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{{short description|American author of fantasy literature (born 1954)}} |
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| name = Melanie Rawn |
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| birth_date = 1954 |
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| occupation = Novelist |
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| notableworks = The Dragon Prince trilogy |
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| website = {{URL|http://www.melanierawn.com}} |
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'''Melanie Rawn''' (born 1954) is an author of ] literature. She received a BA in history from ] and worked as a teacher and editor before becoming a writer. |
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'''Melanie Rawn''' (born 1954) is an American author of ] literature. She received a BA in history from ] and worked as a teacher and editor before becoming a writer.<ref>{{cite book | title=St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers | editor=David Pringle | publisher=St. James Press | isbn= 1-55862-205-5|pages=494–495 }}</ref> |
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She has been nominated for a ] on three separate occasions: in 1989 for ''Dragon Prince'' in the first novel category, in 1994 for ''Skybowl'' in the fantasy novel category, and again in 1995 for ''Ruins of Ambrai'' in the fantasy novel category. The third novel in the "Exiles" trilogy has been "forthcoming" for over a decade due to the author suffering from clinical depression and moving on to other projects to facilitate her recovery.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rawn|first=Melanie|title=Spellbinder: A Love Story With Magical Interruptions|year=2007|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0-7653-5436-5|pages=499–500}}</ref> |
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She has been nominated for a ] on three occasions: in 1989 for ''Dragon Prince'' in the first novel category, in 1994 for ''Skybowl'' in the fantasy novel category, and again in 1995 for ''Ruins of Ambrai'' in the fantasy novel category. The third novel in the "Exiles" trilogy has now been "forthcoming" since the late 1990s due to the author suffering from clinical depression and moving on to other projects to facilitate her recovery.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rawn|first=Melanie|title=Spellbinder: A Love Story With Magical Interruptions|year=2007|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0-7653-5436-5|pages=499–500}}</ref> In 2014, Rawn stated via ]'s blog that she intended to complete the trilogy after finishing the fifth book of the ''Glass Thorns'' series.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Elliot |first=Kate |date=2014-07-22 |title=Update on Melanie Rawn's EXILES 3, The Captal's Tower |url=http://www.imakeupworlds.com/index.php/2014/07/update-on-melanie-rawns-exiles-3-the-captals-tower/ |access-date=15 July 2022 |website=I Make Up Worlds |authorlink1=Kate Elliot}}</ref> |
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==Bibliography== |
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==Bibliography== |
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===Dragon Prince Trilogy=== |
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===''Dragon Prince'' trilogy=== |
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*'']'', 1988 |
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*'']'', 1988 |
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*'']'', 1989 |
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*'']'', 1989 |
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*'']'', 1990 |
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*'']'', 1990 |
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===Dragon Star Trilogy=== |
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===''Dragon Star'' trilogy=== |
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*'']'', 1991 |
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*'']'', 1991 |
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*'']'', 1993 |
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*'']'', 1993 |
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*'']'', 1994 |
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*'']'', 1994 |
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===The Golden Key Universe=== |
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===''The Golden Key'' universe=== |
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*'']'', 1996 (with ] and ]) |
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*'']'', 1996 (with ] and ]) |
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*'']'', 2011 (prequel to ''The Golden Key'') |
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*'']'', 2011 (prequel to ''The Golden Key'') |
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===Exiles=== |
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===''Exiles'' trilogy=== |
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*'']'', 1994 |
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*'']'', 1994 |
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*'']'', 1997 |
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*'']'', 1997 |
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*'']'' (forthcoming) |
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*'']'' (planned) |
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===Spellbinder=== |
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===''Spellbinder''=== |
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*''Spellbinder: A Love Story with Magical Interruptions'', 2006 |
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*''Spellbinder: A Love Story with Magical Interruptions'', 2006 |
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*''Fire Raiser'', 2009 |
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*''Fire Raiser'', 2009 |
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===Glass Thorns=== |
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===''Glass Thorns''=== |
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*'']'', 2012 |
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*'']'', 2012 |
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*'']'', 2013 |
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*'']'', 2013 |
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*''Thornlost'', 2014 |
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*''Thornlost'', 2014 |
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*''Window Wall'', scheduled for April 2015 |
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*''Window Wall'', 2015 |
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*''untitled book five'', forthcoming |
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*''Playing to the Gods'', 2017 |
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===Stand-alone=== |
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===Stand-alone=== |
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*''The Rushden Legacy'', 1985 (as Ellen Randolph) |
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*''The Rushden Legacy'', 1985 (as Ellen Randolph) |
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*''Knights of the Morningstar'', 1994 |
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*''Knights of the Morningstar'', 1994, ] tie-in novel |
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===Short stories=== |
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===Short stories=== |
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*''Salve, Regina'' in ''Return to Avalon'' (Roberson; 1995 DAW) |
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*''Salve, Regina'' in ''Return to Avalon'' (Roberson; 1995 DAW) |
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*''The Lady's Gift'' in ''Ancient Enchantresses'' (Massie-Ferch, Greenberg, Gilliam; 1995 DAW) |
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*''Treasures of Fantasy'' (Weis, Hickman; 1997 Harper) |
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*''The Abbot of Croxton'' in ''Highwaymen: Robbers & Rogues'' (Roberson; 1997 DAW) |
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*''Of the Death of Kings'' in ''Warrior Enchantresses'' (Maisse-Ferch, Greenberg; 1996 DAW) |
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*''Of the Death of Kings'' in ''Warrior Enchantresses'' (Maisse-Ferch, Greenberg; 1996 DAW) |
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*''The Abbot of Croxton'' in ''Highwaymen: Robbers & Rogues'' (Roberson; 1997 DAW) |
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*''There Goes the Neighborhood'' in ''Return of the Dinosaurs'' (Resnick, Greenberg; 1997 DAW) |
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*''There Goes the Neighborhood'' in ''Return of the Dinosaurs'' (Resnick, Greenberg; 1997 DAW) |
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*''The Lady's Gift'' in ''A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic'' (Weis; 1998 Warner Books) |
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*''The Sacrifice'' in ''Fantasy: DAW 30th Anniversary'' (Gilbert, Wollheim; 2002 DAW) |
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*''Mother of All Russiya'' in ''Lightspeed, May 2012'' (Adams; 2012 Lightspeed Magazine) |
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*(and Introduction) ''Ancient Enchantresses'' (Massie-Ferch, Greenberg, Gilliam; 1995 DAW) |
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* ] — A wiki devoted to the novels of Melanie Rawn |
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