Elizabeth Gilligan is a fantasy author who lives in San Francisco

San Francisco, California

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, California

California

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. Her short story Iron Joan was on the preliminary Nebula Award

Nebula Award

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 ballot in 2003. Gilligan has served as the secretary for the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) board of directors, and she frequently attends OryCon

OryCon

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 and BayCon

BayCon

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Short works

• Taking Back the Night (1994)
• Demon Calling (2000)
• Iron Joan (2002, published in Black Gate: Adventures in Fantasy Literature
  Black Gate (magazine)
  Black Gate is a glossy, quarterly fantasy magazine founded in 2000 and published by New Epoch Press. Using the slogan "Adventures in Fantasy Literature," Black Gate primarily features original short fiction up to novella length....
  
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• Chasing Time (2003)
• Brownie Points (2004)
• Off Key (2004)

Novels

• Magic's Silken Snare (2003, Daw Books
  DAW Books
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  , ISBN 0756401275)
• The Silken Shroud (2004, Daw Books, ISBN 0756401798)
• Sovereign Silk (planned for 2005 but not published due to illness)

Anthologies

Gilligan's works have appeared in the following anthologies.

• Witch Fantastic (1994, Daw Books, ISBN 0886776406)
• Sword And Sorceress XVII (2000, Daw Books, ISBN 0886778913)
• The Sorcerer's Academy (2003, Daw Books, ISBN 0756401577)
• Little Red Riding Hood in the Big Bad City (2004, Daw Books, ISBN 0756402336)
• The Magic Shop (2004, Daw Books, ISBN 0756401739)

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