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Elizabeth Hand


USA flag (b.1957)

A couple of years after seeing Patti Smith perform, Elizabeth Hand flunked out of college and became involved in the nascent punk scenes in DC and NYC. From 1979 to 1986 she worked at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air & Space Museum; she was eventually readmitted to university to study cultural anthropology, and received her B.A. She is the author of many novels, including Winterlong, Waking the Moon (Tiptree and Mythopoeic Award-Winner), Glimmering, and Mortal Love, and three collections of stories, including the recent Saffron and Brimstone. Her fiction has received the Nebula, World Fantasy, Mythopeoic, Tiptree, and International Horror Guild Awards, and her novels have been chose as New York Times and Washington Post Notable Books. She has also been awarded a Maine Arts Commission Fellowship. A regular contributor to the Washington Post Book World and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Hand lives with her family on the Maine Coast.
 

Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy, Literary Fiction
 
Series
Winterlong
   1. Winterlong (1990)
   2. Aestival Tide (1992)
   3. Icarus Descending (1993)
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Illyria
   1. Illyria (2006)
   2. Radiant Days (2012)
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Cass Neary
   1. Generation Loss (2007)
   2. Available Dark (2012)
   3. Hard Light (2016)
   4. The Book of Lamps and Banners (2020)
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Novels
   Waking the Moon (1994)
   12 Monkeys (1995)
   Glimmering (1997)
   Black Light (1999)
   Anna and the King (1999)
   The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
   Catwoman (2004)
   Mortal Love (2004)
   The Bride of Frankenstein (2007)
   Wylding Hall (2015)
   Curious Toys (2019)
   Hokuloa Road (2022)
   A Haunting on the Hill (2023)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Anthology series
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Series contributed to
Millennium
   1. The Frenchman (1997)
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X-Files (misc. novels)
   Fight the Future (1998) (with Chris Carter)
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Star Wars : Boba Fett
   3. Maze of Deception (2003)
   4. Hunted (2003)
   A New Threat (2004)
   Pursuit (2004)
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Outspoken Authors
   18. Fire. (2017)
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Elizabeth Hand recommends
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Fever House (2023)
(Fever House Duology, book 1)
Keith Rosson
"A twisted, terrifying thriller, Fever House feels so real I had to check the headlines to make sure it was a novel."
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On the Nature of Magic (2023)
Marian Womack
"A supremely gifted new writer."
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Scorched Grace (2023)
(Sister Holiday Mysteries, book 1)
Margot Douaihy
"Harrowing and gorgeously written, with an unforgettable protagonist - Sister Holiday, 'the first punk nun' - Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace takes readers on a searing journey through faith, fire, and female rage. A brilliant debut mystery."

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Anthologies containing stories by Elizabeth Hand
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A Darker Shade of Noir (2023)
New Stories of Body Horror by Women Writers
edited by
Joyce Carol Oates
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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume Three (2022)
(Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, book 3)
edited by
Paula Guran

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Awards
Philip K Dick Award Best Book nominee (1990) : Winterlong
Philip K Dick Award Best Book nominee (1992) : Aestival Tide
Philip K Dick Award Best Book nominee (1993) : Icarus Descending
James Tiptree, Jr. Award Best Book winner (1995) : Waking the Moon
World Fantasy Best Novella winner (1995) : Last Summer at Mars Hill [short story]
World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1995) : Waking the Moon
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book winner (1996) : Waking the Moon
Nebula Awards Best Novella winner (1996) : Last Summer at Mars Hill [short story]
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (1998) : Glimmering
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1999) : Last Summer at Mars Hill
World Fantasy Best Collection winner (2004) : Bibliomancy
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (2005) : Mortal Love
Bram Stoker Best Collection nominee (2012) : Errantry
Bram Stoker Best Novel nominee (2016) : Hard Light


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