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Tanya Huff


(Tanya Sue Huff)
Canada (b.1957)

Tanya Huff  lives and writes in rural Ontario with her partner Fiona Patton. She has a degree in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson University. She's written many novels, a Ravensloft book for TSR, and has three collections of short stories. Except for the Ravensloft book (Scholar of Decay) all her books are still in print and available -- don't let bookstores tell you they aren't.

Several of her works have been nominated for the Aurora Award. She was on the jury for the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award. For eight years (1984-1992) she worked at Bakka, North America's oldest SF bookstore, managing it for part of that time. She writes the occassional book review for Toronto's Globe and Mail newspaper, not minding the fact it's only occassional because she just so damned pleased they're reviewing genre books at all. During 2000, she wrote regular columns for the Toronto magazine, Realms. Her greatest claim to fame is that she makes her living with mortgage, cars and cats, totally from writing and does no other work and has never received any kind of a grant -- although she will admit to cashing the Public Lending Rights check every year so it's not like she has any moral objections to taking government money. It's a great life.
 


Genres: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
April 2025

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Direct Descendant
 
Series
Wizard Crystal
   1. Child of the Grove (1988)
   2. The Last Wizard (1989)
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Blood / Victoria Nelson
   1. Blood Price (1991)
   2. Blood Trail (1992)
   3. Blood Lines (1993)
   4. Blood Pact (1993)
   5. Blood Debt (1997)
   6. Blood Banked (2008)
     aka Blood Bank
   Blood Shot (2020)
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Quarters
   1. Sing the Four Quarters (1994)
   2. Fifth Quarter (1995)
   3. No Quarter (1996)
   4. The Quartered Sea (1999)
   Three Quarters (2016)
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Confederation of Valor
   1. Valor's Choice (2000)
   2. The Better Part of Valor (2002)
   3. The Heart of Valor (2007)
   4. Valor's Trial (2008)
   5. The Truth of Valor (2010)
   The Shorter Parts of Valor (2022)
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Smoke Trilogy
   1. Smoke and Shadows (2004)
   2. Smoke and Mirrors (2005)
   3. Smoke and Ashes (2006)
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Peacekeeper
   1. An Ancient Peace (2015)
   2. A Peace Divided (2017)
   3. The Privilege of Peace (2018)
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Novels
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Collections
   What Ho, Magic! (1999)
   Stealing Magic (1999)
   Relative Magic (2003)
   Finding Magic (2007)
   Nights of the Round Table and Other Stories of Heroic Fantasy (2011)
   February Thaw (2011)
   Swan's Braid (2013)
   He Said, Sidhe Said (2013)
   Third Time Lucky (2015)
   The Demon's Den (2018)
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Anthologies edited
   Women of War (2005) (with Alexander Potter)
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Series contributed to
Ravenloft
   14. Scholar of Decay (1995)
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Omnibus editions show
 
Books containing stories by Tanya Huff
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Shapers of Worlds (2020)
(Shapers of Worlds, book 1)
edited by
Edward Willett

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Awards
2013 Aurora Award for Best Novel : The Silvered

Award nominations
2015 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Future Falls
2007 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Smoke and Ashes
2000 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : What Ho, Magic!
1997 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : No Quarter
1993 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Blood Trail
1992 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Blood Price
1991 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light
1990 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light
1990 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light


Tanya Huff recommends
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Search Image (2018)
(Web Shifter's Library, book 1)
Julie E Czerneda
"Beholder's Eye has certainly recaptured the wonder and excitement I felt when I first discovered the genre. Overall, Beholder's Eye is refreshingly short of cynicism, emotional manipulation, and gratuitous anything. It's a fun book to read--smart and fast with a classic SF feel."
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Planetside (2018)
(Planetside, book 1)
Michael Mammay
"Not just for military SF fans—although military SF fans will love it—Planetside is an amazing debut novel, and I’m looking forward to what Mammay writes next."
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Wickedly Wonderful (2014)
(Baba Yaga, book 2)
Deborah Blake
"Deborah Blake has updated Baba Yaga for the twenty-first century."

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