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Tanith Lee


Born
in London, The United Kingdom
September 19, 1947

Died
May 24, 2015

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Genre
Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror


Tanith Lee was a British writer of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. She was the author of 77 novels, 14 collections, and almost 300 short stories. She also wrote four radio plays broadcast by the BBC and two scripts for the UK, science fiction, cult television series "Blake's 7."
Before becoming a full time writer, Lee worked as a file clerk, an assistant librarian, a shop assistant, and a waitress.

Her first short story, "Eustace," was published in 1968, and her first novel (for children) The Dragon Hoard was published in 1971.

Her career took off in 1975 with the acceptance by Daw Books USA of her adult fantasy epic The Birthgrave for publication as a mass-market paperback, and Lee has since maintained a prolific output in popular gen ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 171,916 ratings · 12,096 reviews · 585 distinct works • Similar authors
Wolf Tower (Claidi Journals...
3.73 avg rating — 11,350 ratings — published 1998 — 15 editions
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Wolf Star (Claidi Journals #2)
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Black Unicorn (Unicorn, #1)
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Night's Master (Tales from...
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Wolf Wing (Claidi Journals,...
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“I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behavior can distress you, even when it's unreasonable and not your fault, even if you were really trying to be careful, tactful.”
― Tanith Lee, Wolf Star
tags: care, friends, relationships, tact
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“A rose by any other name
Would get the blame
For being what it is--
The colour of a kiss,
The shadow of a flame.

A rose may earn another name,
So call it love;
So call it love I will,
And love is like the sea,
Which changes constantly,
And yet is still
The same.”
― Tanith Lee, The Silver Metal Lover
tags: love
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“Are not all loves secretly the same? A hundred flowers sprung from a single root.”
― Tanith Lee, Delirium's Mistress
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Please select our next series for group reading and discussion. Please be advised that you must already be a member* of the group to vote in this poll.

Black Jewell by Anne Bishop
Corean Chronicles by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Deverry by Katharine Kerr
Tales of the Flat Earth by Tanith Lee
Fortress by C.J. Cherryh
Inda by Sherwood Smith
Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist
Malazon Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
Riyria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan
Saga of Recluce by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Windrose Chronicles by Barbara Hambly

* As of 11:59 pm Wed 12 Jan 2011.

Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist
 
  10 votes 19.6%

Malazon Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
 
  10 votes 19.6%

Black Jewell by Anne Bishop
 
  7 votes 13.7%

Fortress by C.J. Cherryh
 
  5 votes 9.8%

Inda by Sherwood Smith
 
  4 votes 7.8%

Riyria Revelations by Michael Sullivan
 
  4 votes 7.8%

Tales of the Flat Earth by Tanith Lee
 
  3 votes 5.9%

Saga of Recluce by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
 
  3 votes 5.9%

Windrose Chronicles by Barbara Hambly
 
  3 votes 5.9%

Deverry by Katherine Kerr
 
  1 vote 2.0%

Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
 
  1 vote 2.0%

Corean Chronicles by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
 
  0 votes 0.0%

51 total votes
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