Lackey, Mercedes
Entry updated 1 December 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1950- ) US author best known as a highly prolific producer of Fantasy, the category into which all her solo novels fall. Her first published story was "A Different Kind of Courage" in Free Amazons of Darkover (anth 1985) edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley. The Ship Who Searched (1992) with Anne McCaffrey is sf set in the latter's Brainship universe. Lackey's novel-length contribution to the Darkover franchise, Rediscovery: A Darkover Novel (1993), is billed as a collaboration with Bradley, whose actual input may well have been minimal.
A further faux collaboration is the Shared World fantasy Reap the Whirlwind (1989) with C J Cherryh, actually written entirely by Lackey. Yet other fantasy collaborations include the Halfblood Chronicles trilogy with Andre Norton – opening with The Elvenbane: An Epic High Fantasy of the Halfblood Chronicles (1991) [see Checklist below] – and the standalone If I Pay Thee Not in Gold (1993) with Piers Anthony.
In 2022 Lackey received SFWA's Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award (see SFWA Grand Master Award). [DRL]
see also: Wing Commander.
Mercedes Ritchie Lackey
born Chicago, Illinois: 24 June 1950
works (selected)
series
Halfblood Chronicles
- The Elvenbane: An Epic High Fantasy of the Halfblood Chronicles (New York: Tor, 1991) with Andre Norton [Halfblood Chronicles: hb/Boris Vallejo]
- Elvenblood: An Epic High Fantasy (New York: Tor, 1995) with Andre Norton [Halfblood Chronicles: hb/Boris Vallejo]
- Elvenborn: Book Three of the Halfblood Chronicles (New York: Tor, 2002) with Andre Norton [Halfblood Chronicles: hb/Boris Vallejo]
Brainship
- The Ship Who Searched (New York: Baen Books, 1992) with Anne McCaffrey [Brainship: pb/Stephen Hickman]
- Brain Ships (New York: Baen Books, 2003) with Anne McCaffrey and Margaret Ball [anth/omni of the above and PartnerShip (1992) by McCaffrey and Ball: Brainship: hb/Tom Kidd]
Heirs of Alexandria
- The Shadow of the Lion (New York: Baen Books, 2002) with Eric Flint and Dave Freer [Heirs of Alexandria: hb/Larry Dixon]
- This Rough Magic (New York: Baen Books, 2003) with Eric Flint and Dave Freer [Heirs of Alexandria: hb/Larry Dixon]
- Much Fall of Blood (New York: Baen Books, 2010) with Eric Flint and Dave Freer [Heirs of Alexandria: hb/Larry Dixon]
- Burdens of the Dead (New York: Baen Books, 2013) with Eric Flint and Dave Freer [Heirs of Alexandria: hb/Larry Dixon]
individual titles
- Reap the Whirlwind (New York: Baen Books, 1989) "with" C J Cherryh [tie: Sword of Knowledge: pb/Larry Elmore]
- If I Pay Thee Not in Gold (New York: Baen Books, 1993) with Piers Anthony [hb/Darrell K Sweet]
- Rediscovery: A Darkover Novel (New York: DAW Books, 1993) with Marion Zimmer Bradley [tie: Darkover: hb/Romas Kukalis]
- Tiger Burning Bright (New York: AvoNova, 1995) with Marion Zimmer Bradley and Andre Norton [hb/Donato Giancola]
- Reboots (Rockville, Maryland: Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick, 2011) [anth: through inclusion of an associated story by Cody Martin: in the publisher's The Stellar Guild series: pb/]
works as editor
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2016: The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Selected by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books/Pyr, 2016) [anth: Nebula Anthologies: Nebula Awards: pb/Reiko Murakami]
about the author
- John Helfers and Denise Little. The Valdemar Companion (New York: DAW Books, 2001) [nonfiction: hb/Jody A Lee]
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