Marion Zimmer Bradley
(1930 - 1999)Sister of Paul Edwin Zimmer
aka Lee Chapman, John Dexter, Miriam Gardner, Morgan Ives
Marion Zimmer was born in Albany, NY, on June 3, 1930, and married Robert Alden Bradley in 1949. Mrs. Bradley received her B.A. in 1964 from Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, then did graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1965-67.
Writing for over 4 decades, she is best known for her Darkover science fantasy series and her Arthurian masterpiece, The Mists of Avalon. She also edited anthologies for 14 years and published Marion Zimmer Bradley's FANTASY Magazine.
She died in Berkeley, California on September 25, 1999, four days after suffering a major heart attack.
Series
Darkover
1. Darkover Landfall (1972)
2. Stormqueen! (1978) (with Paul Edwin Zimmer)
6. Hawkmistress! (1982)
7. Two to Conquer (1980)
8. The Heirs of Hammerfell (1989)
10. The Shattered Chain (1976)
11. The Spell Sword (1974)
12. The Forbidden Tower (1977)
13. Thendara House (1983)
14. City of Sorcery (1984)
15. Star of Danger (1965)
16. Winds of Darkover (1970)
17. The Bloody Sun (1964)
18. The Heritage of Hastur (1975)
19. The Planet Savers (1962)
20. The Sword of Aldones (1962)
20. Rediscovery (1993) (with Mercedes Lackey)
21. Sharra's Exile (1981)
22. The World Wreckers (1971)
23. Hastur Lord (2010) (with Deborah J Ross)
24. Exile's Song (1994) (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes)
25. The Shadow Matrix (1997) (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes)
26. Traitor's Sun (1999) (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes)
27. The Children of Kings (2013) (with Deborah J Ross)
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover (1993)
Oathbreaker (2009)
A Sword Called Chaos (2013)
Thunderlord (2016) (with Deborah J Ross)
1. Darkover Landfall (1972)
2. Stormqueen! (1978) (with Paul Edwin Zimmer)
6. Hawkmistress! (1982)
7. Two to Conquer (1980)
8. The Heirs of Hammerfell (1989)
10. The Shattered Chain (1976)
11. The Spell Sword (1974)
12. The Forbidden Tower (1977)
13. Thendara House (1983)
14. City of Sorcery (1984)
15. Star of Danger (1965)
16. Winds of Darkover (1970)
17. The Bloody Sun (1964)
18. The Heritage of Hastur (1975)
19. The Planet Savers (1962)
20. The Sword of Aldones (1962)
20. Rediscovery (1993) (with Mercedes Lackey)
21. Sharra's Exile (1981)
22. The World Wreckers (1971)
23. Hastur Lord (2010) (with Deborah J Ross)
24. Exile's Song (1994) (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes)
25. The Shadow Matrix (1997) (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes)
26. Traitor's Sun (1999) (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes)
27. The Children of Kings (2013) (with Deborah J Ross)
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover (1993)
Oathbreaker (2009)
A Sword Called Chaos (2013)
Thunderlord (2016) (with Deborah J Ross)
Avalon
1. The Mists of Avalon (1979)
2. The Forest House (1991) (with Diana L Paxson)
aka The Forests of Avalon
3. Lady of Avalon (1997) (with Diana L Paxson)
4. Priestess of Avalon (2000) (with Diana L Paxson)
5. The Ancestors of Avalon (2004) (with Diana L Paxson)
6. Ravens of Avalon (2007) (with Diana L Paxson)
7. Sword of Avalon (2009) (with Diana L Paxson)
1. The Mists of Avalon (1979)
2. The Forest House (1991) (with Diana L Paxson)
aka The Forests of Avalon
3. Lady of Avalon (1997) (with Diana L Paxson)
4. Priestess of Avalon (2000) (with Diana L Paxson)
5. The Ancestors of Avalon (2004) (with Diana L Paxson)
6. Ravens of Avalon (2007) (with Diana L Paxson)
7. Sword of Avalon (2009) (with Diana L Paxson)
Darkover Omnibus
3. The Saga of the Renunciates (2002)
6. First Contact (2004)
7. To Save a World (2004)
Children of Hastur (1982)
The Darkover Saga (1982)
Oath of the Renunciates (1983)
Winds of Darkover / Planet Savers (1995)
Heritage and Exile (2002)
The Ages of Chaos (2002)
The Forbidden Circle (2002)
A World Divided (2003)
3. The Saga of the Renunciates (2002)
6. First Contact (2004)
7. To Save a World (2004)
Children of Hastur (1982)
The Darkover Saga (1982)
Oath of the Renunciates (1983)
Winds of Darkover / Planet Savers (1995)
Heritage and Exile (2002)
The Ages of Chaos (2002)
The Forbidden Circle (2002)
A World Divided (2003)
Mists of Avalon
1. Mistress of Magic (1994)
2. The High Queen (1994)
3. The King Stag (1994)
4. The Prisoner in the Oak (1994)
1. Mistress of Magic (1994)
2. The High Queen (1994)
3. The King Stag (1994)
4. The Prisoner in the Oak (1994)
Lythande Short Stories
The Gratitude of Kings (1997)
Somebody Else's Magic (2010)
The Wandering Lute (2010)
Sea Wrack (2011)
The Walker Behind (2011)
The Wuzzles (2011)
To Kill the Undead (2011)
Bitch (2011)
The Virgin and the Volcano (2011)
The Gratitude of Kings (1997)
Somebody Else's Magic (2010)
The Wandering Lute (2010)
Sea Wrack (2011)
The Walker Behind (2011)
The Wuzzles (2011)
To Kill the Undead (2011)
Bitch (2011)
The Virgin and the Volcano (2011)
Clingfire (with Deborah J Ross)
1. The Fall of Neskaya (2001)
2. Zandru's Forge (2003)
3. A Flame in Hali (2004)
1. The Fall of Neskaya (2001)
2. Zandru's Forge (2003)
3. A Flame in Hali (2004)
Novels
Falcons of Narabedla (1957)
The Door Through Space (1961)
Seven from the Stars (1961)
I am a Lesbian (1962) (as by Lee Chapman)
The Colors Of Space (1963)
My Sister, My Love (1963) (as by Miriam Gardner)
Spare Her Heaven (1963) (as by Morgan Ives)
Anything Goes (1964) (as by Morgan Ives)
Twilight Lovers (1964) (as by Miriam Gardner)
Castle Terror (1965)
Knives of Desire (1966) (as by Morgan Ives)
No Adam for Eve (1966) (as by John Dexter)
Souvenir of Monique (1967)
The Strange Women (1967) (as by Miriam Gardner)
Bluebeard's Daughter (1968)
The Brass Dragon (1969)
The Jewel of Arwen (1974)
The Endless Voyage (1975)
aka The Endless Universe
Can Ellen Be Saved (1975)
Drums of Darkness (1976)
Haunted Spaceship (1977)
The Ruins of Isis (1978)
The Catch Trap (1979)
The House Between the Worlds (1980)
Survey Ship (1980)
Night's Daughter (1985)
Warrior Woman (1985)
The FireBrand (1987)
Tiger Burning Bright (1995) (with Mercedes Lackey and Andre Norton)
Year of the Big Thaw (2011)
The Door Through Space (1961)
Seven from the Stars (1961)
I am a Lesbian (1962) (as by Lee Chapman)
The Colors Of Space (1963)
My Sister, My Love (1963) (as by Miriam Gardner)
Spare Her Heaven (1963) (as by Morgan Ives)
Anything Goes (1964) (as by Morgan Ives)
Twilight Lovers (1964) (as by Miriam Gardner)
Castle Terror (1965)
Knives of Desire (1966) (as by Morgan Ives)
No Adam for Eve (1966) (as by John Dexter)
Souvenir of Monique (1967)
The Strange Women (1967) (as by Miriam Gardner)
Bluebeard's Daughter (1968)
The Brass Dragon (1969)
The Jewel of Arwen (1974)
The Endless Voyage (1975)
aka The Endless Universe
Can Ellen Be Saved (1975)
Drums of Darkness (1976)
Haunted Spaceship (1977)
The Ruins of Isis (1978)
The Catch Trap (1979)
The House Between the Worlds (1980)
Survey Ship (1980)
Night's Daughter (1985)
Warrior Woman (1985)
The FireBrand (1987)
Tiger Burning Bright (1995) (with Mercedes Lackey and Andre Norton)
Year of the Big Thaw (2011)
Omnibus
Falcons of Narabedla / The Dark Intruder (1964)
The Door Through Space / Rendezvous on a Lost World (1972)
Planet Savers / Year of the Big Thaw (2011)
Cry Chaos / The Door Through Space (2014) (with Dwight V Swain)
The Door Through Space / Rendezvous on a Lost World (1972)
Planet Savers / Year of the Big Thaw (2011)
Cry Chaos / The Door Through Space (2014) (with Dwight V Swain)
Collections
The Dark Intruder (1964)
The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley (1985)
The Complete Lythande (1986)
Jamie (1988)
The Early Works of Marion Zimmer Bradley (2009)
Science Fiction Gems, Volume Two (2011) (with James Blish, Roger Dee, Philip K Dick, Philip José Farmer, C M Kornbluth, Alan E Nourse, Rog Phillips, Robert Silverberg and Manly Wade Wellman)
The Maenads (poems) (2013)
Giant Science-Fiction Six-Pack (2014) (with Samuel R Delany, Harry Harrison, H Beam Piper, Winston P Sanders (Poul Anderson) and Harl Vincent)
Science Fiction Gems, Volume 9 (2015) (with Ben Bova, Mark Clifton, Randall Garrett, John Jakes, David H Keller, Frank Belknap Long, Rog Phillips, Jack Sharkey, Robert Sheckley and Evelyn E Smith)
Science Fiction Super Pack #2 (2016) (with Poul Anderson, Jerome Bixby, Ken Brady, Algis Budrys, Brenda W Clough, Alfred Coppel, Philip K Dick, Charles Dye, H B Fyfe, Randall Garrett, Harry Harrison, Henry Josephs, Murray Leinster, Katherine MacLean, Judith Merril, C L Moore, Andre Norton, Jay O'Connell, H Beam Piper, Frederic Pohl, Larry Shaw, Robert Sheckley, Peter Sherman, Evelyn E Smith, Allen Steele, Bryce Walton and Jamie Wild)
The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley (1985)
The Complete Lythande (1986)
Jamie (1988)
The Early Works of Marion Zimmer Bradley (2009)
Science Fiction Gems, Volume Two (2011) (with James Blish, Roger Dee, Philip K Dick, Philip José Farmer, C M Kornbluth, Alan E Nourse, Rog Phillips, Robert Silverberg and Manly Wade Wellman)
The Maenads (poems) (2013)
Giant Science-Fiction Six-Pack (2014) (with Samuel R Delany, Harry Harrison, H Beam Piper, Winston P Sanders (Poul Anderson) and Harl Vincent)
Science Fiction Gems, Volume 9 (2015) (with Ben Bova, Mark Clifton, Randall Garrett, John Jakes, David H Keller, Frank Belknap Long, Rog Phillips, Jack Sharkey, Robert Sheckley and Evelyn E Smith)
Science Fiction Super Pack #2 (2016) (with Poul Anderson, Jerome Bixby, Ken Brady, Algis Budrys, Brenda W Clough, Alfred Coppel, Philip K Dick, Charles Dye, H B Fyfe, Randall Garrett, Harry Harrison, Henry Josephs, Murray Leinster, Katherine MacLean, Judith Merril, C L Moore, Andre Norton, Jay O'Connell, H Beam Piper, Frederic Pohl, Larry Shaw, Robert Sheckley, Peter Sherman, Evelyn E Smith, Allen Steele, Bryce Walton and Jamie Wild)
Novellas
The Climbing Wave (1955)
The Parting of Arwen (1974)
Men, Halflings, and Hero Worship (2009)
Moonfire (2011)
The Stars Are Waiting (2011)
The Once and Future Merlin (2012)
Bird of Prey (2012)
The Parting of Arwen (1974)
Men, Halflings, and Hero Worship (2009)
Moonfire (2011)
The Stars Are Waiting (2011)
The Once and Future Merlin (2012)
Bird of Prey (2012)
Series contributed to
Trillium
1. Black Trillium (1990) (with Julian May and Andre Norton)
3. Golden Trillium (1993) (with Julian May and Andre Norton)
4. Lady of the Trillium (1995)
1. Black Trillium (1990) (with Julian May and Andre Norton)
3. Golden Trillium (1993) (with Julian May and Andre Norton)
4. Lady of the Trillium (1995)
Darkover Short Stories
The Ballad of Hastur and Cassilda (2009)
Blood Will Tell (2009)
A Man of Impulse (2009)
Bonds of Sisterhood (2009)
Bride Price (2009)
Everything But Freedom (2009)
Lesson of the Inn (2009)
Firetrap (2009) (with Elisabeth Waters)
The Hawkmaster's Son (2009)
Hilary's Homecoming (2009)
Hilary's Wedding (2009)
House Rules (2009)
Knives (2009)
Legend of Lady Bruna (2009)
The Shadow (2009)
Ten Minutes or So (2009)
To Keep the Oath (2009)
The Word of a Hastur (2009)
The Ballad of Hastur and Cassilda (2009)
Blood Will Tell (2009)
A Man of Impulse (2009)
Bonds of Sisterhood (2009)
Bride Price (2009)
Everything But Freedom (2009)
Lesson of the Inn (2009)
Firetrap (2009) (with Elisabeth Waters)
The Hawkmaster's Son (2009)
Hilary's Homecoming (2009)
Hilary's Wedding (2009)
House Rules (2009)
Knives (2009)
Legend of Lady Bruna (2009)
The Shadow (2009)
Ten Minutes or So (2009)
To Keep the Oath (2009)
The Word of a Hastur (2009)
Anthology series
Darkover Anthology
1. The Keeper's Price (1980)
2. Sword of Chaos (1982)
3. Free Amazons of Darkover (1985)
4. The Other Side of the Mirror (1987)
5. Red Sun of Darkover (1987)
6. Four Moons of Darkover (1988)
7. Domains of Darkover (1990)
8. Renunciates of Darkover (1991)
9. Leroni of Darkover (1991)
10. Towers of Darkover (1993)
11. Snows of Darkover (1994)
1. The Keeper's Price (1980)
2. Sword of Chaos (1982)
3. Free Amazons of Darkover (1985)
4. The Other Side of the Mirror (1987)
5. Red Sun of Darkover (1987)
6. Four Moons of Darkover (1988)
7. Domains of Darkover (1990)
8. Renunciates of Darkover (1991)
9. Leroni of Darkover (1991)
10. Towers of Darkover (1993)
11. Snows of Darkover (1994)
Sword And Sorceress
1. Sword and Sorceress I (1984)
2. Sword and Sorceress II (1986)
3. Sword and Sorceress III (1986)
4. Sword and Sorceress IV (1987)
5. Sword and Sorceress V (1988)
6. Sword and Sorceress VI (1990)
7. Sword and Sorceress VII (1990)
8. Sword and Sorceress VIII (1991)
9. Sword and Sorceress IX (1992)
10. Sword and Sorceress X (1993)
11. Sword and Sorceress XI (1994)
12. Sword and Sorceress XII (1995)
13. Sword and Sorceress XIII (1996)
14. Sword and Sorceress XIV (1997)
15. Sword and Sorceress XV (1998)
16. Sword and Sorceress XVI (1999)
17. Sword and Sorceress XVII (2000)
18. Sword and Sorceress XVIII (2001) (with Elisabeth Waters)
19. Sword and Sorceress XIX (2002) (with Elisabeth Waters)
20. Sword and Sorceress XX (2003) (with Elisabeth Waters)
21. Sword and Sorceress XXI (2004) (with Diana L Paxson)
22. Sword and Sorceress XXII (2007) (with Elisabeth Waters)
23. Sword and Sorceress XXIII (2008) (with Elisabeth Waters)
24. Sword and Sorceress XXIV (2009) (with Elisabeth Waters)
25. Sword and Sorceress XXV (2010) (with Elisabeth Waters)
26. Sword and Sorceress XXVI (2011) (with Elisabeth Waters)
27. Sword and Sorceress XXVII (2012) (with Elisabeth Waters)
28. Sword and Sorceress 28 (2013) (with Elisabeth Waters)
1. Sword and Sorceress I (1984)
2. Sword and Sorceress II (1986)
3. Sword and Sorceress III (1986)
4. Sword and Sorceress IV (1987)
5. Sword and Sorceress V (1988)
6. Sword and Sorceress VI (1990)
7. Sword and Sorceress VII (1990)
8. Sword and Sorceress VIII (1991)
9. Sword and Sorceress IX (1992)
10. Sword and Sorceress X (1993)
11. Sword and Sorceress XI (1994)
12. Sword and Sorceress XII (1995)
13. Sword and Sorceress XIII (1996)
14. Sword and Sorceress XIV (1997)
15. Sword and Sorceress XV (1998)
16. Sword and Sorceress XVI (1999)
17. Sword and Sorceress XVII (2000)
18. Sword and Sorceress XVIII (2001) (with Elisabeth Waters)
19. Sword and Sorceress XIX (2002) (with Elisabeth Waters)
20. Sword and Sorceress XX (2003) (with Elisabeth Waters)
21. Sword and Sorceress XXI (2004) (with Diana L Paxson)
22. Sword and Sorceress XXII (2007) (with Elisabeth Waters)
23. Sword and Sorceress XXIII (2008) (with Elisabeth Waters)
24. Sword and Sorceress XXIV (2009) (with Elisabeth Waters)
25. Sword and Sorceress XXV (2010) (with Elisabeth Waters)
26. Sword and Sorceress XXVI (2011) (with Elisabeth Waters)
27. Sword and Sorceress XXVII (2012) (with Elisabeth Waters)
28. Sword and Sorceress 28 (2013) (with Elisabeth Waters)
Anthologies edited
Greyhaven (1983) (with Paul Edwin Zimmer)
Spells of Wonder (1989)
The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine (1994)
Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley Fantasy Magazine - Volume 2 (2009)
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Worlds (2012) (with Rachel E Holmen)
Spells of Wonder (1989)
The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine (1994)
Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley Fantasy Magazine - Volume 2 (2009)
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Worlds (2012) (with Rachel E Holmen)
Non fiction
Checklist (1960)
The Darkover Cookbook (1977)
Experiment Perilous (1983) (with Alfred Bester and Norman Spinrad)
The Necessity for Beauty (2009)
The Darkover Cookbook (1977)
Experiment Perilous (1983) (with Alfred Bester and Norman Spinrad)
The Necessity for Beauty (2009)
Anthologies containing stories by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories (1976)
A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 (1981)
Top Fantasy (1984)
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories (1984)
Ghor, Kin-Slayer (1987)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Angels of Darkness (1995)
Women of Wonder (1995)
Excalibur (1995)
New Eves (1995)
The Merlin Chronicles (1995)
Space Opera (1996)
A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (1998)
A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 (1981)
Top Fantasy (1984)
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories (1984)
Ghor, Kin-Slayer (1987)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Angels of Darkness (1995)
Women of Wonder (1995)
Excalibur (1995)
New Eves (1995)
The Merlin Chronicles (1995)
Space Opera (1996)
A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (1998)
Short stories
| Centaurus Changeling (1954) | |||
| Exiles of Tomorrow (1955) | |||
| Death Between the Stars (1956) | |||
| Bird of Prey [short story] (1957) | |||
| A Dozen of Everything (1959) | |||
| The Wind People (1959) | |||
| The Wild One (1960) | |||
| Treason of the Blood (1962) | |||
| The Jewel of Arwen [short story] (1973) | |||
| The Day of the Butterflies (1976) | |||
| Hero's Moon (1976) | |||
| The Engine (1977) | |||
| The Keeper's Price [short story] (1978) | |||
| The Lesson of the Inn (1978) | |||
| The Secret of the Blue Star (1979) | |||
| To Keep the Oath [short story] (1979) | |||
| Blood Will Tell [short story] (1980) | |||
| Elbow Room (1980) | |||
| The Hawk-Master's Son (1980) | |||
| The Pledged Word (1983) | |||
| The Shadow [short story] (1984) | |||
| Knives [short story] (1985) | |||
| Everything but Freedom [short story] (1987) | |||
| Oathbreaker (1987) | |||
| The Walker Behind [short story] (1987) | |||
| House Rules [short story] (1988) | |||
| Man of Impulse (1988) | |||
| Firetrap [short story] (1990) | |||
| Amazon Fragment (1991) | |||
| Hilary's Homecoming [short story] (1993) | |||
| Hilary's Wedding [short story] (1993) | |||
| Jamie [short story] (1993) | |||
| Here There Be Dragons? (1995) | |||
| To Drive the Cold Winter Away (1996) |
Awards
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Books about Marion Zimmer Bradley
Leigh Brackett, Marion Zimmer Bradley and Anne McAffrey : Primary and Secondary Bibliography (1982) by Rosemarie Arbur
Marion Zimmer Bradley recommends
The Dark World (1946) Henry Kuttner "I consider the work of Henry Kuttner to be the finest science fantasy ever written." | Poor Tom's Ghost (1977) Jane Louise Curry "The best children's fantasies of which this is definitely one - offer no insult to the intelligence of the adult reader. If you buy this for your pre-teenager and don't read it for yourself, you are missing a memorable reading experience, and a very poignant evocation of the pre-adolescent mind." | Watchtower (1979) (Tornor, book 1) Elizabeth A Lynn "Marvelous." |
 The Dragon Waiting (1983) John M Ford "I read it with delight, wonder, and fascination. The book plays, with a truly wonderful seriousness, the game of fantasy and history. I love it." |  The Unlikely Ones (1986) (Pigs Don't Fly, book 1) Mary Brown "Really wonderful...I shall read and re-read this one." | Sword-Dancer (1986) (Sword-Dancer, book 1) Jennifer Roberson "This is wonderful...tough, touching...and superb." |
Slob (1987) (Chaingang, book 1) Rex Miller "Rex Miller is terrific. Slob scratches itches I didn't know I had. I'm looking forward to the next Jack Eichord book." | Unquenchable Fire (1988) (Unquenchable Fire, book 1) Rachel Pollack "Surrealistic, imaginative, wildly original!" | Children of the Night (1990) (Diana Tregarde, book 2) Mercedes Lackey "Easily one of the best things I've read for a couple of years. I loved it." |
The Little Country (1991) Charles de Lint "One of the most fascinating books of this decade." | The Forever King (1992) (Forever King, book 1) Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy "Books like this don't come along very often." | The Skystone (1992) (Camulod / Legends of Camelot, book 1) Jack Whyte "It's one of the most interesting historical novels that I've ever read and I've read plenty." |
The Year the Horses Came (1993) (Earthsong, book 1) Mary Mackey "A fascinating prehistoric world... the best of its kind." |  The Prince of Ill Luck (1994) (Warhorse of Estragon, book 1) Susan Dexter "One of the most delightfully funny books I've read in my life." |  Daughter of Prophecy (1995) (Power and the Pattern, book 1) Anne Kelleher Bush "Fascinating - a most ingenious blend of science fiction and fantasy." |
Met by Moonlight (1998) Rosemary Edghill "A story of true magic... It's been many years since I've read anything with such power and passion." |  The Madagascar Manifesto (2002) (Madagascar Manifesto) Janet Berliner and George Guthridge "A shocking yet warmly human story. Very much worth reading." | Lords of Rainbow (2003) (Lords of Rainbow) Vera Nazarian "...like all of Vera's stories - strange, poignant, and exquisite... her novel about a world without color - strange when what she writes is so colorful." |
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