Andre Norton (1912–2005)
Autor von The Elvenbane
Über den Autor
Born Alice Mary Norton on February 17, 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio, she legally changed her name to Andre Alice Norton in 1934. She attended the Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve) for a year then took evening courses in journalism and writing that were mehr anzeigen offered by Cleveland College, the adult division of the same university. Norton was a librarian for the Cleveland Library System then a reader at Gnome Press. After that position, she became a full-time writer. She is most noted for writing fantasy, in particular the Witch World series. Her first book The Prince of Commands was published in 1934. Other titles include Ralestone Luck, Magic in Ithkar, Voorloper, Uncharted Stars, The Gifts of Asti and All Cats are Gray. She also wrote under the pen names Andre Norton, Andrew North and Allen Weston She was the first woman to receive the Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy and the Nebula Grand Master Award. She has also received a Phoenix Award for overall writing achievement, a Jules Verne Award, and a Science Fiction Book Club Book of the Year Award for her title The Elvenbane. In 1997 she was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. She died on March 17, 2005. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Tales from High Hallack: The Collected Short Stories of Andre Norton, Volume One (2013) 75 Exemplare
Tales from High Hallack: The Collected Short Stories of Andre Norton, Volume Two (2014) 55 Exemplare
Tales from High Hallack: The Collected Short Stories of Andre Norton, Volume Three (2014) 41 Exemplare
Secret of the Lost Race / One Against Herculum (Vintage Ace Double D-381) (1959) — Autor — 39 Exemplare
Mankind on the Run / The Crossroads of Time (Classic Ace Double D-164) (1956) — Autor — 34 Exemplare
Follow the drum, being the ventures and misadventures of one Johanna Lovell, sometime lady of Catkept Manor in Kent… (1942) 32 Exemplare
The Five Senses Set: Mirror of Destiny, The Scent of Magic, and Wind in the Stone (2017) 31 Exemplare
The Magic Sequence Volume Two: Dragon Magic, Lavender-Green Magic, and Red Hart Magic (2018) 13 Exemplare
The Long Night of Waiting [short story] 6 Exemplare
Wizard's World [short story] 5 Exemplare
The Stars are Ours (Pax/Astra, #1) 5 Exemplare
The Outling 4 Exemplare
Time Traders (Time Traders/Ross Murdock, #1-2) 4 Exemplare
Mousetrap [short story] 4 Exemplare
The Andre Norton Omnibus 3 Exemplare
Superkat en andere fantastische kattenverhalen 3 Exemplare
Long Live Lord Kor! [short story] 3 Exemplare
Time Traders, and Other Works 2 Exemplare
Earthborne 2 Exemplare
Nine Threads of Gold {short story} 2 Exemplare
Ritorno a Estcarp 2 Exemplare
The Way Wind 2 Exemplare
Short Science Fiction Collection 019 2 Exemplare
Teddi [short story] 2 Exemplare
Korona z jelenich rogów 2 Exemplare
Sand Sister [short story] 2 Exemplare
Through the ice 1 Exemplar
Cat Fantastic III 1 Exemplar
O Castigo dos Yurth 1 Exemplar
Scarface r 1 Exemplar
Lost Lands of the Witch World 1 Exemplar
L'ALTRA FACCIA DEL PASSATO 1 Exemplar
Long Night of Waiting and Other Stories 1 Exemplar
Epic Sci-Fi Odyssey: A Premium Collection of Classic Science Fiction Novellas and Short Stories 1 Exemplar
The Trillium Quartet: Blood Trillium; Lady of the Trillium; Golden Trillium; Black Trillium (1996) 1 Exemplar
Web of the Witch World G716 :Witch Wor 2 1 Exemplar
" Koldovskoĭ mir v 5-i tomakh". 1 Exemplar
Exils of the Stars 1 Exemplar
Four From the Witchworld 1 Exemplar
Operation Timesearch 1 Exemplar
Sorceress of the Witxh World 1 Exemplar
Na skrzydłach magii 1 Exemplar
Huge Collection of Science Fiction 1 Exemplar
Short Science Fiction Collection 048 1 Exemplar
Gray Mare's Colts, The 1 Exemplar
Get Out of My Dream [novelette] 1 Exemplar
The Beast Mage 1 Exemplar
Desirable Lakeside Residence {short story} 1 Exemplar
The Worlds of Andre Norton 1 Exemplar
Through The Needle's Eye 1 Exemplar
One Spell Wizard 1 Exemplar
By a Hair [short story] 1 Exemplar
Changeling [short story] 1 Exemplar
Nightmare [novella] 1 Exemplar
London Bridge [short story] 1 Exemplar
Sow's Ear—silk Purse 1 Exemplar
Dragon MAster 1 Exemplar
Hob's Pot [short story] 1 Exemplar
Noble Warrior [short story] 1 Exemplar
Procession to Var 1 Exemplar
Set in Stone 1 Exemplar
Witch World Set (includes First 10 Books!!) 1 Exemplar
An Interview With Andre Norton 1 Exemplar
Forerunners: The Second Venture 1 Exemplar
Władca Gromu 1 Exemplar
Witch World: The Turning: 1. Storms of Victory; 2. Flight of Vengence; 3. On Wings of Magic (1992) 1 Exemplar
Island of the lost 1 Exemplar
Andre Norton Audio Book Collection 1 Exemplar
Urania 1156 - LIMBO 1 Exemplar
The Best Works of Andre Norton (12) 1 Exemplar
Sargasso of Space [abridged] — Autor — 1 Exemplar
Plague Ship and Other Works 1 Exemplar
Limbo 1 Exemplar
Nr. 527. Hetzjagd der Zeitgardisten 1 Exemplar
Nr. 526. Hetzjagd der Zeitgardisten 1 Exemplar
Witch World Series 1 Exemplar
The stars are ours! 1 Exemplar
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The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur (1989) — Mitwirkender — 302 Exemplare
The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin: A Library… (2018) — Mitwirkender — 229 Exemplare
New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow (1994) — Mitwirkender — 62 Exemplare
Sisters of Sorcery: Two Centuries of Witchcraft Stories by the Gentle Sex (1976) — Mitwirkender — 30 Exemplare
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Norton, Alice Mary
- Andere Namen
- North, Andrew
- Geburtstag
- 1912-02-17
- Todestag
- 2005-03-17
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Sterbeort
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
- Todesursache
- congestive heart failure
- Wohnorte
- Ohio, USA
Maryland, USA
Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA - Ausbildung
- Western Reserve University (Flora Stone Mather College)
- Berufe
- librarian
bookshop manager
editor
science fiction writer - Organisationen
- Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Gandalf Award (Grand Master, 1977)
SFWA Nebula Grand Master (1983) - Agent
- Russell Galen (Scovil-Chichak-Galen Literary Agency)
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Children's ghost story/mystery/time travel, 60s-70s in Name that Book (September 2010)
Children's book with a flying horese and giant knives and forks! in Name that Book (März 2009)
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