Debra Doyle
Debra Doyle at Readercon 2007
Debra Doyle at Readercon 2007
Born(1952-11-30)November 30, 1952
DiedOctober 31, 2020(2020-10-31) (aged 67)
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania (PhD)
Period1990–2020
GenreFantasy, science fiction, mystery
Website
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Debra Doyle (November 30, 1952 – October 31, 2020) was an American author in multiple related fiction genres, including science fiction, fantasy, and mystery, for young adults and adults. Her works were co-written with her husband, James D. Macdonald.

Life and career

Doyle earned a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania with a dissertation on Old English poetry.[1]

Her first work written with Macdonald was "Bad Blood" in 1988.[2] Their novel Knight's Wyrd was awarded the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature in 1992[3] and appeared on the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age list in 1993.[4] They published two series, Mageworlds (7 novels) and The Wizard Apprentice (8 novels), and two alternate history novels, Land of Mist and Snow and Lincoln's Sword.[2]

Doyle and Macdonald also published together under other names. They published their first novel, Night of Ghosts and Lightning, in 1989 under the house name Robyn Tallis; two Tom Swift novels under the house name Victor Appleton; Pep Rally, Blood Brothers, and Vampire’s Kiss under the house name Nicholas Adams; and two Spider-Man and three Battletech novels as Martin Delrio.[2]

Together Doyle and Macdonald made up part of the core membership of the sff.net website and rec.arts.sff newsgroup. Doyle also taught at the Viable Paradise genre writer's workshop on Martha's Vineyard.[2]

She died of cardiac arrest on October 31, 2020.[2]

Bibliography

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A full list of her contributions and work can be found on the Fantastic Fiction[5] site.

Series

Circle of Magic (with James D Macdonald)

  1. School of Wizardry (1990)
  2. Tournament and Tower (1990); reissued as Secret of the Tower (2000)
  3. City by the Sea (1990); reissued as The Wizard's Statue (2000)
  4. The Prince's Players (1990); reissued as Danger In The Palace (2000)
  5. The Prisoners of Bell Castle (1990); reissued as The Wizard's Castle (1999)
  6. The High King's Daughter (1990)
  7. Mystery at Wizardry School (2003)
  8. Voice of the Ice (2004)

Tom Swift (Fourth Series) (with James D Macdonald)

MageWorlds (with James D Macdonald)

  1. The Price of the Stars (1992)
  2. Starpilot's Grave (1993)
  3. By Honor Betray'd (1994)
  4. The Gathering Flame (1995)
  5. The Long Hunt (1996)
  6. The Stars Asunder (1999)
  7. A Working of Stars (2002)

Bad Blood (with James D Macdonald)

  1. Bad Blood (1993)
  2. Hunter's Moon (1994)
  3. Judgement Night (1995)

Peter Crossman (with James D Macdonald)

Orville Nesbit (with James D Macdonald)

Novels

Short stories (selection)

References

  1. ^ Coordination, Subordination, and Sentence Structure in Old English Poetry: An Inquiry into Aspects of the Interplay Between Syntax and Style (PhD). University of Pennsylvania. 1981.
  2. ^ a b c d e "In Memoriam – Debra Doyle". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. November 2, 2020.
  3. ^ "Complete list of Mythopoeic Award Winners". The Mythopoeic Society. Archived from the original on February 6, 2007.
  4. ^ "Knight's Wyrd by Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald". Archived from the original on September 27, 2006.
  5. ^ "Debra Doyle". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2022-05-17.

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