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Tanith Lee wrote fantasy, horror and science fiction, including novels and short stories. Explore SFcrowsnest’s reviews of her books and coverage of her long writing career.
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M. R. Carey's Once Was Willem wins the 2026 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and Clive Barker shares the Life Achievement award…
What is truth? Fiction, by its nature, is a series of untruths perpetrated by the author since none of the events in a…
‘Blood 20: Tales Of Vampire Horror’ is a collection of vampire stories written by Tanith Lee. Having heard of her but never read…
With so many fantasy novels and stories around, it is difficult to pick out the best. When the themes of them are so…
When the term ‘prolific’ is used to describe a writer, the implication often is that the resulting work will be the kind of…
One of the problems with choosing from the plethora of books on offer is which one. Should it be something a friend with…
There has long been a tradition of folk or fairy tales, particularly in European Culture. The sanitised stories that most of us remember…
Ghost stories have been around since humans sat around fires in the winter and were haunted by the shadows cast by the flickering…
Over the past few years we have lost a lot of genre writers such as Iain Banks, Graham Joyce and Joel Lane. Now…
There can be few authors who have published well over ninety books and still be able to come up with fresh ideas. Many…
Buildings have frequently had a distinctive part to play in fiction. The way a house is positioned, designed or furnished can greatly influence…
Some periods in history have style. Admittedly, beneath the veneer of any civilisation there is an underbelly of depravity. Tanith Lee is a…
