Lucia St. Clair Robson
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Lucia St. Clair Robson is an American historical novelist. She was married to science fiction novelist Brian Daley.[1] She is a 1982 recipient of the Spur Award for Best Novel of the West.
Works
[edit]- Last Train from Cuernavaca – inspired by two very different women, one Zapotec and one English, who participated in the Mexican Revolution.
- Shadow Patriots – The story of a group that spied for George Washington, including a woman known only as "355"
- Ghost Warrior – The story of the Apaches and Lozen, revered warrior and shaman.
- Ride the Wind – Cynthia Ann Parker's life with the Comanches.
- The Tokaido Road – A chase up the fabled Tokaido Road, set against the backdrop of feudal Japan's most famous event, the revenge of the forty–seven ronin.
- Mary's Land – A novel of the rowdy Maryland frontier of 1638.
- Fearless, A Novel of Sarah Bowman – Six–foot–tall laundress, Sarah Bowman, makes a name for herself in the Mexican War.
- Walk in My Soul – A fictional account of young Sam Houston's life with the Cherokee Indians and with their Beloved Woman, Tiana Rogers.
- Light a Distant Fire – Osceola and his beleaguered people fight the U.S. Army to a standstill in the swamps of Florida in 1840.
- "A Chance of a Ghost" short story in Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary
References
[edit]- ^ Grimes, William (February 24, 1996). "Brian Daley, 48, an Author Of Fantasy and Science Fiction". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Talking with...Lucia St. Clair Robson, by John Coyne, Peace Corps Writers.
- Novelist Taps History for Story Set in 17th Century Maryland by L. Peat O'Neil, Washington Post, September 14, 1995.