Jane Fletcher (writer)

Jane Fletcher (born August 1956)^[1] is an English writer of lesbian speculative fiction. Her The Walls of Westenfort won the Golden Crown Literary Society's 2005 "Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror / Paranormal / Speculative" award,^[2] and her The Empress and the Acolyte won its 2007 Speculative Fiction award.^[3] In 2009, she received The Alice B Readers Award for career achievement.^[4]

Her Temple Landfall was shortlisted for the Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror category of the 18th Lambda Literary Awards in 2006,^[5] and her Wolfsbane Winter was shortlisted for the same category of the 23rd Lambda Literary Awards in 2011.^[6] Her Lorimal's Chalice was shortlisted for the 2003 Gaylactic Spectrum Award winners and nominees for best novel.^[7]

Early life and education[]

Fletcher grew up in south east London, and has a degree in Physics (1980) from the University of Surrey.^[1]

Selected publications[]

The Celeano series[]

The Temple at Landfall (November 2005, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1933110271), Original title: The World Celaeno Chose (November 1999, ISBN 0952362538)
The Walls of Westernfort (September 2005, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1933110240)
Rangers at Roadsend (August 2005, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1933110288), Original title: The Wrong Trail Knife (2003, ISBN 978-0974137827)
Dynasty of Rogues (March 2007, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1933110714)
Shadow of the Knife (February 2008, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1602820081)

The Lyremouth Chronicles[]

The Exile and the Sorcerer (February 2006, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1933110325)
The Traitor and the Chalice (June 2006, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1933110431)
The Empress and the Acolyte (November 2006, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1933110608)
The High Priest and the Idol (July 2009, Bold Strokes Books: ISBN 978-1602820852)