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Melanie Rawn (born 1954) is an American author of fantasy literature. She received a BA in history from Scripps College and worked as a teacher and editor before becoming a writer.

She has been nominated for a Locus award 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. In 2014, Rawn stated via Kate Elliot's blog that she intended to complete the trilogy after finishing the fifth book of the Glass Thorns series.

Bibliography

Dragon Prince trilogy

• Dragon Prince, 1988
• The Star Scroll, 1989
• Sunrunner's Fire, 1990

Dragon Star trilogy

• Stronghold, 1991
• The Dragon Token, 1993
• Skybowl, 1994

The Golden Key universe

• The Golden Key, 1996 (with Kate Elliott and Jennifer Roberson)
• The Diviner, 2011 (prequel to The Golden Key)

Exiles trilogy

• The Ruins of Ambrai, 1994
• The Mageborn Traitor, 1997
• The Captal's Tower (planned)

Spellbinder

• Spellbinder: A Love Story with Magical Interruptions, 2006
• Fire Raiser, 2009

Glass Thorns

• Touchstone, 2012
• Elsewhens, 2013
• Thornlost, 2014
• Window Wall, 2015
• Playing to the Gods, 2017

Stand-alone

• The Rushden Legacy, 1985 (as Ellen Randolph)
• Knights of the Morningstar, 1994, Quantum Leap tie-in novel

Short stories

• Salve, Regina in Return to Avalon (Roberson; 1995 DAW)
• The Lady's Gift in Ancient Enchantresses (Massie-Ferch, Greenberg, Gilliam; 1995 DAW)
• Of the Death of Kings in Warrior Enchantresses (Maisse-Ferch, Greenberg; 1996 DAW)
• The Abbot of Croxton in Highwaymen: Robbers & Rogues (Roberson; 1997 DAW)
• There Goes the Neighborhood in Return of the Dinosaurs (Resnick, Greenberg; 1997 DAW)
• The Sacrifice in Fantasy: DAW 30th Anniversary (Gilbert, Wollheim; 2002 DAW)
• Mother of All Russiya in Lightspeed, May 2012 (Adams; 2012 Lightspeed Magazine)

References

1. David Pringle (ed.). St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers. St. James Press. pp. 494–495. ISBN 1-55862-205-5.
2. Rawn, Melanie (2007). Spellbinder: A Love Story With Magical Interruptions. Macmillan. pp. 499–500. ISBN 978-0-7653-5436-5.
3. Elliot, Kate (2014-07-22). "Update on Melanie Rawn's EXILES 3, The Captal's Tower". I Make Up Worlds. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

External links

• Interview with Melanie Rawn at SFFWorld.com
• Melanie Rawn at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

• 1954 births
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• 21st-century American novelists
• American fantasy writers
• American women short story writers
• American short story writers
• American women novelists
• Dragon Prince series
• Living people
• Novels by Melanie Rawn
• Scripps College alumni
• American women science fiction and fantasy writers
• 20th-century American women writers
• 21st-century American women writers