Esther Friesner

Esther Friesner
Esther Friesner in 2006.
Born	July 16, 1951 New York, New York
Occupation	Author
Nationality	United States
Genres	Fantasy

Esther Mona Friesner-Stutzman, née Friesner (born July 16, 1951) is an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for her humorous pieces.

1 Life
2 Career
3 Awards
4 Bibliography
5 References
6 External links

Life

Friesner attended the Hunter College High School, a public magnet high school in New York City, as well as Vassar College. She holds a Ph.D. in Spanish and was a college professor at Yale University before becoming a writer.^[1]

Career

In addition to short stories, Freisner has published a number of novels and is a prolific editor of anthologies. Among her recent books are Nobody's Princess, which takes the Greek legend of Helen of Sparta and gives it a new beginning, and its sequel, Nobody's Prize. She is a frequent guest of honor at science fiction conventions, having appeared at Bubonicon, Arisia, Boskone, Baycon and Albacon in the 1990s and into the 21st century.

Freisner is credited as one of the founders of a parody movement in the 1980s called cyberprep.^[2]

Awards

Friesner was named Outstanding New Fantasy Writer by Romantic Times in 1986.^[1] She won the Skylark Award in 1994.^[3] She has been nominated a number of times for the Hugo and Nebula awards, winning the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 1995 and 1996 for, respectively, "Death and the Librarian" and "A Birth Day".

Bibliography

Chronicles of the Twelve Kingdoms

Mustapha and His Wise Dog, 1985
Spells of Mortal Weaving, 1986
The Witchwood Cradle, 1987
The Water King's Laughter, 1989

Demons

Here Be Demons, 1988
Demon Blues, 1989
Hooray For Hellywood, 1990

New York by Knight

New York by Knight, 1986
Elf Defense, 1988
Sphynxes Wild, 1989

Gnome Man's Land

Gnome Man's Land, 1991
Harpy High, 1991
Unicorn U, 1992

Majyk

Majyk by Accident, 1993
Majyk by Hook Or Crook, 1994
Majyk by Design, 1995

Becca of Wiserways

The Psalms Of Herod, 1996
The Sword Of Mary, 1996

Chicks in Chainmail

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Prisoner of Cabin 13 (Book 11 of series)

Star Trek Universe

Warchild (Sep 1994, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine series, Book 7)^[4]
To Storm Heaven (Dec 1997, Star Trek: The Next Generation Numbered series, Book 46)^[5]

Princesses of Myth

Nobody's Princess, 2007
Nobody's Prize, 2008
Sphinx's Princess, 2009
Sphinx's Queen, 2010
Spirit's Princess, publication date set for April 2012

Official website is http://princessesofmyth.com/

Non-series novels

Harlot's Ruse, 1986
The Silver Mountain, 1986
Druid's Blood, 1988
Yesterday We Saw Mermaids, 1992
Split Heirs (with Lawrence Watt-Evans), 1993
Wishing Season, 1993
The Sherwood Game, 1995
Child of the Eagle, 1996
Playing with Fire, 1997
Men in Black II (novel), 2002
E.Godz (with Robert Asprin), 2003
Temping Fate, 2006
Threads and Flames, 2010

Collections

It's Been Fun
Up The Wall & Other Tales of King Arthur and His Knights
Death and the Librarian and Other Stories

Poems

Who Made the Stew on Betelgeuse II
Lovers

References

^ ^a ^b jrank. "Esther M. Friesner (1951–) Biography". http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2126/Friesner-Esther-M-1951.html. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
^ David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, ed (2006). Year's Best Fantasy 6. San Francisco: Tachyon Publications. ISBN 10:1-892391-37-6.
^ World Fantasy Convention 36. "Esther M. Friesner". http://www.contextsf.org/WFC/friesner.html. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
^ ISFDB. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?4770. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
^ ISFDB. "Star Trek: The Next Generation". http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?305. Retrieved 17 March 2011.

External links

Author homepage

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