Jane Fletcher (English writer)

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 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)

References

1. "Biography". Jane Fletcher. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
2. "2005 Awards". Golden Crown Literary Society . Retrieved 13 April 2019.
3. "Speculative Fiction Awards". Golden Crown Literary Society . Retrieved 13 April 2019.
4. "Past Alice B Medal Winners - The Alice B Awards". www.alicebawards.org. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
5. "18th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
6. "23rd Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists and Winners". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
7. "2003 Best Novel Finalists". spectrum Awards. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

External links

• Official website