Jane Fancher

In the early 1980s, she worked for Warp Graphics as an art assistant on Elfquest, providing inking assistance on the black and white comics and coloring on Books 2 and 3 of the original graphic novel reprints. Reprint editions omitted her name from the art credits, and later graphic novel editions used different coloring.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

She adapted portions of C. J. Cherryh's Gate of Ivrel, the first novel in Cherryh's Morgaine series. Gate of Ivrel: No. 1 (1985) was a self-published black and white comic book that lasted one issue. Fancher expanded the material in color intending a series of graphic novels: Gate of Ivrel: Claiming Rites (1986){{Cite book|title=Gate of Ivrel|last=Fancher|first=Jane|date=1986|publisher=Donning Co|others=Reynolds, Kay, Cherryh, C. J.|isbn=978-0898655155|location=Norfolk, Va.|oclc=15015290}} and Gate of Ivrel: Fever Dreams (1987).{{Cite book|title=Gate of Ivrel|last=Fancher|first=Jane|date=1987|publisher=Donning Co|others=Reynolds, Kay, Cherryh, C. J.|isbn=978-0898655155|location=Norfolk, Va.|oclc=15015290}} The adaptations were done in collaboration with Cherryh. She did not complete the series, but the experience led to Fancher becoming a prose author herself, as well as frequent professional collaboration and eventual marriage with Cherryh.{{cite web |title=Fancher's blog Harmonies of the Net |url=http://www.janefancher.com/HarmoniesOfTheNet/2014/05/05/da-big-secrud/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505230838/http://www.janefancher.com/HarmoniesOfTheNet/2014/05/05/da-big-secrud/ |archive-date=May 5, 2014 |access-date=June 29, 2014 |publisher=Janefancher.com}}

Fancher's books include the "Groundties" series, as well as the "Dance of the Rings" trilogy: Ring of Lightning (1995); Ring of Intrigue (1997), and Ring of Destiny (1999).

The "Groundties" trilogy (Groundties, Uplink, Harmonies of the 'Net) was published in e-book form in 2011.{{Cite web |url=http://www.janefancher.com/HarmoniesOfTheNet/2011/04/03/locus-review-of-uplink/ |title=Jane Fancher's blog entry with the original Locus review of UpLink |access-date=January 30, 2021 |archive-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204232050/http://www.janefancher.com/HarmoniesOfTheNet/2011/04/03/locus-review-of-uplink/ |url-status=dead }} There is also a prequel, titled the 'NetWalkers.

Fancher, Cherryh and author Lynn Abbey run an online publishing house, Closed Circle, to market their own work.http://www.closed-circle.net/ Closed Circle

Fancher was born in Renton, Washington[http://www.miscon.org/guests/pro-bio.php?guest=12] MisCon 28 2014 on October 24, 1952.

She has virtual degrees in Physics and Anthropology from Washington State University{{clarify|date=February 2016}} and training in computer programming, psychology, philosophy, and history.

Fancher currently lives in Spokane, Washington with what she mischievously calls her 'spousal unit',[http://www.janefancher.com/HarmoniesOfTheNet/2015/12/28/the-potato-did-it/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124210625/http://www.janefancher.com/HarmoniesOfTheNet/2015/12/28/the-potato-did-it/ |date=January 24, 2016 }} Fancher's own term for her partner science fiction writer C. J. Cherryh (Carolyn Janice Cherry). The two had been domestic partners for years before being married on May 17, 2014.

; Illustrated adaptations with C. J. Cherryh

• Gate of Ivrel: Fever Dreams (April 1989), {{ISBN| 0-89865-556-0}}
• Gate of Ivrel: Claiming Rites (April 1989), {{ISBN| 978-0898655155}}

; Illustration

• Elfquest Book 2 by Wendy and Richard Pini (June 1982), {{ISBN| 0898652464}}

; As J. S. Fancher

• GroundTies (October 1991), {{ISBN| 978-0446361484}}
• Uplink (March 1992), {{ISBN| 0446362557}}
• Harmonies of the 'Net (October 1992), {{ISBN| 9780446362436}}

; As Jane S. Fancher

• Dance of The Rings series
• Ring of Lightning (June 1995), {{ISBN| 978-0886776534}}
• Ring of Intrigue (January 1997), {{ISBN| 9780886777197}}
• Ring of Destiny (December 1999), {{ISBN| 9780886778705}}

; As J. Fancher

• Blood Red Moon: Nights of the Blood Red Moon Vol 1 (April 2011), {{ASIN| B004YR55FA}}

; Ebooks only

• Rings of Change: Allizant
• Nights of the Blood Red Moon Flux: A BRM Short Story: A Tale from the Alexander Years (2011)
• 'Netwalkers: Part I Partners {{ASIN| B00AW1GJ20}}
• 'Netwalkers: Part II: Of Mentors and Mimetrons, {{ASIN| B00AW1BU6K}}
• Netwalkers: Omnibus (prequel to GroundTies), containing Partners and Of Mentors and Mimetrons
• Netwalkers: Book II Wild Cards, {{ASIN| B00GT0NV2O}}
• Netwalkers: Book III NeXus, {{ASIN| B00GTB3INA}}

; with C. J. Cherryh

• Chernevog (revised ebook edition; 2012)
• Alliance Rising (2019) – Prometheus Award winner 2020,{{cite web |url=http://lfs.org/awards.shtml |title=Prometheus Awards |publisher=Libertarian Futurist Society |access-date=July 10, 2020}} {{ASIN|B07CG3RW8H}}
• Defiance (2023), part of the Foreigner series.

• [http://www.janefancher.com/ Official website]
• [http://www.sffworld.com/interview/39p0.html Interview] at [http://www.sffworld.com SFFWorld.com]
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