023)