Lisa Goldstein (born Elizabeth Joy Goldstein on November 21, 1953) is an American

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writer whose work has been nominated for

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, and

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s. Her 1982 novel '' The Red Magician'' won a

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in the one-year category Original Paperback"National Book Awards – 1983"

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. Retrieved 2012-03-08. and was praised by Philip K. Dick shortly before his death. Her 2011 novel, ''

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'', won the 2012 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, and her short story, "Paradise Is a Walled Garden," won the 2011

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for Best Short-Form Alternate History.

Biography

Goldstein's father was Heinz Jurgen "Harry" Goldstein (born June 8, 1922 in

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, Germany; died May 24, 1974 in

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), a survivor of

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; her mother, Miriam Roth (born April 8, 1922 in

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; died October 12, 2011 in

), survived the

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. Her parents came to the United States in 1947 and met in an

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class. She has written two

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novels, ''Daughter of Exile'' and ''The Divided Crown'', under the

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"Isabel Glass". Her publisher recommended a

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because they differ so much from her other work. "Isabel" is from

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standard for pseudonyms, short surnames in the first half of the alphabet. She married Douglas A. Asherman in 1986, and lives in

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Bibliography

Novels

* '' The Red Magician'' (1982) * ''The Dream Years'' (1985) * ''A Mask for the General'' (1987) * ''Tourists'' (1989) * ''Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon'' (1993) * ''Summer King, Winter Fool'' (1994) * ''Walking the Labyrinth'' (1996) * ''Dark Cities Underground'' (1999) * ''The Alchemist's Door'' (2002) * ''Daughter of Exile'' (as Isabel Glass; 2004) * ''The Divided Crown'' (illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft) (as Isabel Glass; 2005) * ''

'' (2011) * ''Weighing Shadows'' (2015) *''Ivory'' ''Apples'' (2019)

Collections

* ''Daily Voices'' (1989) * ''Travellers in Magic'' (1994)

Awards

(1983) for ''The Red Magician'' *

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(2011) for "Paradise is a Walled Garden" * Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (2012) for ''Uncertain Places''"Mythopoeic Awards – 2012"

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. Retrieved 2014-02-06.

Nominations

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer The ''Astounding'' Award for Best New Writer (formerly the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer) is given annually to the best new writer whose first professional work of science fiction or fantasy was published within the two previous ...

finalist (1983) for ''The Red Magician'' * John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer finalist (1984) for ''The Red Magician'' *

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nominee (1986) for ''The Dream Years'' *

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nominee (1988) for "Cassandra's Photographs" *

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nominee (1988) for "Cassandra's Photographs" *

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nominee (1990) for ''A Mask for the General'' *

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nominee (1993) for "Alfred" * Nebula Award for Best Short Story nominee (1994) for "Alfred" *

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nominee (1995) for ''Travellers In Magic'' * Nebula Award for Best Short Story nominee (1996) for "The Narcissus Plague" * World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story nominee (1998) for "Fortune and Misfortune" * Nebula Award for Best Short Story nominee (1999) for "Fortune and Misfortune" * Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature nominee (2000) for ''Dark Cities Underground'' *

Nebula Award for Best Novelette The Nebula Award for Best Novelette is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) to a science fiction or fantasy Novella#Versus novelette, novelette. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novele ...

nominee (2009) for "Dark Rooms"

References

External links

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Interview: Lisa Goldstein
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Lori Ann White
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2012 Mythopoeic Awards

2011 Sidewise Awards

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