Diana L. Paxson

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Diana L. Paxson (born 1943) is a writer, primarily of fantasy and historical fiction novels and short stories.

In addition to her multiple novels and collaborations, she has written over seventy short stories. She was the western regional director of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. She hosted the first activities of the Society for Creative Anachronism, and was subsequently among that group's founding Directors and Corporate Officers when it incorporated. She has been a frequent speaker at both the Starwood Festival and WinterStar Symposium, and created the Goddess Procession ritual with which they begin and end Starwood. She also composes and plays music for the harp. She currently lives in Berkeley, California.

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[edit] Bibliography

  • Brisingamen, 1984
  • White Mare, Red Stallion, 1986
  • The Paradise Tree, 1987
  • The White Raven, 1988
  • The Serpent's Tooth, 1991
  • Z. Budapest and Diana L. Paxson, Celestial Wisdom for Every Day of your Life"

[edit] Westria

  • Lady of Light, 1982
  • Lady of Darkness, 1983
  • Silverhair the Wanderer, 1986
  • The Earthstone, 1987
  • The Sea Star, 1988
  • The Wind Crystal, 1990
  • The Jewel of Fire, 1992
  • The Golden Hills of Westria, 2006

The Lady of Light and Lady of Darkness novels were published in the U.S. in a single volume with the name Mistress of the Jewels.

[edit] Wodan

  • The Wolf and the Raven, 1993
  • The Dragons of the Rhine, 1995
  • The Lord of Horses, 1996

[edit] Hallowed Island

  • The Book of the Sword, 1999
  • The Book of the Spear, 1999
  • The Book of the Cauldron, 1999
  • The Book of the Stone, 2000

[edit] Chronicles of Fionn mac Cumhal

The authored the following novels in collaboration with Adrienne Martine-Barnes:

  • Master of Earth and Water, 1993
  • The Shield Between the Worlds, 1994
  • Sword of Fire and Shadow, 1995

[edit] Avalon series

She has collaborated with Marion Zimmer Bradley on the following Avalon Series novels:

[edit] Sword and Sorcery series

She has authored the following stories from the Sword and Sorceress series, an annual anthology of fantasy stories:

  • Sword of Yraine
  • Shadow Wood
  • Equona's Mare
  • The Sword Slave

[edit] Short fiction

  • "An Appropriate Hell" in War in Hell (1988) - part of the Heroes in Hell series

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