Alfred Angelo Attanasio, born on September 20, 1951, in

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and science fiction. His science fiction novel ''

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'', winner of the French literary award, the Prix Cosmos 2000, was also nominated for the 1981

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for Best Novel. Three more novels followed, ''In Other Worlds'', ''Arc of the Dream'', and ''The Last Legends of Earth''; the four books, together, comprising the critically acclaimed

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. His other novels include historical fiction (''Wyvern'' and ''Kingdom of the Grail: Servant of Birds''), Arthurian epics (''The Perilous Order''), paranormal romance (''The Moon’s Wife''), fantasy (''The Dominions of Irth''), a Paleolithic saga (''Hunting the Ghost Dancer''), crime drama (''Silent''), science fiction (''Solis'', ''Centuries''), Wiccan adventure (''Killing with the Edge of the Moon''), and Young Adult novels (''The Conjure Book'' and ''Brave Tails''). He has published three collections of short fiction: ''Beastmarks'', ''Twice Dead Things'', and ''Demons Hide Their Faces''. He also writes under the name Adam Lee.

Bibliography (full-length works)

Novels

*''Wyvern'' (1988) *''Hunting the Ghost Dancer'' (1991) *''Kingdom of the Grail'' (1992) *''The Moon's Wife: A Hystery'' (1993) *''Solis'' (1994) *''Silent'' (1996) (with Robert S. Henderson) *''Centuries'' (1997) *''Hellbound'' (2001) (part of

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series of books) *''Killing with the Edge of the Moon'' (2006) *''The Conjure Book'' (2007) *''Brave Tails: The Moon's Prophecy'' (2009) (writing as Jonathan Sparrow)

Radix Tetrad

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'' (1981) *''

In Other Worlds ''In Other Worlds'' is a 1985 novel by American writer A. A. Attanasio, the second in his Radix Tetrad. It contains humans, zōtl, Rimstalkers, other spatial dimensions, and time-travel/temporal distortion as do other novels in the Radix ser ...

'' (1984) *''Arc of the Dream'' (1986) *''

The Last Legends of Earth ''The Last Legends of Earth'' is a 1989 science fiction novel by A. A. Attanasio, the fourth and final novel in his Radix Tetrad series. It contains the continuing story of the conflict between the humans, zōtl, Rimstalkers, other spatial dime ...

'' (1989)

Arthur series

*''The Dragon and the Unicorn'' (1994) *''The Eagle and the Sword'' (1997), published in the UK as '' Arthor'' (1995) *''The Wolf and the Crown'', published in the UK as ''The Perilous Order: Warriors of the Round Table'' (1998) *''The Serpent and the Grail'' (1999)

Dominions of Irth (writing as Adam Lee)

*''The Dark Shore'' (1996) *''The Shadow Eater'' (1998) *''Octoberland'' (1998)

Bibliography (short works)

Anthologies containing his short works

*''New Worlds 6'' (1974) *''Nameless Places'' (1975) *''Epoch'' (1975) *''New Dimensions 7'' (1977) *''

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'' (1980) *''The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 12'' (1986) *'' Made in Goatswood'' (1995) *'' The Disciples of Cthulhu'' (1996) *''The Best of Crank!'' (1998) *''The Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams'' (1998) *''Measures of Poison'' (2002) *''Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy'' (2004) *''Horrors Beyond 2'' (2007)

Essays

*"The Arts: Books" (1983) *"In Responsibilities Begin Dreams" (1986) *"Nude in the Garb Age" (1989) *"The Crow Theory" (1998)

Novellas/Novelettes

*"The Star Pools" (1980) *"Remains of Adam" (1994)

Short stories

*"Beowulf and the Supernatural" (1971) *"Elder Sign" (1972) *"Fungi" (1972) *"Loup-Garou" (1973) *"Once More, the Dream" (1974) *"Interface" (1975) *"Glimpses" (1975) *"The Blood's Horizon" (1977) *"The Answerer of Dreams" (1984) *"The Last Dragon Master" (1984) *"Matter Mutter Mother" (1984) *"Monkey Puzzle" (1984) *"Nuclear Tan" (1984) *"Over the Rainbow" (1984) *"Sherlock Holmes and Basho" (1984) *"Atlantis Rose" (1989) *"Ink from the New Moon" (1992) (see

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) *"Maps for the Spiders" (1992) *"Wax Me Mind" (1993) *"The Dark One: A Mythograph" (1994) *"A Priestess of Nodens" (1995) *"Wolves" (1997) *"Death's Head Moon" (2002) *"Zero's Twin" (2004) *"Demons Hide Their Faces" (2004) *"Investigations of the Fractal Blood Soul" (2005) *"Telefunken Remix" (2006) *"Fractal Freaks" (2007) *"Lancelot du Lac" (2019) *"Shadow Holds the Shape" (2019) *"A Study in Lost Light" (2021)

Short story collections

*''Beastmarks'' (1984) *''Twice Dead Things'' (2006) *''Demons Hide Their Faces'' (2006)

Awards

, Best Novel nominee, 1982 (''Radix'') *

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, Best Novel, 1984 ("Radix") *

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, Best Novel nominee, 1992 (''Hunting the Ghost Dancer'') *

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, Best Novel nominee, 1995 (''Arthor'')

References

Bibliography

*"A(lfred) A(ngelo) Attanasio" in ''Contemporary Authors Online''. The Gale Group, 2001. Entry updated May 4, 2001

External links

A. A. Attanasio – Official Website
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