Laura Resnick
Laura Resnick is an American fantasy writer. She was the winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction for 1993. The daughter of science fiction author Mike Resnick, she formerly wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Laura Leone.
Early life and education
Resnick was born in Chicago to Carol and Mike Resnick. The family moved to Cincinnati when she was young. She graduated from Georgetown and studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.Career
Resnick wrote romance novels for Harlequin for several years before switching to writing fantasy. Her first fantasy series, a trilogy titled The Chronicles of Sirkara, were reviewed by Publishers Weekly, the final two books with starred reviews.Awards
- Romantic Times Magazine Award 1989
- Romantic Times Magazine Award 1993
- John W. Campbell Award 1993
- Rita Award finalist, 2004
- Romantic Times Magazine Award 2004
Novels
The Esther Diamond SeriesDisappearing Nightly Doppelgangster Unsympathetic Magic Vamparazzi Polterheist The Misfortune Cookie Abracadaver GoldzillaThe Chronicles of Sirkara
"The Silerian Trilogy"In Legend Born The White Dragon The Destroyer Goddess
Media Tie-InThe Purifying Fire
Romance novels One Sultry Summer A Wilder Name Ulterior Motives Guilty Secrets A Woman's Work Upon A Midnight Clear The Black Sheep Celestial Bodies The Bandit King Untouched By Man Under The Voodoo Moon Sleight of Hand Fever Dreams Nights of Fire
- ''Fallen From Grace''
Non-fiction
BooksA Blonde in Africa- ''Rejection, Romance, and Royalties: The Wacky World of a Working Writer''