Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (born October 21, 1929), is an American author. Although she has written novels, poetry, children's books, and essays, she is best known for her science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. Le Guin has lived in Portland, Oregon since 1958. The daughter of the anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber and the writer Theodora Kroeber, she is noted for her exemplary style and for her exploration of Taoist, anarchist, feminist, psychological and sociological themes.

Fiction

Earthsea (fantasy)

The Earthsea novels

• A Wizard of Earthsea, 1968
• The Tombs of Atuan, 1971
• The Farthest Shore, 1972 (Winner of the National Book Award)
• ', 1990 (Winner of the Nebula Award)
• The Other Wind, 2001

The Earthsea short stories

• "The Word of Unbinding", 1975 (in The Wind's Twelve Quarters)
• "The Rule of Names", 1975 (in The Wind's Twelve Quarters)
• "Dragonfly" (in Legends, ed. Robert Silverberg; also in Tales from Earthsea)
• Tales from Earthsea, short story collection, 2001, ISBN 0151005613

Ekumen (science fiction)

Novels of the Ekumen

• Rocannon's World, 1966
• Planet of Exile, 1966
• City of Illusions, 1967
• The Left Hand of Darkness, 1969 (winner of the Hugo Award and Nebula Award)
• ', 1974 (winner of the Hugo Award and Nebula Award)
• The Word for World is Forest, 1976 (winner of the Hugo Award)
• Worlds of Exile and Illusion, 1996 (omnibus of Rocannon's World, Planet of Exile and City of Illusions)
• The Telling, 2000

Short stories from the Ekumen

• "The Matter of Seggri", 1994, (winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award; found in The Birthday of the World)
• "Solitude", 1994, (winner of the Nebula Award; found in The Birthday of the World)
• "Mountain Ways", 1996, (winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award; found in The Birthday of the World)
• "Old Music and the Slave Women", 1999 (found in Far Horizons, ed. Robert Silverberg; also in The Birthday of the World)
• Four Ways to Forgiveness, 1995 (Four Stories of the Ekumen)

Miscellaneous novels and story cycles

• The Lathe of Heaven, 1971 (made into TV movies, 1980 and 2002)
• Malafrena, 1979
• The Eye of the Heron, 1982
• Always Coming Home, 1985

Short story collections

• The Wind's Twelve Quarters, 1975
• Orsinian Tales, 1976
• The Compass Rose, 1982
• Buffalo Gals, and Other Animal Presences, 1987
• Searoad, 1991
• A Fisherman of the Inland Sea, 1994
• Four Ways to Forgiveness, 1995
• Unlocking the Air and Other Stories, 1996
• The Birthday of the World, 2002, ISBN 0066212537
• Changing Planes, 2003, ISBN 0151009716

Books for children and young adults

The Catwings Collection

• Catwings, 1988
• Catwings Return, 1989
• Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings, 1994
• Jane on Her Own, 1999

Other books for children and young adults

• Very Far Away from Anywhere Else, 1976, ISBN 0152052089
• Leese Webster, 1979, ISBN 0689307152
• Solomon Leviathan's Nine Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World, 1984, ISBN 0399214917
• A Visit from Dr. Katz, 1988, ISBN 0689313322
• Fire and Stone, 1989, ISBN 0689314086
• Fish Soup, 1992, ISBN 0689317336
• A Ride on the Red Mare's Back, 1992, ISBN 0531070794
• Tom Mouse, 2002, ISBN 0761315993