![]() ![]() She writes historical fiction and gothic romance and reimagined fairy tales. She writes series (I'm fond of the books in the Flat-Earth Series) and she writes stand-alones. Four years later, she published Birthgrave, which is considered her first "adult" book and is the first in a trilogy that concludes with Quest for the White Witch. She published her first book, The Dragon Hoard in 1971, when she was 24. Lee's slowed down a bit of late-I've heard she hasn't been well-but her output still dwarfs most writers. ![]() I loved the way Tanith wrote, her love of language was extravagant and she piled up words like a painter piles up pigments and the result was always gorgeous.īy the time I read Kill the Dead, Tanith had already written dozens and dozens of short stories and novels, so as I began making my way through her oeuvre, it seemed like I was always a couple of books behind. I liked Sabella but I loved Kill the Dead. The very first thing I ever read by Tanith Lee was Kill the Dead, a novella that was packaged with another story ( Sabella, or the Blood Stone) in an omnibus edition titled Sometimes After Sunset. The cover of our first issue was a painting of the sky goddess Tanit, and one of our fondest hopes was that we might entice Tanith to send us a story. We were all big fans of the writer, whose "dark fiction" we all admired. ![]() Isn't that the best writer's name ever? When Joanne Renaud, Joy Sillesen and I created Dark Valentine Magazine, Tanith Lee was our muse. ![]()
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