R. A. MacAvoy
{{Short description|American fantasy and science fiction author (born 1949)}}
{{Infobox writer
| birth_name = Roberta Ann MacAvoy
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|12|13}}
| nationality = American
| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
| occupation = Author
| awards = John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (1984)
| education = Case Western Reserve University (BA)
| spouse = {{marriage|Ronald Allen Cain|1978}}
| genre = Fantasy
Science fiction
| website = {{URL|http://ramacavoy.com/}}
}}
Roberta Ann MacAvoy (born December 13, 1949) is an American fantasy and science fiction author. Several of her books draw on Celtic or Zen themes. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1984.
Biography
R. A. MacAvoy was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Case Western Reserve University and received a B.A. in 1971. She worked from 1975 to 1978 as an assistant to the financial aid officer of Columbia College of Columbia University and from 1978 to 1982 as a computer programmer at SRI International before turning to full-time writing in 1982. She married Ronald Allen Cain in 1978.D. Jones & J.D. Jorgenson (eds.) Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, vol. 59, pp. 248–250. Gale Research, 1998.
R. A. MacAvoy was diagnosed with dystonia (a neuro-muscular disorder causing painful sustained muscle contractions) following the publication of her Lens of the World series in the early 1990s. She now has the disorder under control and has returned to writing.Steven Gould [http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/feature-interview-r-a-macavoy/ "Interview: R.A. MacAvoy"], Lightspeed magazine, 20, January 2012.
Bibliography
=The Black Dragon series=
- Tea with the Black Dragon (1983)
- Twisting the Rope (1986)
=The Damiano series=
- Damiano (1983, Bantam)
- Damiano's Lute (1984, Bantam)
- Raphael (1984, Bantam{{cite journal |last1=Christie |first1=Mike |title=Raphael by RA MacAvoy (Book Review) |journal=Foundation |date=1984 |pages=98 |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/9b4301c0511efe426c49773d10a9d8eb/1 }})
- omnibus edition titled A Trio for Lute
These books were adapted by Bantam Software into a text adventure, I, Damiano: The Wizard of Partestrada, for MS-DOS and Apple IIe computers.
=The Lens of the World series=
- Lens of the World (1990)
- King of the Dead (1991)
- Winter of the Wolf [vt The Belly of the Wolf] (1993)
=Ewen Young=
- The Go-Between (2005) – Amazon Shorts e-book, republished with editorial changes as In Between (2009)
- Death and Resurrection (2011, Prime Books{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2011-04-28|title=Spotlight on: Sean Wallace, Editor|url=https://locusmag.com/2011/04/spotlight-on-sean-wallace-editor/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-06|website=Locus Online|language=en-US|quote=R.A. MacAvoy’s Death and Resurrection which combines kung fu, Asian mysticism, a Native American veterinarian, mystery, and more.}}) – includes The Go-Between/In Between
=Other novels=
- The Book of Kells (1985)
- The Grey Horse (1987)
- The Third Eagle (1989)
- Albatross (with Nancy Palmer) (2016)
- Shimmer (with Nancy Palmer) (2018)
References
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External links
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- [http://ramacavoy.com/ RAMacavoy.com] – blog
- [http://www.ansible.co.uk/writing/shortrev.html#macavoy Review of Damiano & Damiano's Lute] at Ansible.co.uk, by editor David Langford
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Category:20th-century American novelists
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Category:American fantasy writers
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Category:American women novelists
Category:John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer winners