Laurie J. Marks

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Laurie J. Marks
Born (1957-03-27) March 27, 1957 (age 66)
Orange County, California, U.S.
Alma mater Brown University
OccupationNovelist
Spouse
Deb Mensinger
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(m. 2004)​
Parent(s)Marjory Marks
Donald Marks

Laurie J. Marks (born March 27, 1957) is an American author of fantasy novels.

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Life

Inspired by C.S. Lewis, Laurie wrote her first novel at twelve. Her determination to become a fantasy novelist led her to take a typing class and all the writing classes she could. After attending a small Christian college for two years, Laurie transferred to Brown University to finish her degree. After graduating, Laurie roamed around for a few years living in many different places. [1] She came out as a lesbian at age 29. [1] She and her then partner, Deb Mensinger, tried to run a farm in California, but when Mensinger became ill with a rare congenital disease, the two moved to Massachusetts, where they married in 2004, in the first week same-sex marriages became legal. [1] . Until her retirement Marks taught writing at the University of Massachusetts Boston. [2] In the late aughts, Marks struggled with a serious injury while also acting as caregiver to her wife, who had become disabled due to her illness. This, with the concomitant financial struggles, affected her ability to write, and she was dropped by her publisher. In 2023 Marks announced that retirement has allowed her to begin writing again. [2]

In 2003, her novel Fire Logic , the first in her Elemental Logic series, won the Gaylactic Spectrum Award for best novel; in 2005 Earth Logic , the second in the series, won the same award. In 2007 she was Guest of Honor at the WisCon science fiction convention.

Bibliography

Elemental Logic series

The Elemental Logic series is set in the world of Shaftal. Some 35 years prior to the first book, Shaftal was invaded by an army of Sainnites who, in an attempt to eradicate the magic which might be used against them, killed all the elemental witches they could locate. However they failed to realise that magic is inherent in the Shaftali and children have been born since who can wield it. Furthermore, the Sainnites have become cut off from their homeland and are subject to constant guerilla action from the Shaftali. Among both the learned, peace-loving Shaftali and the warlike, spartan Sainnites, women and men are equals in all things, including military, and both queer and polyamorous/polygamous relationships are common and accepted.

  1. —— (2002). Fire Logic (hardcover 1st ed.). Tom Doherty Associates. pp. 1–335. ISBN   978-0312878870. [3]
  2. —— (2004). Earth Logic (hardcover 1st ed.). Tor Books. pp. 1–400. ISBN   978-0765348388. [4]
  3. —— (2007). Water Logic (paperback 1st ed.). Small Beer Press. pp. 1–332. ISBN   978-1931520232. [5]
  4. —— (2019). Air Logic (paperback 1st ed.). Small Beer Press. pp. 1–400. ISBN   978-1618731609. [6]

Children of the Triad series

  1. —— (1989). Delan the Mislaid (paperback ed.). DAW. pp. 1–256. ISBN   978-0886773250.
  2. —— (1990). The Moonbane Mage (paperback ed.). DAW. pp. 1–254. ISBN   978-0886774158. (Illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert)
  3. —— (1991). Ara's Field (paperback ed.). DAW. pp. 1–272. ISBN   978-0886774790. (Illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert)

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