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Esther Friesner

(Esther Mona Friesner-Stutzman)

(b.1951)

Esther M Friesner was educated at Vassar College, where she completed B.A.s in both Spanish and Drama. She went to on to Yale University, where within five years she was awarded an M.A. and Ph.D. in Spanish. She taught Spanish at Yale for a number of years before going on to become a full-time author of fantasy and science fiction.
She lives in Connecticut with her husband, two children, two rambunctious cats, and a fluctuating population of hamsters.

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult Fiction

Series

Twelve Kingdoms
   1. Mustapha and His Wise Dog (1985)
   2. Spells of Mortal Weaving (1986)
   3. The Witchwood Cradle (1987)
   4. The Water King's Laughter (1989)

New York
   1. New York by Knight (1986)
   2. Elf Defense (1988)
   3. Sphynxes Wild (1989)

Demon
   1. Here Be Demons (1988)
   2. Demon Blues (1989)
   3. Hooray for Hellywood (1990)

Tim Desmond
   1. Gnome Man's Land (1991)
   2. Harpy High (1991)
   3. Unicorn U (1992)

Majyk
   1. Majyk by Accident (1993)
   2. Majyk by Hook or Crook (1994)
   3. Majyk by Design (1994)

Princesses of Myth
1. Nobody's Princess (2007)
2. Nobody's Prize (2008)

Princesses of Myth: Sphinx's Princess
1. Sphinx's Princess (2009)
2. Sphinx's Queen (2010)

Princesses of Myth: Spirit's Princess
1. Spirit's Princess (2012)
2. Spirit's Chosen (2013)

Princesses of Myth: Deception's Princess
1. Deception's Princess (2014)
2. Deception's Pawn (2015)

Novels

   Harlot's Ruse (1986)
   The Silver Mountain (1986)
   Druid's Blood (1988)
   It's Been Fun (1991)
   Yesterday We Saw Mermaids (1992)
   Split Heirs (1993) (with Lawrence Watt-Evans)
   The Sherwood Game (1994)
   The Psalms of Herod (1995)
   Child of the Eagle (1996)
   The Sword of Mary (1996)
   E.Godz (2003) (with Robert Asprin)
   Temping Fate (2006)
   Threads and Flames (2010)

Collections

   Up the Wall (1999)
   Death and the Librarian (2002)
   Bit Players (2005) (with Jay Caselberg)

Novellas

Dragonet (2022)

Short Stories

Ecce Hominid (1991)

Series contributed to

Dragonflight
The Wishing Season (1993)

Star Trek : Deep Space Nine
7. Warchild (1994)

Star Trek : The Next Generation
46. To Storm Heaven (1997)

Men in Black
Men in Black II (2002)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (with Arthur Byron Cover and Alice Henderson)
Coyote Moon / Night of the Living Rerun / Portal Through Time (omnibus) (2010)

Black Cat Weekly (with Nick Carter, Hal Charles, Paul W Fairman, Malcolm Jameson, Robert Lopresti, Johnston McCulley, Larry Tritten, Amy Wolf and Elizabeth Zelvin)
17. Black Cat Weekly #17 (2021)

Anthology series

Chicks in Chainmail
   1. Chicks in Chainmail (1995)
   2. Did You Say Chicks?! (1995)
   3. Chicks 'n Chained Males (1999)
   4. The Chick Is in the Mail (2000)
   5. Turn the Other Chick (2004)
   6. Chicks Ahoy (2010)
   7. Chicks and Balances (2015) (with John Helfers)

Anthologies edited

   Alien Pregnant by Elvis (1994) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Blood Muse (1995) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Witch Way to the Mall (2009)
   Strip Mauled (2009)
   Fangs for the Mammaries (2010)

Anthologies containing stories by Esther Friesner

Tales of the Witch World 3 (1990)
Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown (1992)
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite (1993)
Dragons! (1993)
Quest to Riverworld (1993)
Alternate Warriors (1993)
Betcha Can't Read Just One (1993)
Xanadu (1993)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology (1994)
Alien Pregnant by Elvis (1994)
Weird Tales from Shakespeare (1994)
Deals with the Devil (1994)
Dark Destiny (1994)
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts (1995)
Excalibur (1995)
Angels! (1995)
Fantastic Alice (1995)
The Book of Kings (1995)
Chicks in Chainmail (1995)
The Merlin Chronicles (1995)
The Best New Horror 6 (1995)
Cthulhu 2000 (1995)
Tales from Jabba's Palace (1995)
Desire Burn (1995)
Return to Avalon (1996)
Castle Fantastic (1996)
Sisters in Fantasy 2 (1996)
Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear (1996)
Children of Dracula (1996)
The Shimmering Door (1996)
Otherwere (1996)
Modern Classics of Fantasy (1997)
Nebula Awards 31 (1997)
Return of the Dinosaurs (1997)
Black Swan, White Raven (1997)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
Dragons (1997)
Blood Lines (1997)
Dying for It (1997)
Southern Blood (1997)
Elf Magic (1997)
Robert Bloch's Psychos (1997)
Gothic Ghosts (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (1998)
Nebula Awards 32 (1998)
Isaac Asimov's Camelot (1998)
Black Cats and Broken Mirrors (1998)
Whitley Strieber's Aliens (1999)
Twice Upon a Time (1999)
Chicks 'n Chained Males (1999)
Merlin (1999)
The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy (1999)
Black Heart, Ivory Bones (2000)
Graven Images (2000)
The Chick Is in the Mail (2000)
Single White Vampire Seeks Same (2001)
The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy (2001)

Short stories

	Simpson's Lesser Sphynx (1984)
	The Death of Nimue (1985)
	Wake-Up Call (1988)
	Do I Dare to Ask Your Name? (1989)
	Blunderbore (1990)
	Love's Eldritch Ichor (1990)
	Up the Wall [short story] (1990)
	The Weavers (1990)
	Claim-Jumpin' Woman You Got a Stake in My Heart (1991)
	All Vows (1992)		Nebula Awards (nominee)
	Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1992)
	Baby Face (1993)
	The Broad in the Bronze Bra (1993)
	Jane's Fighting Ships (1993)
	Legends (1993)
	Three Queen (1993)
	Bargaining Chip (1994)
	Death and the Librarian [short story] (1994)		Nebula Awards
	In the Garden (1994)
	Lovers (1994)
	Royal Tiff Yields Face of Jesus! (1994)
	Titus! (1994)
	A Birthday (1995)		Hugo (nominee)
	Goldie, Lox, and the Three Excalibearers (1995)
	Jesus at the Bat (1995)		Nebula Awards (nominee)
	Le Roi S'amuse (1995)
	A Pig's Tale (1995)
	Sparrow (1995)
	That's Entertainment: The Tale of Salacious Crumb (1995)
	The Way to a Man's Heart (1995)
	Death Swatch (1996)
	Just Wait Until You Have Children of Your Own (1996)
	A Life in the Theatre (1996)
	Moonlight in Vermont (1996)
	The Strange Case of Ludwig the Unspeakable (1996)
	Tea (1996)
	Lonelyhearts (1997)
	Mortal Things (1997)
	No Bigger Than My Thumb (1997)
	Silent Love (1997)
	That Old School Spirit (1997)
	What Really Killed the Dinosaurs (1997)
	Won't You Take Me Dancing? (1997)
	Brown Dust (1998)
	How it all Began (1998)
	Case #285b (1999)
	Cross Children Walk (1999)
	How to Make Unicorn Pie (1999)
	Jolene's Motel (1999)
	Repro Man (1999) (with Anne Elizabeth Stutzman)
	Uncle Henry Passes (1999)
	Big Hair (2000)
	Cora (2000)
	Troll by Jury (2000)
	Werotica (2001)

Awards

	Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1994) : All Vows
	Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1996) : A Birthday
	Nebula Awards Best Short Story winner (1996) : Death and the Librarian [short story]
	Nebula Awards Best Novellette nominee (1996) : Jesus at the Bat

Esther Friesner recommends

The Middling Affliction (2022)
(Conradverse Chronicles, book 1)
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