Ardath Mayhar

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name = Ardath Mayhar

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pseudonym = Frank Cannon
Frances Hurst
John Killdeer
birthname = Ardath Frances Hurst
birthdate = 1930
birthplace = Timpson, Texas
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occupation = Writer
nationality = USA
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genre = Science Fiction
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Ardath Frances Hurst Mayhar (born 1930) began her writing career as a poet when she was nineteen. She began writing science fiction in 1979 after returning with her family to Texas from Oregon. She has been nominated for the Nebula Award, was nominated for the Mark Twain Award, and won the Balrog Award for a horror narrative poem in "Masques" I. She has had numerous other nominations for awards in almost every fiction genre and has won many awards for poetry. In 2008 she was chosen by Science Fiction Writers of America as their Author Emeritus.

Mayhar has written over 60 books ranging from science fiction to horror to young adult to historical to westerns; with some work under the pseudonyms Frank Cannon, Frances Hurst, and John Killdeer.

Joe R. Lansdale says simply, "Ardath Mayhar writes damn fine books!"Fact|date=March 2008

Bibliography

She is the author or co-author of:;Novels:
*"The Absolutely Perfect Horse"
*"BattleTech: The Sword and the Dagger."
*"Blood Kin"
*"Bloody Texas Trail"
*"Carrots and Miggle"
*"Exile on Vlahil"
*"Far Horizons"
*"Feud At Sweetwater Creek"
*"Golden Dream: A Fuzzy Odyssey"
*"Gyldendal"
*"High Mountain Winter"
*"How the Gods Wove in Kyrannon"
*"Hunters of the Plains"
*"The Island in the Lake"
*"Khi to Freedom"
*"Lords of the Triple Moons"
*"Makra Choria"
*"Medicine Walk"
*"Monkey Station" ^†
*"Passage West"
*"People of the Mesa"
*"A Place of Silver Silence"
*"A Road of Stars"
*"Runes of the Lyre";Novels continued:
*"The Saga of Grittel Sundotha"
*"Seekers of Shar-Nuhn"
*"Slewfoot Sally and the Flying Mule"
*"Soul-Singer of Tyrnos"
* "Texas Gunsmoke"
*"Timber Pirates"
*"Towers of the Earth"
*"Trail of the Seahawks" ^†
*"The Untamed"
*"The Wall"
*"Warlock's Gift"
*"Wild Country"
*"Wilderness Rendezvous"
*"Witchfire" ^†
*"The World Ends in Hickory Hollow";Story collections:
*"The Collected Stories of Ardath Mayhar"
*"Mean Little Old Lady at Work"
*"Dark Regions";Poetry collections:
*"Journey to an Ending"
*"Reflections"

^† With Ron Fortier