2 ITEMS
Susan O'Fearna
Ardath Frances Hurst Mayhar (born 1930, died 2012) began her writing career as a poet when she was nineteen. She began writing science fiction in 1979 after returning with her family to Texas from Oregon. She was nominated for the Mark Twain Award, and won the Balrog Award for a horror narrative poem in Masques I. Nominated for the Nebula for her post-apocalyptic The World Ends In Hickory Hollow, she has had numerous other nominations for awards in almost every fiction genre and has won many awards for poetry. In 2008 she was honored by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America as their Author Emeritus.[1]
Mayhar has written over 60 books ranging from science fiction to horror to young adult to historical to westerns; with some work under the pseudonyms Frank Cannon, Frances Hurst, and John Killdeer.[2][3]
Joe R. Lansdale says simply, "Ardath Mayhar writes damn fine books!"[4]
Mayhar
also owned and operated The
View From Orbit Bookstore in Nacogdoches,
Texas, with her husband Joe until his death in the 1998.[2] She has since sold the
bookstore, which served the students of Stephen
F. Austin State University and
people in the East Texas area, providing a wide variety of books and
literature as well as Joe's computer services that would otherwise have
been unavailable to this region. Until her health prevented it,
Mayhar's reputation was such that she still spoke regularly in the
area, drawing large crowds whenever she taught and spoke
2)
(not so sad!) Charles de Lint's Eyes Like Leaves to be
re-issued in paperback
I've included some of Ardath's artwork and the lovely artwork for the Eyes
Like Leaves cover.
Thanks,
Susan
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