Andre Norton (1912–2005)
Auteur de The Elvenbane
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Crédit image: OrangeCon, 1978.
Séries
Œuvres de Andre Norton
Tales from High Hallack: The Collected Short Stories of Andre Norton, Volume One (2013) 75 exemplaires
Witch World: Estcarp Cycle: Trey of Swords, Ware Hawk, and The Gate of the Cat (2004) 67 exemplaires
Tales from High Hallack: The Collected Short Stories of Andre Norton, Volume Two (2014) 55 exemplaires
Tales from High Hallack: The Collected Short Stories of Andre Norton, Volume Three (2014) 41 exemplaires
Secret of the Lost Race / One Against Herculum (Vintage Ace Double D-381) (1959) — Auteur — 39 exemplaires
Mankind on the Run / The Crossroads of Time (Classic Ace Double D-164) (1956) — Auteur — 34 exemplaires
Follow the drum, being the ventures and misadventures of one Johanna Lovell, sometime lady of Catkept Manor in Kent… (1942) 32 exemplaires
The Five Senses Set: Mirror of Destiny, The Scent of Magic, and Wind in the Stone (2017) 31 exemplaires
Gates to Tomorrow: An Introduction to Science Fiction (1973) — Directeur de publication — 21 exemplaires
The Magic Sequence Volume Two: Dragon Magic, Lavender-Green Magic, and Red Hart Magic (2018) 13 exemplaires
Die Leute von Santaroga, Das große Abenteuer des Mutanten (Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen) (1991) 6 exemplaires
The Long Night of Waiting [short story] 6 exemplaires
The Stars are Ours (Pax/Astra, #1) 5 exemplaires
Wizard's World [short story] 5 exemplaires
Time Traders (Time Traders/Ross Murdock, #1-2) 4 exemplaires
Mousetrap [short story] 4 exemplaires
The Outling 4 exemplaires
The Andre Norton Omnibus 3 exemplaires
Long Live Lord Kor! [short story] 3 exemplaires
Superkat en andere fantastische kattenverhalen 3 exemplaires
Earthborne 2 exemplaires
Ritorno a Estcarp 2 exemplaires
Short Science Fiction Collection 019 2 exemplaires
The Way Wind 2 exemplaires
Time Traders, and Other Works 2 exemplaires
Sand Sister [short story] 2 exemplaires
Nine Threads of Gold {short story} 2 exemplaires
Teddi [short story] 2 exemplaires
Korona z jelenich rogów 2 exemplaires
Set in Stone 1 exemplaire
Procession to Var 1 exemplaire
Noble Warrior [short story] 1 exemplaire
The Trillium Quartet: Blood Trillium; Lady of the Trillium; Golden Trillium; Black Trillium (1996) 1 exemplaire
Hob's Pot [short story] 1 exemplaire
Huge Collection of Science Fiction 1 exemplaire
Witch World Set (includes First 10 Books!!) 1 exemplaire
Key Out of Time (Time Traders / Ross Murdock #4) 1 exemplaire
Scarface r 1 exemplaire
Andre Norton, 3 books, Like New, paperback, softcover, The Jargon Pard, No Night Without Stars, Night of Masks 1 exemplaire
Lost Lands of the Witch World 1 exemplaire
L'ALTRA FACCIA DEL PASSATO 1 exemplaire
Through The Needle's Eye 1 exemplaire
The Essential Andre Norton Anthology (12 books) 1 exemplaire
A mind for trade : a great new Solar Queen adventure 1 exemplaire
Long Night of Waiting and Other Stories 1 exemplaire
Through the ice 1 exemplaire
Cat Fantastic III 1 exemplaire
One Spell Wizard 1 exemplaire
War & Peace & War: Twenty years in Afghanistan 1 exemplaire
Fantasy Book (1) '47 featuring People Of The Crater 1 exemplaire
Sorceress of the Witxh World 1 exemplaire
Operation Timesearch 1 exemplaire
Four From the Witchworld 1 exemplaire
Exils of the Stars 1 exemplaire
" Koldovskoĭ mir v 5-i tomakh". 1 exemplaire
An Interview With Andre Norton 1 exemplaire
Witch World Novels of Andre Norton; 7 Volumes 1 exemplaire
Epic Sci-Fi Odyssey: A Premium Collection of Classic Science Fiction Novellas and Short Stories 1 exemplaire
By a Hair [short story] 1 exemplaire
Witch World Series 1 exemplaire
Get Out of My Dream [short story] 1 exemplaire
Sargasso of Space [abridged] — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Plague Ship and Other Works 1 exemplaire
Limbo 1 exemplaire
Nr. 527. Hetzjagd der Zeitgardisten 1 exemplaire
Nr. 526. Hetzjagd der Zeitgardisten 1 exemplaire
The Beast Mage 1 exemplaire
London Bridge [short story] 1 exemplaire
Sow's Ear—silk Purse 1 exemplaire
Duel of the Cosmic Magicians and Voodoo Planet 1 exemplaire
Dragon MAster 1 exemplaire
The Best Works of Andre Norton (12) 1 exemplaire
Desirable Lakeside Residence {short story} 1 exemplaire
O Castigo dos Yurth 1 exemplaire
The Worlds of Andre Norton 1 exemplaire
Short Science Fiction Collection 048 1 exemplaire
Web of the Witch World G716 :Witch Wor 2 1 exemplaire
Gray Mare's Colts, The 1 exemplaire
Forerunners: The Second Venture 1 exemplaire
Władca Gromu 1 exemplaire
Witch World: The Turning: 1. Storms of Victory; 2. Flight of Vengence; 3. On Wings of Magic (1992) 1 exemplaire
Noble Warrior Meets with a Ghost [short story] 1 exemplaire
Island of the lost 1 exemplaire
Andre Norton Audio Book Collection 1 exemplaire
Changeling [short story] 1 exemplaire
Nightmare [short story] 1 exemplaire
Urania 1156 - LIMBO 1 exemplaire
The stars are ours! 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Princess and the Goblin (Collins Seagull Library) (1872) — Postface, quelques éditions — 5,427 exemplaires
The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur (1989) — Contributeur — 301 exemplaires
The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin: A Library… (2018) — Contributeur — 230 exemplaires
Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy, Volume 12: Faeries (1991) — Contributeur — 207 exemplaires
New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow (1994) — Contributeur — 61 exemplaires
Sisters of Sorcery: Two Centuries of Witchcraft Stories by the Gentle Sex (1976) — Contributeur — 30 exemplaires
The Magic of Christmas: Holiday Stories of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1992) — Auteur — 25 exemplaires
Zoo 2000: Twelve Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy Beasts (1973) — Contributeur — 24 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Norton, Andre Alice
- Autres noms
- North, Andrew
Weston, Allen
Norton, Alice Mary (birth) - Date de naissance
- 1912-02-17
- Date de décès
- 2005-03-17
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
- Cause du décès
- congestive heart failure
- Lieux de résidence
- Ohio, USA
Maryland, USA
Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA - Études
- Western Reserve University (Flora Stone Mather College)
- Professions
- librarian
bookshop manager
editor
science fiction writer - Organisations
- Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - Prix et distinctions
- Gandalf Award (Grand Master, 1977)
Ohioana Book Award (Juvenile Literature, for her body of work, 1980)
World Fantasy Nominee (Lifetime Achievement, 1981)
World Fantasy Nominee (Lifetime Achievement, 1982)
SFWA Grand Master (1983)
E.E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (1983) (tout afficher 9)
SF Hall Of Fame (Living Inductee, 1997)
World Fantasy (Lifetime Achievement, 1998)
P.E.A.R.L. (Career Achievement, 2007) - Agent
- Russell Galen (Scovil-Chichak-Galen Literary Agency)
Membres
Discussions
Which Andre Norton book? à Book talk (Février 5)
Children's science fiction book: forgotten title & author à Name that Book (Décembre 2018)
domed city, YA-kid's novel, at least 30years ago à Name that Book (Novembre 2015)
YA post-apocalyptic sci-fi, living in a walled city with "breather" machines à Name that Book (Octobre 2015)
YA fantasy: Siblings and Magic Mailbox à Name that Book (Mai 2012)
Recommend me something by Andre Norton à FantasyFans (Juillet 2011)
Children's ghost story/mystery/time travel, 60s-70s à Name that Book (Septembre 2010)
Children's book with a flying horese and giant knives and forks! à Name that Book (Mars 2009)
Critiques
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Witchy Fiction (1)
Faerie Mythology (1)
Books Read in 2016 (18)
Books Read in 2021 (12)
Books Read in 2019 (10)
Elevenses (2)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 387
- Aussi par
- 79
- Membres
- 68,028
- Popularité
- #197
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 711
- ISBN
- 1,845
- Langues
- 15
- Favoris
- 137
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