Sylvia Engdahl


Sylvia Louise Engdahl is an American writer, known best for science fiction. Her debut novel Enchantress from the Stars, published by Atheneum Books in 1970, was the 1971 Newbery Honor Book, was a Geffen Award finalist in 2008, Best Translated YA Book, and she won the Phoenix Award for that work twenty years later.
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Biography

Engdahl was born in Los Angeles, California. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database lists 11 books by Engdahl that were published from 1970 to 1981, including two anthologies she edited and three nonfiction books. Her first six books were all published by Atheneum Books. From 1985 to 1995 she taught graduate courses for Connected Education, a pioneer in online education. She lives in Oregon.
In August 2007, Engdahl published a new adult science fiction/visionary fiction novel, Stewards of the Flame: The Hidden Flame Book 1, which she followed with Promise of the Flame: The Hidden Flame Book 2. She followed this duopoly with a trilogy that can be read separately, Defender of the Flame: The Rising Flame Book 1, Herald of the Flame: The Rising Flame Book 2, and her most recent novel, Envoy of the Flame: The Rising Flame Book 3.

Selected works

Among 73 Library of Congress Online Catalog records of books created by Engdahl through 2014, all but the first 16 are nonfiction anthologies she edited while working as a freelance editor.

Science fiction novels

Engdahl wrote six science fiction novels published from 1970 to 1981 by Atheneum, all of which have been republished in the 21st century. Her latest novels, a duology published in 2007 and 2009 and a trilogy published in 2013, 2014, and 2021 respectively, are adult science fiction, not YA.Enchantress from the Stars, illustrated by Rodney ShackellJourney Between Worlds, illustrated by James and Ruth McCrea – updated 2006The Far Side of Evil, illustrated by Richard Cuffari – updated 2003This Star Shall Abide, illustrated by Richard Cuffari Beyond the Tomorrow Mountains, illustrated by Richard CuffariThe Doors of the Universe Children of the Star – omnibus edition of the Star trilogy: This Star Shall Abide, Beyond the Tomorrow Mountains, and The Doors of the Universe, published as adult SF Stewards of the Flame – first in an adult science fiction duology, The Hidden FlamePromise of the Flame Defender of the Flame - first in an adult science fiction trilogy, The Rising FlameHerald of the Flame
  • ''Envoy of the Flame''

Other

Planet-girded Suns: The Long History of Belief in Exoplanets—revised edition, illustrated by Richard CuffariUniverse ahead: stories of the future, selected and introduced by Engdahl and Rick Roberson, illustrated by Richard CuffariAnywhere, Anywhen: stories of tomorrow, edited by EngdahlSubnuclear Zoo: new discoveries in high energy physics, by Engdahl and RobersonTool for Tomorrow: new knowledge about genes, by Engdahl and RobersonOur World Is Earth - picture book

Awards

;Runners-up and book lists
Enchantress from the Stars has also been runner-up for a few awards and has been named to several book lists.