Andre Norton (1912–2005)
Autor(a) de The Elvenbane
About the Author
Born Alice Mary Norton on February 17, 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio, she legally changed her name to Andre Alice Norton in 1934. She attended the Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve) for a year then took evening courses in journalism and writing that were mostrar mais offered by Cleveland College, the adult division of the same university. Norton was a librarian for the Cleveland Library System then a reader at Gnome Press. After that position, she became a full-time writer. She is most noted for writing fantasy, in particular the Witch World series. Her first book The Prince of Commands was published in 1934. Other titles include Ralestone Luck, Magic in Ithkar, Voorloper, Uncharted Stars, The Gifts of Asti and All Cats are Gray. She also wrote under the pen names Andre Norton, Andrew North and Allen Weston She was the first woman to receive the Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy and the Nebula Grand Master Award. She has also received a Phoenix Award for overall writing achievement, a Jules Verne Award, and a Science Fiction Book Club Book of the Year Award for her title The Elvenbane. In 1997 she was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. She died on March 17, 2005. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Andre Norton
Tales from High Hallack: The Collected Short Stories of Andre Norton, Volume One (2013) 75 exemplares
Tales from High Hallack: The Collected Short Stories of Andre Norton, Volume Two (2014) 55 exemplares
Tales from High Hallack: The Collected Short Stories of Andre Norton, Volume Three (2014) 41 exemplares
Secret of the Lost Race / One Against Herculum (Vintage Ace Double D-381) (1959) — Autor — 39 exemplares
Mankind on the Run / The Crossroads of Time (Classic Ace Double D-164) (1956) — Autor — 34 exemplares
Follow the drum, being the ventures and misadventures of one Johanna Lovell, sometime lady of Catkept Manor in Kent… (1942) 32 exemplares
The Five Senses Set: Mirror of Destiny, The Scent of Magic, and Wind in the Stone (2017) 31 exemplares
The Magic Sequence Volume Two: Dragon Magic, Lavender-Green Magic, and Red Hart Magic (2018) 13 exemplares
Die Leute von Santaroga, Das große Abenteuer des Mutanten (Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen) (1991) 6 exemplares
The Long Night of Waiting [short story] 6 exemplares
Wizard's World [short story] 5 exemplares
The Stars are Ours (Pax/Astra, #1) 5 exemplares
Mousetrap [short story] 4 exemplares
Time Traders (Time Traders/Ross Murdock, #1-2) 4 exemplares
The Outling 4 exemplares
The Andre Norton Omnibus 3 exemplares
Long Live Lord Kor! [short story] 3 exemplares
Superkat en andere fantastische kattenverhalen 3 exemplares
Ritorno a Estcarp 2 exemplares
Earthborne 2 exemplares
Short Science Fiction Collection 019 2 exemplares
Teddi [short story] 2 exemplares
Korona z jelenich rogów 2 exemplares
Sand Sister [short story] 2 exemplares
Time Traders, and Other Works 2 exemplares
Nine Threads of Gold {short story} 2 exemplares
The Way Wind 2 exemplares
Through the ice 1 exemplar
Long Night of Waiting and Other Stories 1 exemplar
Short Science Fiction Collection 048 1 exemplar
Scarface r 1 exemplar
Lost Lands of the Witch World 1 exemplar
L'ALTRA FACCIA DEL PASSATO 1 exemplar
Epic Sci-Fi Odyssey: A Premium Collection of Classic Science Fiction Novellas and Short Stories 1 exemplar
O Castigo dos Yurth 1 exemplar
Cat Fantastic III 1 exemplar
An Interview With Andre Norton 1 exemplar
" Koldovskoĭ mir v 5-i tomakh". 1 exemplar
Exils of the Stars 1 exemplar
Four From the Witchworld 1 exemplar
Operation Timesearch 1 exemplar
Sorceress of the Witxh World 1 exemplar
Witch World Set (includes First 10 Books!!) 1 exemplar
Set in Stone 1 exemplar
The Trillium Quartet: Blood Trillium; Lady of the Trillium; Golden Trillium; Black Trillium (1996) 1 exemplar
Procession to Var 1 exemplar
Na skrzydłach magii 1 exemplar
Huge Collection of Science Fiction 1 exemplar
Noble Warrior [short story] 1 exemplar
Web of the Witch World G716 :Witch Wor 2 1 exemplar
Dragon MAster 1 exemplar
The Beast Mage 1 exemplar
Desirable Lakeside Residence {short story} 1 exemplar
Sow's Ear—silk Purse 1 exemplar
London Bridge [short story] 1 exemplar
The Worlds of Andre Norton 1 exemplar
Get Out of My Dream [short story] 1 exemplar
Nightmare [short story] 1 exemplar
Through The Needle's Eye 1 exemplar
Changeling [short story] 1 exemplar
One Spell Wizard 1 exemplar
By a Hair [short story] 1 exemplar
Gray Mare's Colts, The 1 exemplar
Forerunners: The Second Venture 1 exemplar
Władca Gromu 1 exemplar
Witch World: The Turning: 1. Storms of Victory; 2. Flight of Vengence; 3. On Wings of Magic (1992) 1 exemplar
Island of the lost 1 exemplar
Andre Norton Audio Book Collection 1 exemplar
Urania 1156 - LIMBO 1 exemplar
The Best Works of Andre Norton (12) 1 exemplar
Sargasso of Space [abridged] — Autor — 1 exemplar
Hob's Pot [short story] 1 exemplar
Plague Ship and Other Works 1 exemplar
Limbo 1 exemplar
Nr. 527. Hetzjagd der Zeitgardisten 1 exemplar
Nr. 526. Hetzjagd der Zeitgardisten 1 exemplar
Witch World Series 1 exemplar
The stars are ours! 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur (1989) — Contribuidor — 302 exemplares
The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin: A Library… (2018) — Contribuidor — 229 exemplares
New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow (1994) — Contribuidor — 62 exemplares
Sisters of Sorcery: Two Centuries of Witchcraft Stories by the Gentle Sex (1976) — Contribuidor — 30 exemplares
Zoo 2000: Twelve Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy Beasts (1973) — Contribuidor — 24 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Norton, Andre Alice
- Outros nomes
- North, Andrew
Weston, Allen
Norton, Alice Mary (birth) - Data de nascimento
- 1912-02-17
- Data de falecimento
- 2005-03-17
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
- Causa da morte
- congestive heart failure
- Locais de residência
- Ohio, USA
Maryland, USA
Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA - Educação
- Western Reserve University (Flora Stone Mather College)
- Ocupações
- librarian
bookshop manager
editor
science fiction writer - Organizações
- Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Gandalf Award (Grand Master, 1977)
Ohioana Book Award (Juvenile Literature, for her body of work, 1980)
World Fantasy Nominee (Lifetime Achievement, 1981)
World Fantasy Nominee (Lifetime Achievement, 1982)
SFWA Grand Master (1983)
E.E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (1983) (mostrar todos 9)
SF Hall Of Fame (Living Inductee, 1997)
World Fantasy (Lifetime Achievement, 1998)
P.E.A.R.L. (Career Achievement, 2007) - Agente
- Russell Galen (Scovil-Chichak-Galen Literary Agency)
Membros
Discussions
Which Andre Norton book? em Book talk (Fevereiro 5)
Children's science fiction book: forgotten title & author em Name that Book (Dezembro 2018)
domed city, YA-kid's novel, at least 30years ago em Name that Book (Novembro 2015)
YA post-apocalyptic sci-fi, living in a walled city with "breather" machines em Name that Book (Outubro 2015)
YA fantasy: Siblings and Magic Mailbox em Name that Book (Maio 2012)
Recommend me something by Andre Norton em FantasyFans (Julho 2011)
Children's ghost story/mystery/time travel, 60s-70s em Name that Book (Setembro 2010)
Children's book with a flying horese and giant knives and forks! em Name that Book (Março 2009)
Críticas
Listas
Books Read in 2013 (40)
Cats in Fiction (1)
Witchy Fiction (1)
Faerie Mythology (1)
Books Read in 2016 (18)
Books Read in 2021 (12)
Books Read in 2019 (10)
Elevenses (2)
al.vick-series (2)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 389
- Also by
- 79
- Membros
- 68,246
- Popularidade
- #196
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 712
- ISBN
- 1,845
- Línguas
- 15
- Marcado como favorito
- 137