Laurie J. Marks
Laurie J. Marks is a writer; she has published six novels, and was a WisCon 31 Guest of Honor in 2007. She has also won the Gaylactic Spectrum Award for best novel, and been short-listed for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award.
Biography
Laurie J. Marks on herself, circa 2000:
Laurie J. Marks is a transplanted third-generation Californian now living in Massachusetts with her beloved, Deb Mensinger, her cat Evil Demon, and her dog, Kendall-of-the-back-yard. Her father comes from a long line of pioneers, eccentrics, artists, and unconventional women. Her mother's family were German peasants who immigrated to Chicago in the 1870's because when news of the Chicago Fire reached Germany, their first thought was that maybe they too could someday be cow-owners, like Mrs. O'Leary.
Laurie has been writing since she learned the alphabet, and, seriously influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, finished her first fantasy novel at age twelve. Like many writers, she has made up her life as she went along, and after graduating from Brown University, for fifteen years she worked at various unlikely and disreputable jobs to support her writing habit until, at age 37, she decided she needed to have a career after all. She was awarded an MA in English with a concentration in writing by Northeastern University in 1996 and is now teaching writing at two universities in Boston. Her fifth fantasy novel, Dancing Jack (1993) was short-listed for the James A. Tiptree Award. Her sixth fantasy novel, Fire Logic, was published by Tor in May 2002. Laurie is a member of a writer's group known informally as "the Genrettes," the members of which all write genre fiction and dye their hair red.
Bibliography
Children of Triad Series
- Delan the Mislaid (1989) (Book 1)
- The Moonbane Mage (1990) (Book 2)
- Ara's Field (1991) (Book 3)
- The Watcher's Mask (1992)
- Dancing Jack (1993) (1993 James Tiptree, Jr. Award short list)
Elemental Logic Series
- Fire Logic (2002) (Book 1), Tor Books
- Earth Logic (2004) (Book 2), Tor Books
- Water Logic ( 2007) (Book 3), Small Beer Publications
- Air Logic (forthcoming forthcoming) (Book 4)
- "How the Ocean Loved Margie by Laurie J. Marks, in the Journal of Mythic Arts (Summer 2004)