Andre Norton
Science fiction and fantasy author Andre Alice Norton was born Alice Mary Norton on February 17, 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Biography
Her parents were Adalbert Freely Norton, owner of a rug company, and Bertha Stemm. She began writing at the Collingwood High School in Cleveland, under the tutelage of Miss Sylvia Cochrane. She was the editor of a literary page in the school's paper for which she wrote short stories. During this time she wrote her first book—Ralestone Luck, which would eventually find its way to publication as her second novel in 1938, the first being The Prince Commands in 1934.
After graduating from the High School in 1930, she continued her education at the Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University.
In 1932 she began working for the Cleveland Library System and remained there for 18 years, latterly in the children's section of the Nottingham Branch Library in Cleveland.
In 1934, she legally changed her name to Andre Alice Norton; a change made in order to appeal to a predominantly male audience and to increase her marketability.
From 1940 to 1941, she worked as a special librarian in the cataloguing department of the Library of Congress, involved in a project related to alien citizenship. The project was abruptly terminated at the start of World War II.
In 1941 she took ownership of a bookstore called the Mystery House, in Mount Ranier, Maryland, USA. The business proved to be a failure and she began working as a reader for Martin Greenberg at Gnome Press until 1949, after which she became a professional author.
In later years her health has been uncertain; she was forced to move to Florida in November 1966 and now lives in Tennessee.
Often called the Grande Dame of Science Fiction and Fantasy by biographers such as J.M Cornwell and organizations such as Publishers Weekly and Time, Andre Norton has been writing novels for over 70 years. She has had a profound influence on the entire genre, having over 100 published books read by at least 4 generations of science fiction and fantasy authors. Notable authors who cite her influence include Greg Bear, Lois McMaster Bujold, C.J. Cherryh, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, Tanya Huff, Mercedes Lackey, Charles de Lint, Joan D. Vinge, David Weber and K. D. Wentworth.
Andre Norton has also written under the noms de plumes of Andrew North and Allen Weston.
Books
- Ralestone Luck (1938)
- Star Man's Son 2250 A.D. (1952)
- Star Rangers (1953)
Witch World series
- Ully the Piper (1970)
- Amber out of Quayth (1972)
- Dragon Scale Silver (1972)
- Dream Smith (1972)
- Legacy from Sorn Fen (1972)
- The Toads of Grimmerdale (1973)
- Spider Silk (1976)
- Falcon Blood (1979)
- Sand Sisters (1979)
- Changeling (1980)
- Tales of the Witch World (1987)
- Of the Shaping of Ulm's Heir (1987)
- Tales of the Witch World 2 (1988)
- Tales of the Witch World 3 (1990)
- The Way Wind (1995)
High Hallack Cycle
- Year of the Unicorn (1965)
- Jargoon Pard (1974)
- Gryphon in Glory (1981)
- Horn Crown (1981)
- Gryphon's Eyrie (1984) with A.C. Crispin
- The Songsmith (1992) with A.C. Crispin
- Zarsthor's Bane (1978)
- Spell of the Witch World (1972)
- The Crystal Gryphon (1972)
- Were Wrath (1989)
Estcarp Cycle
- The Witch World (1963)
- Web of the Witch World (1964)
- Three Against the Witch World (1965)
- Warlock of the Witch World (1967)
- Sorceress of the Witch World (1968)
- Trey of Swords (1977)
- 'Ware Hawk (1983)
- Gate of the Cat (1987)
- Ciara's Song (1998) with Lyn McConchie
Secrets of the Witch World
- The Key of the Keplian (1995) with Lyn McConchie
- The Mage Stone (1996) with Mary Schaub
- The Warding of the Witch World (1997)
The Turning
- Port of Dead Ships (1991) with Pauline M.Griffin
- Seakeep (1991) with Pauline M.Griffin
- Storms of Victory (1991) with Pauline M. Griffin
- Exile (1992) with Mary Schaub
- Falcon Hope (1992) with Pauline M.Griffin
- Flight of Vengeance (1992 with Pauline M. Griffin and Mary Schaub
- On Wings of Magic (1993) with Patricia Matthews and Sasha Miller
- Falcon Magic (1994) with Sasha Miller
- We, the Women (1994) with Patricia Mathews
Book of the Oak
- To the King a Daughter (2000) with Sasha Miller
- Knight or Knave (2001) with Sasha Miller
- A Crown Disowned (2002) with Sasha Miller
Free Traders
- Moon of Three Rings (1966)
- Exiles of the Stars (1971)
- Flight in Yiktor (1986)
- Dare to Go A-Hunting (1990)
Crosstime
- The Crossroads of Time (1956)
- Quest Crosstime (1965) also known as "Crosstime Agent"
Time Traders
- Time Traders (1958)
- Galactic Derelict (1959)
- The Defiant Agents (1962)
- Key Out of Time (1963)
- Firehand (1994)
- Echoes in Time (with Sherwood Smith) (1999)
- Time Traders (1958 Time Traders and Galactic Derelict) (2000)
- Time Traders II (2001)
Janus
- Judgement On Janus (1963)
- Victory on Janus (1966)
Lorens Van Norreys
- The Sword is Drawn (1944)
- Sword in Sheath (1949) also titled Island of the Lost
- At Sword's Point (1954)
The Magic Sequence
- Steel Magic (1965) also titled Gray Magic
- Octagon Magic (1967)
- Fur Magic (1968)
- Dragon Magic (1972)
- Lavender-Green Magic (1974)
- Red Hart Magic (1976)
Star Ka'at
- Star Ka'at (1976) with Dorothy Madler
- Star Ka'at World (1978) with Dorothy Madler
- Star Ka'at and the Plant People (1979) with Dorothy Madler
- Star Ka'at and the Winged Warriors (1981) with Dorothy Madler
Forerunner
- Storm Over Warlock (1960)
- Ordeal in Otherwhere (1964)
- Forerunner Foray (1973) [also in Dipple series]
- Forerunner (1981)
- Forerunner: The Second Venture (1985)
Solar Queen
- Sargasso of Space (1955) (written as Andrew North)
- Plague Ship (1956) (written as Andrew North)
- Voodoo Planet (1959) (written as Andrew North)
- Postmarked the Stars (1969)
- Redline the Stars (1993) with Pauline M. Griffin
- Derelict for Trade (1997) with Sherwood Smith
- A Mind for Trade (1997) with Sherwood Smith
The Halfblood Chronicles
Hosteen Storm
- The Beast Master (1959)
- Lord of Thunder (1962)
- Beast Master's Ark (2002) with Lyn McConchie
- Beast Master's Circus (2004) with Lyn McConchie
