Tanith Lee | |
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 Raising money for the Alzheimer's Research Trust during the 2011 campaign Match It For Pratchett (Terry Pratchett) | |
| Born | 19 September 1947 London, England |
| Died | 24 May 2015 (aged 67) East Sussex, England |
| Pen name | Esther Garber[1] Judas Garbah |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Speculative fiction |
| Notable awards | 1980 British Fantasy Award, 1983 & 1984 World Fantasy Award |
| Spouse |
John Kaiine (m. 1992) |
Tanith Lee (19 September 1947 – 24 May 2015) was a British science fiction and fantasy writer. She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and was the winner of multiple World Fantasy Society Derleth Awards, the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Horror.[2] She also wrote a children's picture book (Animal Castle), and many poems. She wrote two episodes of the BBC science fiction series Blake's 7 (Sand and Sarcophagus).[3][4]
She was the first woman to win the British Fantasy Award best novel award (also known as the August Derleth Award), for her book Death's Master (1980).[1][5]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Blake's 7 - SARCOPHAGUS - Review". www.hermit.org. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "Blake's 7 - SAND - Review". www.hermit.org. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Alison Flood (2010). "World of fantasy: Death's Master by Tanith Lee". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.