Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (born March 23, 1947) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy and Registered Nurse who lives in

Port Townsend, Washington Port Townsend is a city on the Quimper Peninsula in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,148 at the 2020 United States Census. It is the county seat and only incorporated city of Jefferson County. In addition to ...

. She has published over 40 novels, as well as collaborating with

Anne McCaffrey Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American-Irish writer known for the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, ''Weyr Search'', 19 ...

on multiple series.

Biography

Elizabeth Ann Scarborough grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. She was earned a RN from Bethany Hospital School of Nursing in 1968. She was a practicing nurse for well over a decade, including 5 years as an RN in the US Army, one year of which she served in Vietnam during the eponymous war. Her writing career began in 1982 with the publication of her first novel, following which she entered the University of Alaska, earning a BA Magna Cum Laude in 1987. She is still an active novelist publishing at least one novel in every year after 1986, except for 1990, 2011, 2013, and 2014 (in which she published short story collections instead). She now publishes the bulk of her independent work through Gypsy Shadow Publishers.

Awards

Scarborough won a

Nebula Award The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), a nonprofit association of profe ...

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

for her novel '' The Healer's War''

Works

Non-fiction

*"The Dragon Lady's Songs", from Dragonwriter, 2013 *"Nursing Our Wounds", from Health Progress, 2016

Collaborations with Anne McCaffrey

* '' The Acorna Series'', 1999-2007 * ''Petaybee Series'', 1993-2008

Argonia/Songs from the Seashell Archives Quintet

*Vol. 1: ''Song of Sorcery'', 1982 *Vol. 2: ''The Unicorn Creed'', 1983 *Vol. 3: '' Bronwyn's Bane'', 1983 *Vol. 4: ''The Christening Quest'', 1985 *Vol. 5: ''The Dragon, the Witch and the Railroad'', 2015 *Vol. 6: ''The Redundant Dragons'', 2019

Drastic Dragon series

*Vol. 1: ''The Drastic Dragon of Draco, Texas'', 1986 *Vol. 2: ''The Goldcamp Vampire'', 1987

The Songkiller Saga

*Vol. 1: ''Phantom Banjo'', 1991 *Vol. 2: ''Picking the Ballad’s Bones'', 1991 *Vol. 3: ''Strum Again?'', 1992

Nothing Sacred series

*Vol. 1: ''Nothing Sacred'', 1991 *Vol. 2: ''Last Refuge'', 1992

Godmother series

*Vol. 1: ''The Godmother'', 1994 *Vol. 2: ''The Godmother’s Apprentice'', 1995 *Vol. 3: ''The Godmother’s Web'', 1998

Cleopatra series

*Vol. 1: ''Channeling Cleopatra'', 2002 *Vol. 2: ''Cleopatra 7.2'', 2004

Spam the Cat series

*Vol. 1 ''Spam Vs the Vampire'', 2011 *Vol. 2 ''Father Christmas or Spam the Cat's First Christmas'' *Vol. 3 ''The Tour Bus of Doom or Spam and the Zombie Apocalyps-o''

Standalone novels

*''The Harem of Aman Akbar'', 1984 *'' The Healer's War'', 1988 (

Nebula Award for Best Novel The Nebula Award for Best Novel is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy novels. A work of fiction is considered a novel by the organization if it is 40,000 words or longer; a ...

1989) *''Carol for Another Christmas'', 1996 *''The Lady in the Loch'', 1998

Anthologies

*''Space Opera'', with

, 1996 *''Warrior Princesses'', with

Martin H. Greenberg Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ov ...

, 1998 *''Past Lives, Present Tense'', 1999 *''Vampire Slayers: Stories of Those Who Dare to Take Back the Night'', with

, 1999

Collections

*"Shifty", 2013 *"Nine Tails O' Cats", 2011 *"Scarborough Fair and Other Stories", 2003 *"Introduction" *"The Mummies of the Motorway", 2001 *"Final Vows", 1998 *"Whirlwinds", 1998 *"Worse Than the Curse", 2000 *"Boon Companion", 2002 *"Long Time Coming Home", with Rick Reaser, 2002 *"Mu Mao and the Court Oracle", 2001 *"Don’t Go Out in Holy Underwear or Victoria’s Secret or Space Panties!!!", 1996 *"The Invisible Woman’s Clever Disguise", 2000 *"A Rare Breed", 1995 *"Scarborough Fair", 1996

Other short fiction

*"Milk from a Maiden's Breast", 1987 *"Wolf From the Door", 1988 *"The Elephant In-Law", 1988 *"The Camelot connection", 1988 *"Bastet's Blessing", 1989 *"The Castle's Haunted Parking Lot", 1991 *"The Queen's Cat's Tale", 1991 *"The Dragon of Tollin", 1992 *"Candy's Wonder Cure", 1993 *"The Cat-Quest of Mu Mao the Magnificent", 1994 *"Jean-Pierre and the Gator-Maid", 1994 *"The Stone of War and the Nightingale's Egg", 1995 *"First Communion", 1995 *"Born Again", 1996 *"The Snake Charm *"The Attack of the Avenging Virgins", 1998 *"Debriefing the Warrior/Princess", 1998 *"The Fatal Wager", 1998 *"Final Vows", 1998 *"Worse Than The Curse", 2000 *"The Mummies of the Motorway", 2001 *"Jewels Beyond Price", 2005 *"Spam and the Sasquatch", 2015 *"Spam, the Spooks, and the UPS Bandit" 2015

References

External links

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at the

Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, ...

, archived March 2016 * *
Interview with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough and Anne McCaffrey
about co-authoring two books, ''A DISCUSSION WITH National Authors on Tour'' TV Series, Episode #105 (1994) {{DEFAULTSORT:Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann 1947 births Living people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists Anne McCaffrey American fantasy writers United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War American female military personnel of the Vietnam War American science fiction writers American women short story writers American women novelists Nebula Award winners Women science fiction and fantasy writers Writers from Port Townsend, Washington 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers Writers from Kansas City, Kansas 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American short story writers Novelists from Kansas Novelists from Washington (state) United States Army soldiers Women in the United States Army