Lisa Mason (writer)


Lisa Mason was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, and urban fantasy.

Life

Mason lived in Piedmont, California with her husband, the artist and jeweler Tom Robinson. She was a Phi Beta Kappa scholar and graduate of the University of Michigan, the College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts, and the University of Michigan Law School. She practiced law in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco.
She transitioned to Matthew Bender and Company, as a legal writer and rose to an executive editor. Many of her novels take place in the vicinity of San Francisco, California, either in the future or in the past through time travel. Her early works are recognized as cyberpunk. She has also written paranormal romance, historical romantic suspense, comedy, and a screenplay.

Death

Mason died peacefully in her sleep on September 13, 2023. In July 2018, she suffered an assault from a stranger while walking around Lake Merritt. She loved her daily walks around the lake, but after this incident, she never fully regained strength in her hips and legs and felt pain on a daily basis. During the last month of her life, she was falling and suffering from mini strokes. Her cause of death was cardiovascular disease.

Works

Novels

  • Arachne
  • [Summer of Love (novel)|Summer of Love (novel)|Summer of Love]
  • Cyberweb
  • The Golden Nineties
  • Pangaea I: Imperium without End
  • Pangaea II: Imperium Aflame
  • Summer of Love, A Time Travel Bast Books ebook
  • Summer of Love Bast Books ebook and print book
  • The Gilded Age, A Time Travel Bast Books ebook and print book
  • The Garden of Abracadabra Bast Books ebook and print book
  • Eon's Kiss Bast Books ebook
  • Strange Ladies: 7 Stories Bast Books ebook and print book
  • Celestial Girl Omnibus Edition Bast Books ebook
  • Shaken Bast Books ebook
  • My Charlotte: Patty's Story Bast Books ebook
  • Tesla, A Worthy of His Time Bast Books ebook
  • One Day in the Life of Alexa Bast Books ebook and print book
  • CHROME Bast Books ebook and print book
  • Arachne Bast Books ebook and print book
  • Cyberweb Bast Books ebook and print book
  • ODDITIES: 22 Stories Bast Books ebook and print book

Short fiction

  • Arachne
  • Future Law
  • Deus Ex Machina )
  • Guardian
  • The Onionmancer
  • Tomorrow's Child Sold outright to Universal Studios, now in development.
  • Hummers
  • Stripper
  • Destination
  • Triad
  • Daughter of the Tao
  • Every Mystery Unexplained
  • Felicitas
  • Transformation and the Postmodern Identity Crisis
  • The Sixty-Third Anniversary of Hysteria
  • The Hanged Man
  • U F uh-O, A Sci Fi Comedy Bast Books ebook
  • Tomorrow's Child Includes Mason's thirty-day blog, The Story Behind the Story That Sold to the Movies Bast Books ebook
  • Daughter of the Tao Bast Books ebook
  • Every Mystery Unexplained Bast Books ebook
  • Shaken Bast Books ebook
  • Hummers Bast Books ebook
  • The Sixty-third Anniversary of Hysteria Bast Books ebook
  • Strange Ladies: 7 Stories Bast Books ebook
  • My Charlotte: Patty's Story Bast Books ebook
  • Teardrop
  • Tomorrow Is A Lovely Day
  • Anything For You
  • Riddle
  • Aurelia
  • Dangerous WELCOME TO DYSTOPIA: Forty-five Visions of What Lies Ahead
  • The Bicycle Whisperer
  • Taiga
  • Bess
  • ''Crazy Chimera Lady''

Essays and articles

  • Journey of the Heart
  • Read This
  • Image of the Spider

Awards