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Marion Zimmer Bradley

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Marion Zimmer Bradley


Born
in Albany, New York, The United States
June 03, 1930

Died
September 25, 1999

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Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley was an American author of fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series, often with a feminist outlook.

Bradley's first published novel-length work was Falcons of Narabedla, first published in the May 1957 issue of Other Worlds. When she was a child, Bradley stated that she enjoyed reading adventure fantasy authors such as Henry Kuttner, Edmond Hamilton, and Leigh Brackett, especially when they wrote about "the glint of strange suns on worlds that never were and never would be." Her first novel and much of her subsequent work show their influence strongly.

Early in her career, writing as Morgan Ives, Miriam Gardner, John Dexter, and Lee Chapman, Marion Zimmer Bradley produced several works ou
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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon...

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The Forest House (Avalon, #2)

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Lady of Avalon (Avalon, #3)

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The Firebrand

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The High Queen (The Mists o...

4.14 avg rating — 6,533 ratings — published 1982 — 39 editions
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Darkover Landfall

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The King Stag  (The Mists o...

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The Prisoner in the Oak (Th...

4.16 avg rating — 4,871 ratings — published 1982 — 38 editions
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Le nebbie di Avalon. Parte ... The Mists of Avalon Lady of Avalon Priestess of Avalon
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“Remain true to yourself, child. If you know your own heart, you will always have one friend who does not lie.”
Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Forest House

“The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.”
Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Fall of Atlantis

“I know all about endings. It is beginnings that elude me.”
Marion Zimmer Bradley, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalon

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