Esther M. Friesner

Esther M. Friesner (variant name Esther Mona Friesner-Stutzman) is an American SF writer best known for her comedic writing, including the edited series of anthologies "Chicks in Chainmail". She has also written a serious duology, The Psalms of Herod and The Sword of Mary, which depict a grim dystopic theocracy.

Works

• Harlot's Ruse (1986)
• The Silver Mountain (1986)
• Druid's Blood (1988)
• It's Been Fun (1991)
• Ecce Hominid (1991)
• Yesterday We Saw Mermaids (1992)
• The Wishing Season (1993)
• Split Heirs (1993) (with Lawrence Watt-Evans)
• The Sherwood Game (1994)
• Child of the Eagle (1996)
• E.Godz (2003) (with Robert Asprin)
• Nobody's Princess (2007) (Helen of Troy)

The Sword of Mary duology

• The Psalms of Herod (1995)
• The Sword of Mary (1996)

Majyk

• Majyk by Accident (1993)
• Majyk by Hook or Crook (1993)
• Majyk by Design (1994)

Tim Desmond

• Gnome Man's Land (1991)
• Harpy High (1991)
• Unicorn U (1992)

Demon

• Here Be Demons (1988)
• Demon Blues (1989)
• Hooray for Hellywood (1990)

New York

• New York by Knight (1986)
• Elf Defense (1988)
• Sphynxes Wild (1989)

Twelve Kingdoms

• Mustapha and His Wise Dog (1985)
• Spells of Mortal Weaving (1986)
• The Witchwood Cradle (1987)
• The Water King's Laughter (1989)

Edited collections

• Editor, Up the Wall And Other Stories (1999)
• Editor, Death and the Librarian and Other Stories (2002)
• Editor, Chicks in Chainmail (1995)
• Editor, Did You Say Chicks?! (1998)
• Editor, Chicks 'n Chained Males (1999)
• Editor, The Chick Is in the Mail (2000)
• Editor, Turn the Other Chick (2004)

Short stories

• "Death and the Librarian" (1995)
• "A Birthday"
• "Ecce Hominid" (Short Story Paperback #6; Pulphouse Publishing, Eugene, OR)

References

• http://www.sff.net/people/e.friesner/ Friesner's Homepage
• Esther M. Friesner at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database