Jane Fletcher (born August 1956)^[1] is an English writer of lesbian speculative fiction. Her The Walls of Westenfort won the Golden Crown Literary Society's 2005 "Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror / Paranormal / Speculative" award,^[2] and her The Empress and the Acolyte won its 2007 Speculative Fiction award.^[3] In 2009, she received The Alice B Readers Award for career achievement.^[4]

Her Temple Landfall was shortlisted for the Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror category of the 18th Lambda Literary Awards in 2006,^[5] and her Wolfsbane Winter was shortlisted for the same category of the 23rd Lambda Literary Awards in 2011.^[6] Her Lorimal's Chalice was shortlisted for the 2003 Gaylactic Spectrum Award winners and nominees for best novel.^[7]

Early life and education

Fletcher grew up in south east London, and has a degree in Physics (1980) from the University of Surrey.^[1]

Selected publications

The Celeano series

• The Temple at Landfall (November 2005, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1933110271), Original title: The World Celaeno Chose (November 1999, The Dimsdale Press ISBN 0952362538)
• The Walls of Westernfort (September 2005, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1933110240)
• Rangers at Roadsend (August 2005, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1933110288), Original title: The Wrong Trail Knife (2003, Fortitude Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0974137827)
• Dynasty of Rogues (March 2007, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1933110714)
• Shadow of the Knife (February 2008, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1602820081)

The Lyremouth Chronicles

• The Exile and the Sorcerer (February 2006, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1933110325)
• The Traitor and the Chalice (June 2006, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1933110431)
• The Empress and the Acolyte (November 2006, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1933110608)
• The High Priest and the Idol (July 2009, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1602820852)

Others

• Wolfsbane Winter (July 2011, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1602821583)
• The Shewstone (2016, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 9781626395541)
• Isle of Broken Years (2018, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1635551754)