Esther Friesner

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Esther Friesner
Esther Friesner in 2006.
Born	July 16, 1951
Occupation	Author
Nationality	United States
Genres	Fantasy

Esther Friesner (July 16, 1951 – ) is an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for her humorous pieces.

Contents 1 Life 2 Career 3 Awards 4 Bibliography 4.1 Chronicles of the Twelve Kingdoms 4.2 Demons 4.3 New York by Knight 4.4 Gnome Man's Land 4.5 Majyk 4.6 Becca of Wiserways 4.7 Chicks in Chainmail 4.8 Sabrina the Teenage Witch 4.9 Star Trek Deep Space Nine 4.10 Nobody's series 4.11 Non-series Novels 4.12 Collections 4.13 Poems 5 External links

[edit] Life

Friesner attended the Stuyvesant High School, a public magnet high school in New York City, as well as Vassar College. She holds a Ph.D. in Spanish and was a college professor before becoming a writer.

[edit] Career

In addition to short stories, she has published a number of novels and is a prolific editor of anthologies. Among her recent books are Nobody's Princess, which takes the Greek legend of Helen of Sparta and gives it a new beginning, and its sequel, Nobody's Prize. She is a frequent guest of honor at science fiction conventions, having appeared at Bubonicon, Arisia, Boskone, Baycon and Albacon in the 1990s and into the 21st century.

[edit] Awards

She has been nominated a number of times for the Hugo and Nebula awards, winning the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 1995 and 1996 for, respectively, "Death and the Librarian" and "A Birthday".

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Chronicles of the Twelve Kingdoms

• Mustapha and His Wise Dog
• Spells of Mortal Weaving
• The Witchwood Cradle
• The Water King's Laughter

[edit] Demons

• Here Be Demons
• Demon Blues
• Hooray For Hellywood

[edit] New York by Knight

• New York by Knight
• Elf Defense
• Sphynxes Wild

[edit] Gnome Man's Land

• Gnome Man's Land
• Harpy High
• Unicorn U

[edit] Majyk

• Majyk by Accident
• Majyk by Hook Or Crook
• Majyk by Design

[edit] Becca of Wiserways

• The Psalms Of Herod
• The Sword Of Mary

[edit] Chicks in Chainmail

• Chicks in Chainmail
• Did You Say Chicks?!
• Chicks 'n Chained Males
• The Chick is in the Mail
• Turn the Other Chick

[edit] Sabrina the Teenage Witch

• Prisoner of Cabin 13 (Book 11 of series)

[edit] Star Trek Deep Space Nine

• Warchild (Book 7 of series)

[edit] Nobody's series

• Nobody's Princess (Apr 2007)
• Nobody's Prize (Apr 2008)

[edit] Non-series Novels

• Harlot's Ruse
• The Silver Mountain
• Druid's Blood
• Yesterday We Saw Mermaids
• Split Heirs (with Lawrence Watt-Evans)
• Wishing Season
• Warchild
• The Sherwood Game
• Child Of The Eagle
• Playing With Fire
• To Storm Heaven
• Men In Black 2
• E.Godz (with Robert Asprin)
• Temping Fate

[edit] Collections

• It's Been Fun
• Up The Wall & Other Tales of King Arthur and His Knights
• Death and the Librarian and Other Stories

[edit] Poems

• Who Made the Stew on Betelgeuse II
• Lovers

[edit] External links

• http://www.sff.net/people/e.friesner/ Friesner's Homepage
• Esther M. Friesner at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database