Marion Zimmer Bradley

Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley (June 3, 1930 - September 25, 1999) was a prolific author of largely feminist fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and was a steadfast encourager of equality (and quality) in writing. In literary circles, she is often referred to by her initials, "MZB," a nickname reinforced by her good friend and editor, Donald A. Wollheim.

Bibliography

Novels

• The Door Through Space (1961)
• Seven from the Stars (1961)
• The Colors Of Space (1963)
• Falcons of Narabedla (1964)
• Castle Terror (1965)
• Souvenir of Monique (1967)
• Bluebeard's Daughter (1968)
• The Jewels of Arwen (1974) (novelette)
• The Parting of Arwen (1974) (novelette)
• The Endless Voyage (1975)
• Drums of Darkness (1976)
• The Brass Dragon (1978)
• Ruins of Isis (1978)
• The Catch Trap (1979)
• The Endless Universe (1979) (rewrite of The Endless Voyage)
• The House Between the Worlds (1980)
• Survey Ship (1980)
• The Colors Of Space (1963) (unabridged edition)
• Night's Daughter (1985)
• Lythande (1986)
• Warrior Woman (1987)
• The Firebrand (1987)
• Black Trillium (1990) (with Julian May and Andre Norton)
• Lady of the Trillium (1995)
• Tiger Burning Bright (1995) (with Mercedes Lackey and Andre Norton)
• The Gratitude of Kings (1997) (with Elisabeth Waters)

Short story collections

• The Dark Intruder and Other Stories (1964)
• Grayhaven (with Paul Edwin Zimmer) (1983)
• The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley (1985)
• Jamie and Other Stories (1988)

Series

• Atlantean series
• Web of Light (1983)
• Web of Darkness (1983)
• The Fall of Atlantis (1987) (omnibus edition of Web of Light and Web of Darkness)
• Avalon Series
• The Mists of Avalon (1979)
• The Forest House (1993) (with Diana L Paxson)
• The High Queen (audiobook edition of The Mists of Avalon, part 1) (1994)
• The King Stag (audiobook edition of The Mists of Avalon, part 2) (1994)
• Mistress of Magic (audiobook edition of The Mists of Avalon, part 3) (1994)
• The Prisoner in the Oak (audiobook edition of The Mists of Avalon, part 4) (1994)
• The Lady of Avalon (1997) (with Diana L Paxson)
• The Priestess of Avalon (2000) (with Diana L Paxson)
• The Ancestors of Avalon (2004) (written principally by Diana L Paxson)
• The Ravens of Avalon (forthcoming) (written principally by Diana L Paxson)
• Darkover series (See: List of Darkover books for complete details)
• The Planet Savers (1962)
• The Sword of Aldones (1962)
• The Bloody Sun (1964)
• Stars of Danger (1965)
• World Wreckers (1971)
• Darkover Landfall (1972)
• The Spell Sword (1974) (with Paul Edwin Zimmer (uncredited))
• The Heritage of Hastur (1975)
• The Shattered Chain (1976)
• The Forbidden Tower (1977)
• Winds of Darkover (1977)
• Stormqueen! (1978)
• The Bloody Sun (1979) rewritten and expanded edition
• Two to Conquer (1980)
• Sharra's Exile (1981)
• Hawkmistress! (1982)
• Thendara House (1983)
• City of Sorcery (1984)
• The Heirs of Hammerfell (1989)
• Rediscovery (1993) (with Mercedes Lackey)
• Exile's Song (1996) (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes)
• The Shadow Matrix (1997) (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes)
• Traitor's Sun (1999) (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes)
• The Fall of Neskaya (2001) (with Deborah J. Ross)
• Zandru's Forge (2003) (with Deborah J. Ross)
• A Flame in Hali (2004) (with Deborah J. Ross)
• Omnibus editions
• The Children of Hastur (1982)
• The Oath of Renuciates (1984)
• The Darkover Saga (a slipcase set containing Hawkmistress, Sharra's Exile; The Shattered Chain; Stormqueen!; Sword of Chaos) (1984)
• The Ages of Chaos (omnibus edition of Stormqueen! and Hawkmistress!) (2002)
• The Forbidden Circle (omnibus edition of the Spell Sword and The Forbidden Tower ) (2002)
• Heritage And Exile (omnibus edition of The Heritage of Hastur and Sharra's Exile) (2002)
• The Saga of the Renunciates (omnibus edition of The Shattered Chain, Thendara House and City of Sorcery) (2002)
• A World Divided (omnibus edition of Star of Danger, Winds of Darkover and The Bloody Sun) (2003)
• First Contact (omnibus edition of Darkover Landfall and Two to Conquer) (2004)
• To Save a World (omnibus edition of The Planet Savers and World Wreckers) (2004)
• Darkover anthologies (edited by MZB, with some short stories by her, but mostly by other writers)
• The Keeper's Price (anthology) (1980)
• Sword of Chaos (anthology) (1982)
• Free Amazons of Darkover (anthology) (1985)
• Other Side of the Mirror (anthology) (1987)
• Red Sun of Darkover (anthology) (1987)
• Four Moons of Darkover (anthology) (1988)
• Domains of Darkover (anthology) (1990)
• Leroni of Darkover (anthology) (1991)
• Renunciates of Darkover (anthology) (1991)
• Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover (anthology) (1993)
• Towers of Darkover (anthology) (1993)
• Snows of Darkover (anthology) (1994)
• Survivors series(with Paul Edwin Zimmer)
• Hunters of the Red Moon (1973)
• The Survivors (1979)
• Glenraven series (with Holly Lisle)
• Glenraven (1996)
• In the Rift (1998)
• Sword and Sorceress series

See Sword and Sorceress series for details

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• Colin McLaren series
• Witch Hill (1972)
• The Inheritor (1984)
• Dark Satanic (1988)
• Shadow's Gate series (with Rosemary Edghill)
• Ghostlight (1995)
• Witchlight (1996)
• Gravelight (1997)
• Heartlight (1998)

Novels under pen names

• Writing under the pseudonym Lee Chapman
• I am a Lesbian (1962)
• Writing under the pseudonym John Dexter
• No Adam for Eve (1966)
• Writing under the pseudonym Miriam Gardner
• My Sister, My Love (1963)
• Twilight Lovers (1964)
• The Strange Women (1967)
• Writing under the pseudonym Valerie Graves
• Witch Hill (197?) (apparently never published as such)
• Writing under the pseudonym Morgan Ives
• Spare Her Heaven (1963)
• Anything Goes (1964)
• Knives of Desire (1966)

Scholarly work

• Bradley, M.Z. "Feminine equivalents of Greek Love in modern fiction". International Journal of Greek Love, Vol.1, No.1. (1965). Pages 48-58.
• Checklist: A complete, cumulative checklist of lesbian, variant, and homosexual fiction in English (1960).
• A Gay Bibliography (1975).

She also contributed to The Ladder and The Mattachine Review.

Related Topics:
The Ladder - The Mattachine Review

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