R.A. MacAvoy

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December 13, 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio, The United States

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female

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Roberta Ann (R. A.) MacAvoy is a fantasy and science fiction author in the United States. Several of her books draw on Celtic or Taoist themes. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1984. R. A. MacAvoy was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Francis and Helen MacAvoy. She attended Case Western Reserve University and received a B.A. in 1971. She worked from 1975 to 1978 as an assistant to the financial aid officer of Columbia College of Columbia University and from 1978 to 1982 as a computer programmer at SRI International before turning to full-time writing in 1982. She married Ronald Allen Cain in 1978.

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Books by R.A. MacAvoy

Average rating: 3.82 · 2,892 ratings · 201 reviews · 14 distinct works

	Tea with the Black Dragon 4.02 avg rating — 847 ratings — published 1983 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Damiano (Damiano, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 1984 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Book of Kells 3.82 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Raphael (Damiano, #3) 3.59 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 1984 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Damiano's Lute (Damiano, #2) 3.64 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 1984 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Grey Horse 3.83 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Twisting The Rope 3.68 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 1986 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Lens of the World (Lens of the World, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1990 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Belly of the Wolf (Lens of the World, #3) 3.85 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions	My rating:
	King of the Dead (Lens of the World, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1991 — 7 editions	My rating:

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Series by R.A. MacAvoy

Black Dragon (2 books)
by R.A. MacAvoy

3.96 avg rating — 1,019 ratings

Damiano (4 books)
by R.A. MacAvoy

3.67 avg rating — 772 ratings

Lens of the World (3 books)
by R.A. MacAvoy

3.89 avg rating — 245 ratings

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DECEMBER FANTASY: This first round poll decides which 2 books move on to the run-off poll for our December Fantasy Book of the Month

Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay

19 votes, 27.9%

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

15 votes, 22.1%

Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

15 votes, 22.1%

Tea with the Black Dragon by R.A. MacAvoy

7 votes, 10.3%

The Native Star by M.K. Hobson

4 votes, 5.9%

The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip

3 votes, 4.4%

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

3 votes, 4.4%

The Third Bear by Jeff VanderMeer

1 vote, 1.5%

Shadowbred by Paul S. Kemp

1 vote, 1.5%

68 total votes

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