Lisa Goldstein

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Lisa Goldstein (b. November 21, 1953 in Los Angeles) is a Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Award nominated fantasy and science fiction writer. Her 1982 novel The Red Magician won the American Book Award for best paperback novel, and was praised by Philip K. Dick shortly before his death. Her work is also sometimes regarded as an example of literary fantasy.

Elizabeth Joy "Lisa" Goldstein's father was Heinrich Harry Goldstein (b. June 08, 1922 in Krefeld, Germany; d. May 24, 1974 in Los Angeles), a survivor of concentration camp Westerbork; her mother, Miriam Roth, was born in Czechoslovakia and survived the extermination camp Auschwitz. Her parents came to the U.S.A. in 1947 and met in an ESL class.

She has published two novels under the pen-name "Isabel Glass".

With her husband since 1986, Douglas A. "Doug" Asherman, she lives in Oakland, California.

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[edit] Novels

The Divided Crown (2005) as by Isabel Glass

Tor Books - ISBN 0-7653-0746-4

Daughter of Exile (2004) as by Isabel Glass

Tor Books - ISBN 0-7653-0745-6 (Hardcover) - ISBN 0-7653-4658-3 (Paperback)

The Alchemist's Door (2002)

Tor Books - ISBN 0-7653-0150-4 (Hardcover) - ISBN 0-7653-0151-2 (Paperback)

Dark Cities Underground (1999)

Tor Books - ISBN 0-312-86828-6 (Hardcover) - ISBN 0-312-86827-8 (Paperback)

Walking the Labyrinth (1996)

Tor Books - ISBN 0-312-86175-3 (Hardcover) - ISBN 0-312-85968-6 (Paperback)

Summer King, Winter Fool (1994)

Tor Books - ISBN 0-312-85632-6 (Hardcover) - ISBN 0-8125-3503-0 (Paperback)

Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon (1993)

Tor Books - ISBN 0-312-85460-9 (Hardcover) - ISBN 0-8125-1951-5 (Paperback)

Tourists (1989)

Simon & Schuster - ISBN 0-671-67531-1 (Hardcover) - ISBN 0-312-89011-7 (1994 Tor Books paperback reprint)

A Mask for the General (1987)

Bantam Books - ISBN 0-553-05239-X (Hardcover) - ISBN 0-553-27312-4 (Paperback)

The Dream Years (1985)

Bantam Books - ISBN 0-553-05090-7 (Hardcover) - ISBN 0-553-25693-9 (Paperback)

The Red Magician (1982)

Pocket Books - ISBN 0-671-41161-6 (1982 Paperback) - ISBN 0-671-49907-6 (1983 Paperback reprint) - ISBN 0-312-85462-5 (1993 Tor Books hardcover reprint) - ISBN 0-312-89007-9 (1995 Orb Books paperback reprint)

[edit] Awards and nominations

  • American Book Award (1983) for the The Red Magician
  • World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1986) for The Dream Years
  • Arthur C. Clarke nominee (1987) for A Mask for the General
  • Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1988) for "Cassandra's Photographs"
  • Nebula Best Short Story nominee (1988) for "Cassandra's Photographs"
  • World Fantasy Best Short story nominee (1993) for "Alfred"
  • Nebula Best Short Story nominee (1994) for "Alfred"
  • World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1995) for Travellers In Magic
  • Nebula Best Short Story nominee (1996) for "The Narcissus Plague"
  • World Fantasy Best Short story nominee (1998) for "Fortune and Misfortune"
  • Nebula Best Short Story nominee (1999) for "Fortune and Misfortune"
  • British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1999) for Dark Cities Underground

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