Stephen Leigh


Stephen W. Leigh is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, artist, and musician. He also works as a lecturer at Northern Kentucky University, teaching creative writing. He has published speculative fiction as Stephen Leigh, as S. L. Farrell, and once as Matthew Farrell.
Steve Leigh was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and lives there. He plays guitar and sings in a band named Toast.

Recognition

Leigh's novel Dark Water's Embrace won the Spectrum Award in 1999 and was on the long list for the James Tiptree Jr. Award that year. Speaking Stones also made the long list for the Tiptree Award. His first novel, Slow Fall to Dawn, was in the Top Ten for the Locus Award for Best First Novel.
As Guest of Honor at Bubonicon 43 Leigh was interviewed for MTV Geek Coverage about working on the Wild Cards series.
A special one-shot convention was held in his honor in Minneapolis, April 11–13, 2008, called Applecon. The convention listed its guests as Music Guest of Honor Stephen Leigh, Writer Guest of Honor S.L. Farrell, Artist Guest of Honor Sleigh, Fan Guest of Honor Steve.

Works

  • "In Darkness Waiting ", Asimov's Science Fiction, Fall 1977 — expanded as the 1981–1984 Neweden trilogy
  • Slow Fall to Dawn
  • Dance of the Hag
  • A Quiet of Stone
  • The Bones of God
  • The Crystal Memory
  • The Secret of the Lona
  • Changeling: Robots & Aliens #1 ; Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Robots and Aliens #1
  • The Abraxas Marvel Circus
  • Alien Tongue
  • Dinosaur World
  • Dinosaur Planet
  • Dinosaur Samurai, by Leigh and John J. Miller
  • Dinosaur Warriors
  • Dinosaur Empire, by Leigh and John J. Miller
  • Dinosaur Conquest
  • Dark Water's Embrace
  • Speaking Stones
  • Thunder Rift, as Matthew Farrell
  • Holder of Lightning, as S. L. Farrell
  • Mage of Clouds, as S. L. Farrell
  • Heir of Stone, as S. L. Farrell
  • A Magic of Twilight, as S. L. Farrell
  • A Magic of Nightfall, as S. L. Farrell
  • A Magic of Dawn, as S. L. Farrell
  • The Woods
  • Assassins' Dawn
  • Immortal Muse
  • "Bones of Air, Bones of Stone" in Old Venus
  • The Crow of Connemara
  • A Fading Sun
  • A Rising Moon
  • ''Amid the Crowd of Stars''