Mercedes Lackey

Mercedes Lackey (born June 24, 1950) (also known as Misty Lackey) is a prolific American author of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar. Her Valdemar novels form a complex tapestry of interaction between human and non-human protagonists with many different cultures and social mores. There is a prominent theme of tolerance throughout, notably in the relative prominence of homosexual characters and the ethos of Valdemar: "There is no one, true way".

External links

• Official Website
• Entry on SciFan
• Baen Books author page
• Baen Free Library free ebooks by Mercedes Lackey
• Baen CDROM files
• Baen CDROM ISO BitTorrents
• Letter about death threats received.
• The Queen's Own Newsletters archive, provided by The Official Mercedes Lackey Fan Club in Laguna Beach, CA (with archives online dating back to 1988)
• {{isfdb name|id=Mercedes_Lackey|name=Mercedes Lackey}}

(comments by othes on the events at DragonCon)

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

• usenet thread discussing the issue shortly after the events occurred
• msg by Laura Burchard on usenet group rec.arts.sf.written
• Later Usenet thread discussing the issue