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Tanith Lee

(Tanith Lee Kaiine)
UK  (1947 - )
(Wife of John Kaiine)
aka
Esther Garber
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About Tanith Lee
Tanith Lee is one of the leading fantasy authors writing today. She has written over 50 novels and short story collections, among them the best-selling Flat Earth series. She is also the author of another Overlook fantasy series, The Secret Books of Paradys. She has won the World Fantasy Award numerous times as well as the August Derleth Award.
 
New and Forthcoming Paperbacks
Killing Violets: Gods' Dogs
Killing Violets
Tempting The Gods
Tempting The Gods
( Selected Stories of Tanith Lee, book 1)

Series
Birthgrave
1. The Birthgrave (1975)
2. Vazkor, Son of Vazkor (1977)
     aka Shadowfire
3. Quest for the White Witch (1978)
The BirthgraveVazkor, Son of VazkorQuest for the White Witch
 
The Storm LordAnackireThe White Serpent
 
Don't Bite the SunDrinking Sapphire Wine
 
The Castle of DarkPrince on a White HorseDark Castle, White Horse
 
Night's MasterDeath's MasterDelusion's MasterDelirium's Mistress
Night's SorceriesThe Lords Of DarknessNight's Daughter
 
Blood Stone
1. Kill the Dead (1980)
2. Sabella (1980)
Sometimes After Sunset (omnibus) (1980)
Kill the DeadSabellaSometimes After Sunset
 
Silver Metal Lover
1. The Silver Metal Lover (1981)
2. Metallic Love (2005)
The Silver Metal LoverMetallic Love
 
The Book of the DamnedThe Book of the BeastThe Book of the DeadThe Book of the Mad
The Secret Books of Paradys
 
Black UnicornGold UnicornRed Unicorn
 
Dark DancePersonal DarknessDarkness, I
 
Claidi Journals
1. Law of the Wolf Tower (1998)
     aka Wolf Tower
2. Wolf Star (2000)
     aka Wolf Star Rise
3. Queen of the Wolves (2001)
     aka Wolf Queen
4. Wolf Wing (2002)
The Claidi Journals Collection: Books I - III (omnibus) (2003)
Law of the Wolf TowerWolf StarQueen of the WolvesWolf Wing
The Claidi Journals Collection: Books I - III
 
Faces Under WaterSaint FireA Bed of EarthVenus Preserved
 
Cast a Bright ShadowHere in Cold HellNo Flame But Mine
 
Piratica: Being a Daring Tale of Girl's Adventure upon the High SeasReturn to Parrot IslandThe Family Sea
 
Selected Stories of Tanith Lee
1. Tempting The Gods (2007)
2. Hunting the Shadows (2009)
Tempting The GodsHunting the Shadows
 
Imaginings
1. Cold Grey Stones (2012)
Cold Grey Stones
 
Novels
Animal CastleCompanions on the RoadThe Winter PlayersVolkhavaar
Shon the TakenElectric ForestDay by NightLycanthia
Sung in ShadowThe Beautiful Biting MachineDays of GrassMadame Two Swords
A Heroine of the WorldThe Blood of RosesInto GoldLouisa the Poisoner
Heart-BeastElephantasmEva FairdeathVivia
When the Lights Go OutReigning Cats and DogsThe Gods Are ThirstyWhite as Snow
Mortal SunsDeath of the DayL'AmberGreyglass
To IndigoKilling Violets: Gods' Dogs
 
Omnibus
Biting the SunWhen Darkness FallsWinter Moon
 
Collections
Princess Hynchatti: And Some Other SurprisesUnsilent NightCyrionRed as Blood
TamastaraThe Gorgon: And Other Beastly TalesWomen as DemonsDreams of Dark and Light
Forests of the NightNightshades: Thirteen Journeys into ShadowSages and Swords: Heroic Fantasy AnthologySounds and Furies: World Horror Convention Special Edition
Disturbed by Her SongThe Wildside Book of Fantasy: 20 Great Tales of Fantasy
 
Novellas
Indigara: Or, Jet and Otis Conquer the World
 
Series contributed to
The Dragon HoardEast of Midnight
 
Islands in the Sky
 
Anthologies containing stories by Tanith Lee
The 9th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1968)
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 2 (1976)
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 4 (1978)
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 5 (1979)
The Year's Best Horror Stories VII (1979)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 (1980)
New Terrors 1 (1980)
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 6 (1980)
Shadows 4 (1981)
Shadows 5 (1982)
Night Visions : In the Blood (1984)
Shadows 7 (1984)
Top Fantasy (1984)
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 10 (1984)
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy (1985)
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 (1985)
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 11 (1985)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XIV (1986)
A Century of Horror 1970-1979: The Greatest Stories of the Decade (1987)
Haunting Women (1988)
Masters of Darkness 2 (1988)
Arrows of Eros (1989)
Hidden Turnings (1989)
The Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection (1989)
     aka Demons and Dreams
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Third Annual Collection (1990)
Horror Story Volume 3 (1991)
Vampires: The Greatest Stories (1991)
Xanadu (1992)
Dragons! (1993)
The Ultimate Witch (1993)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology (1994)
Xanadu 3 (1994)
Angels of Darkness (1995)
The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors (1995)
The Best of Weird Tales (1995)
Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep (1995)
Killing Me Softly (1995)
The Merlin Chronicles (1995)
The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995)
Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears (1995)
Sisters of the Night (1995)
Women of Wonder (1995)
Fantasy Stories (1996)
Isaac Asimov's Vampires (1996)
Modern Classics of Fantasy (1996)
Rivals of Dracula (1996)
Twists of the Tale (1996)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Ninth Annual Collection (1996)
Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction (1997)
Dying for It (1997)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Tenth Annual Collection (1997)
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
Don't Open This Book! (1998)
Isaac Asimov's Camelot (1998)
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats (1998)
     aka The Fantasy Hall of Fame
The Road to Science Fiction 5: The British Way (1998)
Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers: Magical Tales of Love and Seduction (1998)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Ten (1999)
Silver Birch, Blood Moon (1999)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Sixteenth Annual Collection (1999)
Black Heart, Ivory Bones (2000)
Dark Terrors 5 (2000)
Graven Images (2000)
Isaac Asimov's Mother's Day (2000)
A Wolf At the Door (2000)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000)
The 9th Pan Book of Horror StoriesThe Year's Best Fantasy Stories 2The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 4The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 5
The Year's Best Horror Stories VIIThe Best Science Fiction of the Year 9New Terrors 1The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 6
Shadows 4Shadows 5Night Visions : In the BloodShadows 7
Top FantasyThe Year's Best Fantasy Stories 10Isaac Asimov's FantasyTerry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year 14
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 11The Year's Best Horror Stories XIVA Century of Horror 1970-1979: The Greatest Stories of the DecadeHaunting Women
Masters of Darkness 2Arrows of ErosHidden TurningsThe Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Third Annual CollectionHorror Story Volume 3Vampires: The Greatest StoriesXanadu
Dragons!The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary AnthologyXanadu 3Angels of Darkness
The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's SurvivorsThe Best of Weird TalesIsaac Asimov's Skin DeepKilling Me Softly
The Merlin ChroniclesThe Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by WomenRuby Slippers, Golden TearsSisters of the Night
Women of WonderFantasy StoriesIsaac Asimov's VampiresModern Classics of Fantasy
Rivals of DraculaTwists of the TaleThe Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Ninth Annual CollectionBlood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction
Dying for ItThe Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Tenth Annual Collection100 Twisted Little Tales of TormentDon't Open This Book!
Isaac Asimov's CamelotThe Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time GreatsThe Road to Science Fiction 5: The British WaySirens and Other Daemon Lovers: Magical Tales of Love and Seduction
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume TenSilver Birch, Blood MoonThe Year's Best Science Fiction Sixteenth Annual CollectionBlack Heart, Ivory Bones
Dark Terrors 5Graven ImagesIsaac Asimov's Mother's DayA Wolf At the Door
The Year's Best Science Fiction Seventeenth Annual Collection
 
Short stories
Sun City (1974)
The Demoness (1976)
The Truce (1976)
Huzdra (1977)
Odds Against the Gods (1977)
In the Balance (1978)
Paper Boat (1978)
Sleeping Tiger (1978)
Winter White (1978)
Deux Amours d'une Sorcerie (1979)
A hero at the Gates (1979)
Monkey's Stagger (1979)
The Murderous Dove (1979)
Northern Chess (1979)
Perfidious Amber (1979)
Red as Blood [short story] (1979)Nebula (nominee)
The Thaw (1979)
Cyrion in Bronze (1980)
Cyrion in Wax (1980)
One Night of the Year (1980)
A Room with a Vie (1980)
The Squire's Tale (1980)
Wolfland (1980)
You Are my Sunshine (1980)
Because Our Skins are Finer (1981)
The Dry Season (1981)
Gemini (1981)
Magritte's Secret Agent (1981)
Meow (1981)
Sirriamnis (1981)
When the Clock Strikes (1981)
Cyrion in Stone (1982)
The Gorgon [short story] (1982)World Fantasy
A Lynx with Lions (1982)
Mirage and Magia (1982)
Southern Lights (1982)
Written in Water (1982)
Anna Medea (1983)
Black as Ink (1983)
Blue Vase of Ghosts (1983)
Chand Veda (1983)
Elle est Trois (La Mort) (1983)World Fantasy
Il Bacio (Il Chiave) (1983)
La Reine Blanche (1983)
Nunc Dimittis (1983)World Fantasy (nominee)
The Beautiful Biting Machine [short story] (1984)
Bite Me Not, or Fleur de Feu (1984)
Bright Burning Tiger (1984)
A Day in the Skin (1984)
     aka The Century We Were Out of Them
Draco, Draco (1984)
Foreign Skins (1984)
The Hunting of Death: The Unicorn (1984)
The Ivory Merchants (1984)
Medra (1984)
Oh, Shining Star (1984)
The One We Were (1984)
Pinewood (1984)
Simon's Wife (1984)
Tamastara [short story] (1984)
Three Days (1984)
The Tree: A Winter's Tale (1984)
Under the Hand of Chance (1984)
The Vampire Lover (1984)
After the Guillotine (1985)
Blood-Mantle (1985)
Quatt-Sup (1985)
Into Gold [short story] (1986)
Black as a Rose (1987)
By Crystal Light Beneath One Star (1987)
Children of the Night (1987)
Crying in the Rain (1987)
The Daughter of the Magician (1987)
Dooniveh, the Moon (1987)
Game Players (1987)
Night's Daughter, Day's Desire (1987)
The Prodigal (1987)
Death Dances (1988)
The Devil's Rose (1988)
A Madonna of the Machine (1988)
The Unrequited Glove (1988)
Ceres Passing (1989)
Discovered Country (1989)
Don't Get Lost (1989)
Down Below (1989)
I Was Guillotined Here (1989)
The Janfia Tree (1989)
The Lancastrian Blush (1989)
Nicholas (1989)
Rachel (1989)
The Rakshasa (1989)
Sweet Grapes (1989)
The Tenebris Malgraph (1989)
White as Sin, Now (1989)
Zelle's Thursday (1989)
The Nightmare's Tale (1990)
Beautiful Lady (1991)
The Glass Dagger (1991)
Lost in Our World (1991)
The Marble Web (1991)
The Mermaid (1991)
The Moon is a Mask (1991)
Morcara's Room (1991)
The Weasel Bride (1991)
Nightshade (1993)
Unnalash (1993)
Winter Flowers (1993)
The Witch of the Moon (1993)
The Beast (1995)
The Champion (1995)
King's Mage (1995)
La Dame (1995)
She Sleeps in a Tower (1995)
Tiger I (1995)
Flowers for Faces, Thorns for Feet (1996)
The Reason for Not Going to the Ball (1996)
Cain (1997)
All the Birds of Hell (1998)
Jedella Ghost (1998)British Fantasy Society (nominee)
The Pandora Heart (1998)
Wolfed (1998)
Yellow And Red (1998)
The Sky-green Blues (1999)
Where the Town Goes at Night (1999)British Fantasy Society (nominee)
The Abortionist's Horse (a Nightmare) (2000)
La Vampiresse (2000)
Rapunzel (2000)
That Glisters Is (2000)
A Wolf At the Door (2000)
Eustace


Awards
Nebula Best Novel nominee (1976) : The Birthgrave
World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1979) : Night's Master
Nebula Best Short story nominee (1980) : Red as Blood [short story]
British Fantasy Society Best Novel winner (1980) : Death's Master
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Novel nominee (1982) : Delusion's Master
World Fantasy Best Short story winner (1983) : The Gorgon [short story]
World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1984) : Nunc Dimittis
World Fantasy Best Short story winner (1984) : Elle est Trois (La Mort)
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1987) : Dreams of Dark and Light
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Novel nominee (1987) : Night's Master
British Fantasy Society Best Short story nominee (1998) : Jedella Ghost
British Fantasy Society Best Short story nominee (1999) : Where the Town Goes at Night
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Novel nominee (2006) : Metallic Love


Books about Tanith Lee
Opulent Darkness: The Werewolves of Tanith LeeThe Hidden Library of Tanith Lee: Themes and Subtexts from Dionysos to the Immortal Gene
 
Links to other websites
tanithlee.com


Tanith Lee recommends
A Telling of Stars
A Telling of Stars (2003)
Caitlin Sweet
"A strong and imaginative first novel, full of gems, and of humane insight. Ultimately haunting."
The Talisman
The Talisman (2003)
(Sea Horses, book 2)
Louise Cooper
"Louise Cooper is one of the finest storytellers of her generation."
The Captain's Witch
The Captain's Witch (2005)
Rosemary Hawley Jarman
"One of the greatest dark fantasies ever written - in any genre."
Brass Man
Brass Man (2005)
(Agent Cormac, book 3)
Neal Asher
"Asher has lit up the sky of science fiction like a new sun."
Killing Kiss
Killing Kiss (2008)
(Vampire Gene Trilogy, book 1)
Sam Stone
"A deceptively readable date with darkness - watch your step."
Elfland
Elfland (2009)
(Aetherial Tales, book 1)
Freda Warrington
"A glittering treasure trove and a stunning read for Warrington's multitude of fans."
City of Dreams and Nightmare
City of Dreams and Nightmare (2010)
(City of a Hundred Rows, book 1)
Ian Whates
"Born story-teller Ian Whates takes us on a gripping, terrifying trip-of-a-lifetime."



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