Ardath Mayhar
Ardath Frances Hurst Mayhar (born 1930) began her writing career as a poet when she was nineteen. She began writing science fiction in 1979 after returning with her family to Texas from Oregon. She was nominated for the Mark Twain Award, and won the Balrog Award for a horror narrative poem in Masques I. She has had numerous other nominations for awards in almost every fiction genre and has won many awards for poetry. In 2008 she was chosen by Science Fiction Writers of America as their Author Emeritus.
Mayhar has written over 60 books ranging from science fiction to horror to young adult to historical to westerns; with some work under the pseudonyms Frank Cannon, Frances Hurst, and John Killdeer.
Joe R. Lansdale says simply, "Ardath Mayhar writes damn fine books!"
Mayhar also owned and operated The View From Orbit Bookstore in Nacogdoches, Texas with her husband Joe until his death in the 1990s. She has since sold the bookstore, which served the students of Stephen F. Austin State University and people in the East Texas area, providing a wide variety of books and literature that would otherwise have been unavailable to this conservative region. Mayhar's reputation is such that she still speaks regularly in the area, drawing large crowds whenever she teaches and speaks.
Links
Ardath Mayhar. Wikipedia.
Speculative Fiction Novels (29)
Slaughterhouse World / Knack' Attack 2010 | science fiction |
The Methodist Bobcat: 27 Classic Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories 2010 | science fiction, fantasy, horror, short stories |
Messengers in White 2009 | science fiction |
The Exiles of Damaria (The Exiles of Damaria) 2009 | fantasy |
Slewfoot Sally and the Flying Mule: Tall Tales from Cotton County, Texas 2009 | fantasy, mainstream, short stories |
Strange Doin's in the Pine Hills: Stories of Fantasy and Mystery in East Texas 2009 | fantasy, horror, short stories |
Crazy Quilt: The Best Short Stories of Ardath Mayhar 2009 | science fiction, fantasy, horror, short stories |
Witchfire 2007 | fantasy |
Ships and Seekers (The Exiles of Damaria #2) 2005 | fantasy |
Riddles & Dreams (The Exiles of Damaria #1) 2003 | fantasy |
A Road of Stars 1998 | fantasy |
Monkey Station (The Macaque Cycle #1) 1989 | science fiction |
A Place of Silver Silence 1988 | science fiction, young adult |
Two Moons and the Black Tower 1988 | fantasy |
Trail of the Seahawks (The Macaque Cycle #2) 1987 | science fiction |
The Wall 1987 | horror |
Makra Choria 1987 | fantasy |
The Sword and the Dagger (BattleTech) 1987 | science fiction |
The Saga of Grittel Sundotha 1985 | fantasy |
The World Ends in Hickory Hollow 1985 | science fiction |
Exile on Vlahil 1984 | science fiction |
Khi to Freedom 1983 | science fiction |
Lords of the Triple Moons (Tales of the Triple Moons) 1983 | fantasy |
Runes of the Lyre (Tyrnos #2) 1982 | fantasy |
Warlock's Gift (Tales of the Triple Moons) 1982 | fantasy |
Golden Dream: A Fuzzy Odyssey (Fuzzy (other novels)) 1982 | science fiction |
Soul-Singer of Tyrnos (Tyrnos #1) 1981 | fantasy |
The Seekers of Shar-Nuhn (Tales of the Triple Moons) 1980 | fantasy |
How the Gods Wove in Kyrannon (Tales of the Triple Moons) 1979 | fantasy |
Others non-spefi books (2)
Hunters of the Plains 1995 | paleofiction |
People of the Mesa 1992 | history, mainstream |