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Mary
Balogh
Mary Balogh is a romance author, primarily of regency
romances.
She maintains an official
web site which you can visit for more information.
Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
If you are a science fiction fan but don't know who Heinlein is, I'm not sure what to say. Whether you love his writing or think it's awful, few people who've read Heinlein's books fail to have a strong opinion about them. While I don't agree with everything he wrote, I think he was a wonderful author because his writing encourages one to really think.
There are many, many web sites about Heinlein, but the best place to start is probably The Heinlein Society.
Charles
de Lint
Born 1951, Charles de Lint writes for a variety of genres, but the stories which I most enjoy are usually referred to as "urban fantasy" or perhaps "modern fairy tales."
These stories play with the idea (among many ideas) that the ghouls and goblins and various fae creatures of Myth are real, but most people don't see them because they do not want to or couldn't cope with seeing something which we are taught by our culture cannot and does not exist. It's an idea I like, because I do deeply believe there are things in our world we never see.
He maintains an official
web site which you can visit for more information.
Daphne
du Maurier (1907-1989)
Daphne
du Maurier was an English novelist, biographer,
and playwright who published novels of suspense, mystery
and romance, mostly set on the coast of Cornwall. Her
most well-known novels are Rebecca and Jamaica
Inn, both of which have been made into movies.
Anne
McCaffrey
Born l926, Anne McCaffrey is perhaps best known for her
series about the dragon filled world of Pern.
She maintains an official
web site which you can visit for more information.
Robin
McKinley
Born in 1952, Robin McKinley is perhaps best known for
her retelling of traditional fairy tales such as Beauty
& the Beast.
She maintains an official
web site which you can visit for more information.
Lucy
Maud [L. M.] Montgomery (1874-1942)
L. M. Montgomery is perhaps best known as the
author of the Anne of Green Gables series, which
were adapted into movies in the 1980s and 90s.
More information about Montgomery is available online at the L. M. Montgomery Institute.
Because it's the sort of thing I find helpful,
I have compiled a chronology of Montgomery's life and writing (the first publication of each work appears in bold, subsequent reissues are in regular text, and entries relating to Montgomery’s life are gray).
Chelsea
Quinn Yarbro
Born 1942, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro is the author of many
books, spanning various genres.
I am only familiar with her Saint Germain novels. Here is a web site about Ms. Yarbro which you can visit for more information. (Ms. Yarbro has or had an official site at http://www.chelseaquinnyarbro.com/, but that doesn't currently seem to be working.)
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