Holly Lisle Explained

Holly Lisle (October 8, 1960-August 27, 2024)^[1] was an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, paranormal romance and romantic suspense novels. She was also known for her work in educating writers, including her e-book Mugging the Muse: Writing Fiction for Love And Money, starting the Forward Motion Writers' Community web site, and her novel-writing and revision courses How to Think Sideways.^[2]

Bibliography

Unless otherwise noted, books on this list are fantasy.

Series

Arhel

1992 Fire in the Mist (Compton Crook Award winner)^[3]
1993 Bones of the Past
1995 Mind of the Magic

Glenraven

Co-authored with Marion Zimmer Bradley

1996 Glenraven
1998 In the Rift – Glenraven II

Devil's Point

1996 Sympathy for the Devil
1996 The Devil and Dan Cooley (with Walter Spence)
1997 Hell on High (with Ted Nolan)

Bard's Tale

1996 Thunder of the Captains (with Aaron Allston)
1997 Wrath of the Princes (with Aaron Allston)
1998 Curse of the Black Heron

The Secret Texts

2002 Vincalis the Agitator (a prequel to the other three books which form a trilogy)https://hollylisle.com/the-secret-texts/^[4]
1998 Diplomacy of Wolves
1999 Vengeance of Dragons
2000 Courage of Falcons

World Gates

2002 Memory of Fire
2003 The Wreck of Heaven
2004 Gods Old and Dark

Korre

2005 Talyn
2008 Hawkspar
Yet to be Published: Redbird^[5]

Moon and Sun

2008 The Ruby Key
2009 The Silver Door

Cadence Drakehttps://hollylisle.com/books/ (Science Fiction)

1997 Hunting the Corrigan's Blood
2012 Warpaint

Tales from the Longview (set in the same universe as the Cadence Drake series) https://hollylisle.com/books/ (Science Fiction)

2017 Born From Fire (originally published as "Enter The Death Circus" in 2014)
2017 The Selling of Suzee Delight
2017 The Philosopher Gambit
2017 Gunslinger Moon
2018 Vipers’ Nest
2018 The Owner's Tale

Short Fiction

Other fiction

1992 When the Bough Breaks (with Mercedes Lackey, set in the SERRAted Edge series)
1993 Minerva Wakes
1994 The Rose Sea (with S.M. Stirling)
1995 Mall, Mayhem and Magic (with Chris Guin)
2004 Midnight Rain (paranormal romantic suspense)
2005 Last Girl Dancing (paranormal romantic suspense)
2006 I See You (paranormal romantic suspense)
2007 Night Echoes (paranormal romantic suspense)

Books for writers (non-fiction)

2000 Mugging the Muse: Writing Fiction for Love and Money (non-fiction) (e-book)
2006 Create a Character Clinic (non-fiction) (e-book, available via the author's web shop)
2006 Create a Language Clinic (non-fiction) (e-book)
2006 Create a Culture Clinic (non-fiction) (e-book)
2007 Create a Plot Clinic (non-fiction) (e-book)
2008 How to write page-turning scenes (non-fiction) (e-book)
2014: Create a World Clinic (non-fiction) (e-book)

References

Web site: Goodbye, dear friend . September 4, 2024.
Web site: About Holly Lisle and this site… What are you DOING here?. January 5, 2017.
Web site: . Compton Crook Award Winners . June 25, 2012.
Web site: The Secret Texts – Holly Lisle: Writer. hollylisle.com. January 9, 2017. en-US. 2018-01-23.
Web site: Holly Lisle: Writer. hollylisle.com. January 5, 2017. en-US. 2018-01-23.
Web site: Books – Holly Lisle: Writer. hollylisle.com. January 5, 2017. en-US. 2018-01-23.