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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 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> She had reported via ]'s blog, that she intends to complete the trilogy after finishing the fifth book of the ''Glass Thorns'' series.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Kate Elliot|authorlink1=Kate Elliot|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/|website=I Make Up Worlds|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</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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===''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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===''Spellbinder''=== |
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===''Spellbinder''=== |
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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, ] tie-in novel |
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*''Knights of the Morningstar'', 1994, ] tie-in novel |
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===Short stories=== |
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