Norilana Books is an independent publishing company, founded in August 2006 and based in the United States. It is operated and owned by

Vera Nazarian Vera Nazarian (born 1966 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is an Armenian-Russian (by ethnicity) American writer of fantasy, science fiction and other "wonder fiction" including Mythpunk, an artist, and the publisher of Norilana Books. She is a member of ...

. Norilana publishes reprints of previously published Science Fiction and Fantasy works, including the novels of Modean Moon. More recently, Norilana has been publishing several series of original anthologies, including ''Clockwork Phoenix'', edited by Mike Allen, ''Warrior Wisewoman'', edited by Roby James, and ''Lace and Blade'' edited by

Deborah J. Ross Deborah J. Ross (also known as, Deborah Wheeler; born April 1947), is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Biography Deborah Jean Ross was born in April 1947 and grew up in California. She attended Portland State University, graduat ...

. The company was selected to continue the publication of

Marion Zimmer Bradley Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley (June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was an American author of fantasy, historical fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels, and is best known for the Arthurian fiction novel ''The Mists of Avalon'' an ...

's ''

Sword and Sorceress The ''Sword and Sorceress'' series is a series of fantasy anthologies originally edited by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, and originally published by DAW Books. As she explained in the foreword to the first volume, she created the anthol ...

'' series of short story anthologies, edited by

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. Norilana Books also publishes

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under the ''Norilana Books Classics'' imprint and works of

genre fiction Genre fiction, also known as popular fiction, is a term used in the book-trade for fictional works written with the intent of fitting into a specific literary genre, in order to appeal to readers and fans already familiar with that genre. A num ...

including young adult fantasy under the ''YA Angst'' imprint. Other imprints include: ''Curiosities'', ''Leda'', and ''TaLeKa'', which is dedicated to author

Tanith Lee Tanith Lee (19 September 1947 – 24 May 2015) was a British science fiction and fantasy writer. She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and was the winner of multiple World Fantasy Society Derleth Awards, the World Fantasy Lifetime ...

Books published by Norilana

*Mike Allen, ''Clockwork Phoenix'', 2008 *Mike Allen, ''Clockwork Phoenix 2'', 2009. Stories from ''Clockwork Phoenix 2'' were nominated for the

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 ...

and the WSFA Small Press Award. *

Eugie Foster Eugie Foster (December 30, 1971 – September 27, 2014) was an American short story writer, columnist, and editor. Her stories were published in a number of magazines and book anthologies, including '' Fantasy Magazine'', ''Realms of Fantasy'', ' ...

, ''Returning My Sister's Face'', 2009 * John Grant, ''Leaving Fortusa'', 2008 *Roby James, ''Warrior Wisewoman'', 2008 *Roby James, ''Warrior Wisewoman 2'', 2009 *Roby James, ''Warrior Wisewoman 3'', 2010 *

, ''Sounds and Furies'', 2010 * William Sanders, ''East of the Sun & West of Fort Smith'', 2008 *

Sherwood Smith Sherwood Smith (born 1951) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer for young adult literature, young adults and adults. Smith is a Nebula Award finalist and a longtime writing group organizer and participant. Smith's works include t ...

, ''A Posse of Princesses'', 2008 *

, ''A Stranger to Command'', 2008 *

Catherynne M. Valente Catherynne M. Valente (born May 5, 1979) is an American fiction writer, poet, and literary critic. For her speculative fiction novels she has won the annual James Tiptree, Andre Norton, and Mythopoeic Fantasy awards. Her short fiction has a ...

, ''Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects'', 2008 *

, ''Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword & Sorceress XXII'', 2007 *

, ''Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword & Sorceress XXIII'', 2008 *

, ''Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword & Sorceress XXIV'', 2009

References

External links

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, EssentialWriters.com, November 16, 2009. * Horton, Rich,
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