Phyllis Eisenstein

"Phyllis Eisenstein" is an author of science fiction/fantasy stories. She was born in Chicago in 1946, and has lived there for most of her life. She published her first two works in 1969, the first being a collaboration with her husband Alex. She attended the University of Chicago in the 1960s, then returned to study and achieved a degree in anthropology from the University of Illinois in 1981.

In her lifetime, Phyllis has published six novels and about three-dozen shorter works in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres, as well as a popular nonfiction book on treating arthritis. Her stories have been nominated twice for the Hugo Award, three times for the Nebula Award.

Phyllis has spent much of her life teaching. This started at the Indiana University Writers Conference in 1977, assisting famous author Roger Zelazny, and later in other workshops and community colleges. For more than a dozen years she has been a member of the faculty of Columbia College Chicago where she has taught fantasy and science fiction writing courses. In 1999, she received an "Excellence in Teaching" Award from the this institution.

Since 2003, she has worked as copyeditor at a major ad agency in Chicago.

Collected works

Series:"Tales of Alaric the Minstrel"::1. "Born to Exile" (1977)::2. "In the Red Lord's Reach" (1989) :"Book of Elementals";:1. "Sorcerer's Son" (1979)::2. "The Crystal Palace" (1988):::"The Book of Elementals" (omnibus) (2002)::3. "The City in Stone" (2004) Novels:"Shadow of Earth" (1979):"In the Hands of Glory" (1981) Collections:"Night Lives: Nine Stories of the Dark Fantastic" (2003) (with Alex Eisenstein) Anthologies edited:"Spec-Lit: Speculative Fiction" (1985) Anthologies containing stories by Phyllis Eisenstein:"The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 4" (1978):"Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1978" (1979):"Shadows 5" (1982):"New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow" (1994) Short stories:"Attachment" (1975) Nebula (nominee):"The Land of Sorrow" (1977):"Lost and Found" (1978):"In the Western Tradition" (1981) Nebula (nominee) Hugo (nominee):"Dark Wings" (1982):"Nightlife" (1982) Hugo (nominee):"Subworld" (1983):"Sense of Duty" (1985):"The Island in the Lake" (1999) Nebula (nominee)

Awards:Nebula Best Short story nominee (1976)- "Attachment":Hugo Best Novella nominee (1982)- "In the Western Tradition":Nebula Best Novella nominee (1982)- "In the Western Tradition":Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1983)- "Nightlife":Nebula Best Novellette nominee (2000)- "The Island in the Lake"

External links

* [http://www.bl.com/eisenstein/ Author's Web Site]
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/e/phyllis-eisenstein/ General Fan Site]