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
Cass Neary
1. Generation Loss (2007)
2. Available Dark (2012)
3. Hard Light (2016)
4. The Book of Lamps and Banners (2020)
1. Generation Loss (2007)
2. Available Dark (2012)
3. Hard Light (2016)
4. The Book of Lamps and Banners (2020)
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)
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)
Collections
Last Summer at Mars Hill (1998)
Bibliomancy (2003)
Saffron and Brimstone (2006)
Errantry (2012)
Three Tiptree Award - Winning Novels (2018) (with Eleanor Arnason and Nancy Springer)
The Best of Elizabeth Hand (2021)
Bibliomancy (2003)
Saffron and Brimstone (2006)
Errantry (2012)
Three Tiptree Award - Winning Novels (2018) (with Eleanor Arnason and Nancy Springer)
The Best of Elizabeth Hand (2021)
Novellas and Short Stories
Anthology series
Series contributed to
Star Wars : Boba Fett
3. Maze of Deception (2003)
4. Hunted (2003)
A New Threat (2004)
Pursuit (2004)
3. Maze of Deception (2003)
4. Hunted (2003)
A New Threat (2004)
Pursuit (2004)
Elizabeth Hand recommends
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."
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."
More recommendations
Anthologies containing stories by Elizabeth Hand
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume Three (2022)
(Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, book 3)
edited by
Paula Guran
More anthologies
Awards
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